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ROFFS FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS FOR THE SOUTH PASS TO BULLWINKLE AREA (LAT./LONG.)
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Based on a multiple factor analysis, the symbols (hot spot spots) mark the areas where bait concentrations are expected and where fishing action is expected to be better compared with other (non-marked) areas. These are not based on dock rumors or hearsay fishing reports. Fishing reports are stated as such. You should start fishing where you recognize other signs of good fishing conditions near these marked areas. It is very important to use your sea surface temperature (sst°) gauge to locate the boundaries of the water masses, which are outlined. Rather than trying to find water based on the absolute temperature values shown on the map,  search for the relative change in sst where the water mass boundaries occur. Arrows indicate the main current direction. Numbers inside of the dots indicate the number of consecutive days that we have seen favorable conditions in that location.

We were able to see the ocean conditions in this area unusually clear today for this time of the year. We continue to use a combination of NOAA infrared sst°, as well as, MODIS ocean color_chlorophyll and altimetry data to analyze the ocean conditions in this area with the chlorophyll imagery continuing to provide a vital role in helping us to determine water color and follow the motion of water masses. Please keep in mind that the sst° you find while out on the water during the afternoon hours may be as much as 1°F-2°F WARMER than what we have shown here due to hot afternoon air temperatures and clear skies.  Remember to look for relative rather than absolute sst° while out on the water ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. Overall, we continue to observe a strong green to blue water mass boundary which we have been following for over two weeks now where the dirty green Mississippi River Delta water/blended blue-green water (82.1°F-81.1°F) meets the northern edge of the cleaner blue/blue-green water originating from offshore (80.6°F-81.3°F) from area of the Mississippi Canyon and northeastward towards the area south of South Pass (Lena Rig) and then further eastward over the 400-500 fathom depths that is likely to provide good to excellent chances for fishing action, particularly along the portion of this boundary zone where the ocean conditions have remained favorable for three to six days now. Offshore, we continue to observe the clockwise rotation of a large eddy feature centered south/southwest of the chart area that continues to circulate blue (81.1°F-80.3°F) water originating from offshore around its relatively cooler (80.6°F) dark blue core that is also likely to provide good to excellent chances for fishing action, particularly where the ocean conditions have remained favorable for three to TEN days now.
South of the South Pass area, good to excellent chances for fishing action with tuna, wahoo, dolphin, and billfish action occur where we have observed the strong green/blue-green to blue water mass boundary for three to six days now over the 100-500 fathom depths including the areas of the Lena Rig and Sackett Bank from 88°47’W & 28°43-44’N to 89°16’W & 28°39-40’N to 89°45’W & 28°37’N.  Southward, increased chances for fishing action occur where we observed the northwestern edge of the relatively warmer (81.3°F) blue water originating from offshore and circulating in a favorable inshore direction for the first time today from the 500 fathom depths west of the Dump Site near 89°34-35’W & 28°01-02’N and 89°33’W & 28°08-09’N northeastward to the good bottom of the Explosives Dumping Area near 89°15’W & 28°30’N and 89°04-05’W & 28°30’N and further northeastward to the 500 fathom depths near 88°57’W & 28°36’N.  South of the Mississippi Canyon we observed another pool of blue (80.8°F) water circulating in a favorable inshore direction that may also provide some increased chances for fishing action over the 100-300 fathom depths from 90°02’W & 28°12’N to 89°55-56’W & 28°26’N to 89°43’W & 28°33-34’N.
Southwest of the Mississippi Canyon area, relatively good chances for fishing action occur along the north/northeastern edges of the band of blue (81.1°F) water, particularly where the ocean conditions have remained favorable for four to ten days now over the 100-500 fathom depths from the area west of the Lobster Rig near 90°25’W & 28°07’N to the 300 fathom curve near 90°10-11’W & 27°56-57’N and further southeastward to the 500 fathom curve near 90°00-01’W & 27°45’N. If fishing action is not satisfactory in these areas, additional chances for action occur southwestward into the dark blue (80.6°F) core of the clockwise rotating eddy where we observed its northern edge over the 400-550 fathom depths from 90°57’W & 27°37’N to 90°28’W & 27°42’N.  The ocean conditions have remained favorable in these areas for four days now.

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