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Freshwater Fishing in South Central Louisiana

Help with freshwater

I'm going to try fishing Colyell Creek in French Settlement this weekend, but I've never fish freshwater. That's not entirely true, I have fished freshwater but it is a stocked pond in my backyard and that hardly counts. I'm fishing for anything that'll bite brim, bass, catfish, gar and sacalait (do they bite this time of year?). I'd really like to catch a gar as I've never caught one before.

I have a 14ft Jon boat I don't have a depth finder. What am I looking for? What kinda bait works best for these fish? What kinds is features hold fish in a river/ creek like this? Is this even a good place to fish? If not where is a place relatively close that I can try instead?

As you can see i know next to nothing sbout freshwater fishing so any advise would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to at least feel like I have some idea of what I'm doing instead of just riding around throwing a line in every direction praying something works. Thanks.
October 25, 2012 at 7:38pm
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JB
Posted October 25, 2012 at 8:44pm
Wait

This is not the weekend to fish freshwater. The barometer will be high as a giraffe's butt and the fish will have lock-jaw. You maybe, and that's a stretch, might have an hour or two Saturday morning before the front makes its way through and the barometer soars. This is the first big cold front of the year and the fish will be messed up til Tuesday or Wednesday.

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Posted October 25, 2012 at 11:23pm
'29.92 and Rising'

...how'ya knows all'dat stuf,JB ???...cheers

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JB
Posted October 26, 2012 at 9:26am
Knowledge

Rabbit - The Force is strong in me...

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Posted October 26, 2012 at 10:42am
'29.92 in.of mercury'

...cheers,(just shake'n 'ya cage)

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Posted October 26, 2012 at 10:49am
Thanks for the info, but I'm still curious

I appreciate the info on the barometric pressure, but I'm still curious about what to look far when I do go.

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JB
Posted October 26, 2012 at 2:16pm
Amite/Tickfaw/Blind Rivers

It's a fairly easy place to fish. Just pick a stretch of bank and fish it. I've bever fished it this time of year but usually do well from March-May. Finesse worms, spinnerbaits and crankbaits. If you can find some pads, frogs will work as well. Try to stay away from those areas on an East wind. Lake water pushes in and shuts the fish down, at least for me it does.

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Posted October 26, 2012 at 3:17pm
Baometric pressure-catfish

Will the pressure shut down the catfish too?

I really want to fish this weekend and I'm looking for some reason to try.

I considered going to little and big Alabama bayous is krotz springs or trying the bonnet carre spillway.
Are those places any better?

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JB
Posted October 26, 2012 at 5:31pm
Catfish

From what I've seen the pressure doesn't bother catfish like it does bass or sac a lait but it still effects them. Fish have inner-ears that are real sensitive to pressure changes. WHen a big cold front comes through and the pressure shoots sky high their equilibrium (sp?) gets thrown out of whack and it takes a few days for them to adjust.
Wherever you go, the north wind will be pushing water out so fish should pull out to points or bury up in the thickest stuff they can find and probably won't go too far to chase down a meal. In other words, fish slow and methodically. You will more than likely have to force feed them. HIT EM ON THE HEAD!

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