It has been a long haul since Hurricane Katrina's unwelcome visit August 2005. I lost all of my infrastructure in Delacroix and the place is not yet ready to support my business. I am looking for a boat slip in Delacroix for starters if anyone knows of some availability, please let me know. Fin and Feather Guide Service survived and we made a visit to Hopedale to entertain our guests with trout in Breton Sound on Sunday.
We ventured out into the mid sound to find a light chop and clean water. We stopped at a rig and immediately got into the fish. Trout 14-16" were blasting our lures. My guests were working live shrimp carolina rigged and 3' under corks. The action was quick until the sharks moved in to wreck our tackle and kill our bite. We moved to a small wellhead in the area and it was on again. The trout were smaller 13-15" with some throwbacks mixed in.
This action slowed and we headed back to the original rig to find the fish had moved to the downcurrent side of the rig and were well off the structure. I located them with plastics and switched everyone over for some fast and furious action. The ice box was approaching its limit as storms built up west of us and the wind started to howl. We decided to pack it in early to beat the approaching weather and left the fish biting.
It was great to be back on the water guiding in one of the best fisheries in the world. Good luck out there! Captain Jeff J. Dauzat