Trolling, Traps & Trout
I’m not sure where the black cloud that perennially floats over my head came from, but it has figured out how to stick tight despite my best attempts to try to outrun it in a boat. Needless to say, the morning I met Capt. Eric Dumas (985.705.1244) at the Mandeville Harbor on the Northshore was a far cry from what we expected. Too bad the Weather Channel didn’t get the memo that I would be going fishing the next day. Dumas had been texting me some images of 3- and 4-pound trout he was catching on the Causeway spanning the middle of Lake Pontchartrain.

His best bite had been when the sun was out and shining strongly, and wouldn’t you know the clouds were thick and heavy as we made the short run from the harbor to the bridge despite all the forecasts to the contrary.

Riding along with us was Julian Lee along with his two sons Adam and Brandon. Julian Lee is from Brookhaven, Miss., and his son Adam drove down from Jackson. Brandon Lee lives in North Carolina, and he was just happy to have a little time off of his busy work schedule.

Julian and Adam Lee drive down twice a week to fish the inshore waters of Southeast Louisiana, but this was the first either of them would be trolling the Causeway. If they had any inclination of the luck I...