Capt. Bob's Leeville Report
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The last hitch of fishing out of Boudreaux’s Waterfront Motel in Leeville, featured wind and rain and though the rough conditions did reduce the numbers in my guests catching, it did not reduce the size of the fish. It all started on Thursday as the Southwest wind was ripping, not allowing an outside run. With cardboard brown water outside, I headed to the clean water on the east side and fished the ponds at the end of the East Access canal. As water poured into the marsh, we anchored and fished the nervous water, catching big Specks and Redfish with live minnows under weighted corks. The 1/0 kahle hook was at least 3-4 feet below the cork so the minnow could swim. The action on the minnow was the reason Sandra caught the biggest Speck, a fat 5 pounder, and her husband Dave caught his biggest Redfish which tipped the scale at 9 pounds. Pic’s enclosed.

The rains started early Friday and as I surveyed the weather I saw a familiar face taking shelter from the storm. None other than the “King of Fornation,” back from the dead, one Lynnwood Stilly appeared. Chomping at the bit to head outside, he and his friends from Missouri did like everyone else and fished in between the storms, opting to fish inside. I sent him and his group to the spot I had fished in the East Access and more Trout and Redfish were caught. By Sunday the storms were over and just as the rain left, the gnats arrived. Lynnwood still did not get to Fornation but him and his gang returned to the East Access and again worked the back ponds with success. It was great to see him on the water again especially after surviving open heart surgery and a stroke. Pic enclosed.

Looks like we will have a nice stretch of weather this week as I head back tonight for another week of fishing. Plan to work the outside with charters and hit the big Trout at the Islands. Need help fishing out of Leeville, check out Between the Banks on LCN Television Network, Vision Com, and betweenthebanks.com or call the BTB fishing line @504.458.9451. In the meantime good luck fishing…Capt. Bob

Capt. Bob's Leeville Report
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Fishing this past hitch out of Leeville and Fourchon was outstanding for my guests. The beginning of the hitch featured plenty of clouds and rain but in between the thunder was a strong Speck bite with Fornation proving to get the best marks. After the wind switch to the north, we fished the protected Founchon Beach Barges, escaping the rough water by hugging the shoreline.

Fornation catches came on Lunker Lures and Chrome She Dogs early and when the sun came up we threw Boone Shrimp Tout Tail twin rigs under a cork along with live cochoes Carolina, 1/8 oz. pegged with a 1/0 black or bronze kahle hook. We also caught under a clip on cork. At the Fourchon beach barges, live bait Carolina rigged caught all of the Big Trout.

Bites for both areas were early in the morning and late in the afternoon. After the bites, we still caught with 3-5 fish being caught, then a break for a few minutes, then another 3-5 Trout. If you did not sit on the spot anchored, you did not come in with numbers.

Sunday I pulled the boat for cleaning. A quick edit tomorrow and I return on Wednesday for another round of fishing. Episode 1411 of Between the Banks, the Bay Rosa area that I referred to on my last report, is up on betweenthebanks.com and LCN Television Network, along with Vision Comm. Tune in for more details. Charter info and help fishing Lower Lafourche is available on the BTB Fishing line at 504.458.9451.

Best trip of the hitch came Saturday when we escaped the decreasing North wind and hit the Barges on Fourchon Beach. Biggest Speck caught pushed 5 pounds caught by Sabina. Neil missed one for the wall at the net. Gulf water was gorgeous and incoming, fighting the Northwest wind. In the meantime good luck fishing…Capt. Bob

Capt Bob's Leeville Report
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The Trout have made the transition to outside waters as confirmed this past 7 days of this hitch filming and chartering. Made the round from Northwest Rigs to Formation to Philo to Bird to Casse-tete to Brush including 4-piles, and murdered the big Trout as they are gorging themselves in advance of spawning. If it is too rough we worked the protected east bank of Lake Racourcci from Deep Bayou to China Bayou. Live bait worked best once the Sun came up but top water is killer between daybreak and sunrise and late in the afternoon especially from Sunset till dark. If it clouds up, top water rules. Live bait Carolina or corked along with chrome She Dogs and buzz baits caught all of our fish. Started raining this morning so came in to edit. Action and details can be found on Between the Banks and starts on Episode 1411 which should be up by the weekend.

