New Here: Help Understanding the Sac-au-Lait patterns in my area

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Hi! The picture's just for attention. Caught those in march.

Help. I'm addicted to Sac au lait.

I'm looking for help understanding patterns in my area. Mostly I fish Des Allemands, Catouatche, and Salvador areas. Open to tidal flow and the river. Here's about all I understand:

Late February-April - Spawning: I need to hit the banks.
May - ? - Post Spawn. - I have no idea what to do, but I hear they're deep.

I can confidently go out in Spring and put a some in the box, but I'm looking to up my game. I've been hearing reports that they're out again, but I don't know how to target them efficiently. Practically, how to I go spend a morning looking for them?

Can anyone help me understand why the deep water is where they hang at this time of year?
Should I hit the same canals I hit in the springtime, just toward the middle looking for some kind of structure?
How do I know when I'm wasting my time in a certain spot?

Thanks - Glad to be here

Deeper water may be cooler. Jigrig may have the answer.


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Originally Posted by fishervet

Deeper water may be cooler. Jigrig may have the answer.


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His posts give me hope. He is on them like white on rice.

Look for some shade, many times you'll find them in shallow water under lillies or other mats of grass, especially if there is some current flowing.which tends to cool the water and also provide more oxygen.
PPG

They like certain canals, u may fish 5 canals and nothing…..
Then catch some in canal # 6….
Pay attention where u catch, even if they are small.


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Originally Posted by MO Slab

They like certain canals, u may fish 5 canals and nothing…..
Then catch some in canal # 6….
Pay attention where u catch, even if they are small.


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Thanks! So that leads to my big question.

In the spring, I'll troll the banks and move at a decent pace until I get some bites, then slow down and fish the area hard.

This time a year, what's the best way to explore a canal so I'm not wasting tons of time on a dead canal?

I'm thinking I should till look for laydowns and structure that might hold off the bank, or grasspatches and shade like PPG said. Or do people just sonarscan the middle of the canals before ever dropping a line down?

The same fish you caught in the spring will be nearby


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