The only anglers immune to the buffeting winds the last few days are those in the protected duck ponds chasing redfish. Capt. Bill Lake with Bayou Guide Service (985-851-6015) says he’s been taking what he can get while he waits on the trout to turn on.[…]
The wind has been relentless in Southeast Louisiana the past few days, but that hasn’t stopped Capt. Lloyd Landry with Outcast Fishing Charters (504-912-8291) from putting his customers on redfish on both sides of the Mississippi River.[…]
It was so early in the morning, I couldn’t even see the fluorescent-orange cork that my fishing partner, Eric Dumas, had threaded onto my braided line.[…]
Capt. Greg Schlumbrecht with To Fish Charters recently suggested that a mild tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico would turn on the trout bite at Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
The word coming out of the Barataria Basin, according to Captain Mike Daigle with Cast-It-Charters (504-915-9480), is that the trout are on the move.[…]
The recent trout action around Grand Isle has slowed the past couple of days, but that hasn’t kept Capt. Jim Thibodeaux of Fish Tales Guide Service (985-696-1801) from catching fish. A quick move to the inside has had him neck deep in reds.[…]
Capt. Frank Moore (504-887-4960) has been whacking the trout the past couple days out in Breton Sound even with the huge tidal ranges the coast has been having lately.[…]
Anglers fishing the coastal areas below Cocodrie are catching fish, albeit smaller 12- to 14-inch ones. Capt. Marty LaCoste with Absolute Fishing Charters (985-856-4477) has the remedy for the tiny-trout syndrome, though. He said to head to the satellite rigs about 6 miles offshore.[…]
The argument about whether to use live bait or artificial will rage the next couple of days, but the simple fact is that some big trout are biting all across Southeast Louisiana from Lake Pontchartrain down to Venice and over to Bayou DuLarge.[…]
A student of his past, Capt. John Verret is a Houma Indian who discovered bow fishing after Hurricane Andrew replaced the frogs in the marshes of southern Terrebonne Parish with redfish and black drum.[…]
It always amazes me how few boats I see on Lake Pontchartrain outside of April and May. Take a recent trip I took with Eric Dumas for instance. We basically had the entire train bridge to ourselves except for the big trout that kept attacking our live shrimp.[…]
Capt. Charlie Thomason with Bayou Charters (985-809-6391) was as spirited as Tiger Stadium after a touchdown when he told me we were going sight fishing for redfish.[…]
Ray Chagnard and Edward Adams, both of Metairie, caught a six-redfish total weighing 48 pounds, 2 ounces to win the Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series Western Divisions event in Cocodrie.[…]
It’s tough when Mother Nature takes away both of your options at Venice. The wind is keeping anglers off the rigs, and the muddy water is making it tough in the bays.[…]
According to Capt. Erik Rue with Calcasieu Charter Service (337-598-4700), there is a lot happening at Big Lake right now. Trout are biting all over the lake with most of the action coming over the oyster reefs and under the birds.[…]
As much as Capt. Chad Dufrene (985-637-6357) would like to get to the trout along the coast below Golden Meadow, the wind just isn’t letting him do it right now. That’s all right with him, though, because the redfish in the ponds are keeping him busy while he waits for the winds to lie.[…]