Tigah D

Impressed with Rogers so far, also had good luck with Gator. Breathable, boot foot, < $400

Warning, it's a different tone/pitch, but the electric ones can be just as bad if not worse. They work great though, highly recommend, just would advise ear protection....seriously.

Have had 2 E-Go's, like them a lot. But the higher power ratings on them = loud AF

Have gone to Raptors for last two boats, been pleased. PP's were largely OK, but had some issues and their customer service was good. No issues so far with Raptors.

Will always be a mixed bag in the marsh in fall/winter, lots of schoolies. BUT......if you head up the MRGO toward Bayou Bienvenu and fish the rocks up that way, you will find hammers. It's an every winter thing these days, and its on right now.

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Spoonies hang out with pintail, gadwall, widgeon and mallards. Spoonies is good eating.

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Spoons eat rice in rice fields right there along all the other species.

The old timer cajun crowd calls ringnecks "butter balls" for a reason, generally good to eat.

If you've not tried a black belly whistling duck, though, you're missing out, especially the legs.

Best opener weekend we've seen in a number of years, lots of ducks in places they hadn't been recently. Lot of people claiming "teal season 2.0" but.....that doesn't explain the swarms of green wings. The bugs and fog weren't ideal, but we hunted for all of maybe an hour....total.....for the weekend. Just crazy good

Where it goes from here is anyone's guess, looks stale this week till we get another front.

Edit: clarifying above was in SE La, St Bernard Parish

And crawfish water is mostly junk for ducks, much too deep for productive feeding, not to mention the boats.

Yes, my bad on that, should have also fore-warned that they are $$$. You likely can find some much better rates, just depends on what level of a trip you're after as far as lodging, meals, etc.

Lena Lagoon, Stump Lagoon, Magnolia Lagoon, any lagoon off Bayou St Malo. Watch for stumps in Stump and Magnolia, just take it slow (drift and fish/trolling motor rather than running through there). Plastics under corks, cover a lot of water. Likely to be plenty throwbacks but the trout are in.

Have this one from TriStar and find it really nice for the price point:

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Mine's 20g