Hello all! Well, with April winds, bring May redfish..obviously. Over the last week or so, our crews have consistently brought limits, and near limits mixed with speckled trout and flounder to the docks everyday. Water has been surprisingly low the last couple days, but the water clarity is incredible and the redfish are along the banks in the bays wearin' out the pogies. We have been trolling down the banks of the bays and watching literally hundreds of reds spook, and wake up and down the shorelines. They will hit whatever you throw at them, but here recently, we have been catching all of our fish on smoke/chartreuse h&h cocahoes tight lining, or with a spinner. Not very much grass along the shores, just tons of bait, clear water, and rising tides have put these fish in a frenzy. The most impressive thing has been the consistent size. I am not talking 16-20 inch fish, I am talking gorilla's that are 26-34 inches long. The customers have been eating this up while casting their lures to the fish in 3 feet of water. The speckled trout are also really biting now. With the abundance of shrimp in the inland water, follow the birds around and you can catch real nice boxes of keeper trout. Weather should remain the same the remainder of the week, so fishing will continue to be great. Take a few kids out this weekend, they will have a blast. Below are a few reports and pics from the last couple trips. Thanks!
What a great weekend of fishing in the Lafitte area. Saturday I had Ken Sandberg and his two sons, Jonathan and Stephen. They have fished with me for the last several years, usually around Jazz Fest. We made the run to Barataria Bay to catch a few trout and then it was off to find some redfish, which is what they wanted most of all. They enjoy them on the half shell on the BBQ pit and ended up with 5 gallons of fish to take home. Conditions: light winds and clear. Bait: spinner baits, smoke/char. For the reds, tight lining smoke/char cocahoe's for the trout.
Saturday afternoon trip with Brian Loui and Shy Darnell. They came all the way from Honolulu, Hawaii to fish with us and as hard as it is to believe Shy caught the biggest fish of her life here in Louisiana. The fish were still where I had left them that morning. The trout had shut down but the red fish were still hungry and still smacking that spinner bait.
Capt. Mike's party for Saturday morning, Dennis and Helen Ownby. They had headed out with us in search of speckled trout, but also returned to the smaller inland bays in search of redfish. Here are a few pictures of some of their catch.
Monday's trip with Don and Bob here with the insurance convention in New Orleans. The guys didn't want to leave early so it turned out to be a 10am departure time. It was kind of what I call a picnic trip. Bring some lunch and a few beers or maybe lots of beer. The trout bite was over but the redfish gave us plenty of action. The guys boated over a limit of fish and we were back by 2pm, all catch and release. My kind of trip. Spinner baits have been the hot bait for me the past few days.
