Onboard today we had Jimmie, Eddie and James(JT)and we headed to Grand Isle. One stop is all it took to find the trout as they were hungry and biting like crazy.
We were fishing live shrimp under a popping cork and also using tandem rigs with the Matrix shad Lemon Drop. The doggone porpoises moved in and we had a challenge on our hands trying to get them in before they caught our.... Read More
David Stark with Bent Marine joined me to go scouting for some big trout.
We loaded up with live shrimp from Terry's Live Bait and headed to West Timbalier. We found pretty green water but very few trout. The ones we did catch were real nice though.
Headed to East Timbalier and found green water again but not trout and a bunch of spanish mackerel. Didn't have a charter until Saturday so I.... Read More
Onboard we had the pleasure of taking the Hardy's from Opelousas (Harlan & Jeannine). This was their first ever salt water fishing trip and we were able to pass a good time on the water.
We started out fishing the Catfish Lake area using live minnows under a popping cork and the bite started out great but soon slowed, so off we went down.... Read More
Had a great time bringing my daughter Carlie on a scouting trip with Anthony Taylor. We fished Friday evening and Saturday morning.
We headed straight for Catfish Lake and found some real nice specs hungry and willing to bite.
Most of the fish were caught using live cocahoe minnows under a popping cork and ranged from 15 to 19 inches.
Plan your next fishing adventure and give us a.... Read More
The gang from Brookhaven Ms. came down to have some fun on the bayou and we took them on an adventure.
Onboard was Ryan & Brandi Day, Crystal Barrilleaux and Blake Simmons.
We were on a great bite until the winds picked up but still managed to put together a decent box of fish.
With the full moon, this weekend is looking like it will be a great weekend. The big trout are in the lake and.... Read More
A few weeks back I meet Rich while I was cleaning fish at the cleaning station at Galliano Inn and he requested some information on us taking him and some of his working buddies fishing. You see Rich, Steve and Sam are down here cleaning up after Hurricane Isaac and we sure thank these guys for all thier hard work. Funny thing I was telling the guys to meet me at the public landing by the ball.... Read More
Cherie and I had the pleasure of taking Greg & Logan Pierce, Reese Keen and Charles Rowell fishing. Logan's dad Greg had scheduled this trip to celebrate his son's 21st birthday which turned out to be a wonderful evening of fishing and a memorable one for father & son.
We got a late start due to a boat trailer bearing failure, but that didn't stop us from going get them.
Had the pleasure of taking the Stelly family fishing this past Saturday. Onboard were Donald, Leonard, Greg and Joey. It's not often you get to take 3 generations fishing.
We knew it was gonna be a wet one, but since Leonard had came down from St. Louis they wanted to go fishing anyway.
We started out in Catfish Lake and caught a few trout before the rain hit us and had to move to the ponds.... Read More
We had the pleasure of taking Gene & Deena Higginbotham fishing this past weekend.
Started out the morning throwing plastics under a cork and mixing it up with tandem rigs and it didn't take long and the trout were coming in. The bite lasted for a little while then played out so we decided to chase some reds.
We found some biting in the ponds fishing them with bait shrimp under a cork.... Read More
Hit the water early that morning with Josh, Ralph & Suzanne Belleau along with Skyla Roberie in hopes of catching a few reds. With rain all around us we knew we didn't have long so we started trolling the ponds.
The bite was getting hot but the rain had us seeking shelter around 9:00am. Went to the camp and had some lunch and waited for the rain to stop.
Around 3:00pm we hit the water.... Read More
Had the pleasure of taking two father and son folks fishing this past weekend. Onboard were Wally & Matthew Nicaud, Dennis and Chris Ruello as they came down from New Orleans.
I had so much fun teaching these young boys how to fish as they each caught their first redfish, blakc drum and flounder.
The fishing was slow but we did manage to put together a nice box of fish.
Sorry for the late report, been having computer problems.
Had the pleasure of taking Robert & Brandon Felder along with Josh Abbett for a day of redfishing.
Loaded the boat with live cocahoes and bait shrimp and off to the marsh we went. Fishing was a little slow at first but then the bite kicked and the guys were pulling reds in. Sure glad the rain missed us and we only got a little.... Read More
My good friends Leroy Andrus and Bruce Lastrapes came down from Port Barre, La to catch some fish. They brought two new guys Donald (Duck) Richard and Krank James with them to come experience some great fishing.
We went fishing that afternoon and managed to put together a nice box of fish.
The next morning we started off back at the same spots we fished the evening before. The bite was a.... Read More
Will the wind ever stop blowing? Oh well if it won't then we gonna go redfishing.
I had the pleasure of taking the Guerin family(Jason, Brian and Tom) fishing Saturday as gift to Tom from his sons as a Father's Day gift.
The first stop we made, Brian's first cast produced a keeper redfish and we knew then it was gonna be a great day to make some father and son memories.
Had the pleasure of taking Jeff and Carmen Marsh fishing this past Saturday. We knew the weather was gonna be rough but Jeff wanted Carmen to experience some redfish action so off fishing in the shallow ponds we headed.
We did manage to put a decent box of fish together while dodging all the rain and a good time was had by all.
Sorry for the late report but been real busy and finally getting time to make post some reports.
I had the pleasure of taking David, Gene and Brent fishing out of Fourchon and we headed west in search of some trout.
After a few stops dodging rain storms we finally found them biting and managed a decent box of fish.
Total catch was 40 trout 1 sheepshead and 1 spanish mackerel.
We had the Lee family (Danny, Dora, Devin and Dillan) onboard today and went searching for some trout in Little Lake. We stayed close in due to the high winds and rough water.
Then it was in the marsh in search of some reds and we found some.
Total catch for the day was 15 reds, 8 trout, 1 sheepshead and 2 puppy drum.
I had the pleasure of taking the Woodson gang fishing again this year and since they do so much business with me I took my friends offshore fishing.
It was guy's against girls and you know who won. The girls of course they were fishing in my boat.
We caught 14 red snapper, 3 mangroves, 1 banito, 3 huge white trout and 1 -35lb cobia.
Had the pleasure of taking Joe Centofanti and his two grandsons (Cameron & Carter) along with his son-in-law Ricky fishing.
It was a perfect morning with no wind and as soon as we stopped the action was fast and furious.
Joe likes to fish artifical baits and I tied him a topwater plug on and it was on.
His grandsons I had them fish a cork with live shrimp and everyone started slinging.... Read More
Had the Port Barre gang come back down to catch some specks and reds. Leroy Andrus, Bruce Lastrapes, Matthew and big John got on board early that morning and we headed west.
Wasn't long before we had some big mule trout coming in the boat.
Once the bite stopped it was off to catch some reds and we found them hungry too.
Biggest trout of the the day went to Leroy he caught a 22'.
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