ive fished vb/sw pass for years...look up "scankdog" on rodnreel reports for my history over the years....speaks for itself....
here's what you need to follow for this area....it is pretty much the same for many areas but here its a little more hit or miss because of the Atchafalaya river....
1st, the atch. river needs to fall and hold preferably under 10ft(I prefer under 8ft) and for at least a month so the saltwater in this area can back up and head north for trout to follow the bait in which bait moves with the saltwater leveling up....with the exception of reds(year round)
2nd , you need to really use the moon times for overhead and underfoot....find those times and fish
3rd, with experience of this area, you need to understand which wind directions will cause which areas to dirty and clean up and which are calm and wont be calm based on the wind....mostly though if you fish the pass, tee butte, diamond, the keys, then the best wind is a west wind over days or just light and variable winds in general are great if other factors are good mentioned below....westerly winds over a period of time does well for that area...but you get north winds as fall comes in and that lite and variable north wind that shifts from west are great fishing times....later in the fall if you get an easterly wind or north wind...cove area and trash pile areas are great simply because like the others youll have calmer and cleaner water...
4th, learn the dam areas at marsh island and go cast net first for live shrimp and mullet....I use both under a cork and Carolina rigged...I find if they are not on top they will be on the bottom lol...I find that plastics can be useful when shrimp are not moving into the bay area esp during the fall or late spring, early summer when the salt levels are lower, I don't know where your previous experiences were at but here you have to be vigilant about changing colors until you find the one they want and working them at different depths also....
5th....as you know find when the tide will drop,,,,,best time for me.....or just moving water(you know how that goes).....
hope this helps..tight ones...
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