For those who have been calling or e-mailing, wanting to book a trip to fish outside, it’s on. Call BTB fishing line at 504-458-9451. Still have dates open in May and beyond and we are still running the special that we started after BP oil spill. Two people come in to Boudreaux’s the night before, fish until you yell Uncle the next day, spend the night again, and leave by 11am with your cleaned fish. All you bring is food and drink along with your fishing license, bug spray, and sunscreen. I have everything else including accommodations. Total cost is $500 and I can take more than two people if required. Out of town anglers can fish under my charter license for $5 per day. More details on betweenthebanks.com and louisianasportsman.com.

Best trip of the hitch was Gerald and Gail Daigle who got to fish in and out. Here is her biggest Trout. Life in Lafourche and Leeville is good. In the meantime good luck fishing…..Capt. Bob

Capt. Bob's Leeville Report
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Last hitch of fishing was brutal. After the big blow from the south on Thursday, the frontal passage on Friday, the blow on Saturday and the final easing on Sunday Afternoon, what was an angler to do. Earning a trip to the fish cleaning station at Boudreaux’s Waterfront Motel was tough. It was a great time to leave the Pathfinder covered and trailered. I worked on trailer, and Powerpole maintainence, offering excuses and condolences to anglers fighting the tough weekend. Most of those that did make the trip to the fish cleaning station fished Bayou Blue to Catfish Lake area, and the protected west bank of Bay Rosa from China Bayou south to the Helipad by Deep Bayou. Live Minnows under a cork and Carolina Rigged worked best along with a DOA shrimp popping cork rig.

The windy weather, the flat tide, the rising barometer, the dirty water, and the fact that I was not wearing my lucky fish counter, all wre excellent excuses and spelled for a doomed weekend. If your ticket to the fish cleaning station did not get punched this weekend, take refuge in my offered excuses. Remedy your condition by watching episodes 1409 and 1410 of Between the Banks, get plenty of rest and dream of warmer, windless, outside Trout bite days. Dreams can come true and are only moments away. I’ll even battle thick, hungry Gnats in exchange for the end of these windy frontal passages. In the meantime good luck fishing….Capt. Bob

Captian Bob's Leeville Report
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Have not even uncovered the Pathfinder yet. High tide all day yesterday was aided by the strong southeast winds, pushing the water to the top of the dock at Boudreaux's.

This morning the rain started and has finally ended with skys trying to clear. Still no sight of the Sun. Tide range for the weekend is .4' with tide incomming all day however the strong NNW winds are ruleing over the tide and levels are continueing to fall.

Lots of weekend anglers arriving in anticipation of a good weekend. Hopefully the wind will at least ease for tomorrow and Sunday.I hope everyone brought cold weather gear.

Boudreaux's wi-fi back up. Will report once we splash. In the meantime good luck fishing....Capt. Bob

Capt. Bob's Leeville Report
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Fished the past two weeks out of Boudreaux’s Waterfront Motel in Leeville as the charter business is picking up in advance of the outside Speck bite. During that time, when the wind rarely laid down, I would go and make the round from Casse-tete to the Northwest Island rigs to see if their on but met with no success. On windy days before and after frontal passages, I worked the south Texaco Field at Redfish Point 1 & 2, the Bayou Blue area dams, and the mouth of Bay Laurier (see upcoming Episode 1410 on Between the Banks). It was not where they fished but how and understanding why that caught the big ones.
Topwater and live minnows under a clip on weighted cork worked best for my guests. You had to exercise patience at the spot especially if barometric pressure was building. The other key to their success was rigging the cork line with a 1/0 Kahle hook and not weighing the minnow down, allowing the bait to swim free. The Specks could not stand all the action of a fresh minnow and would eventually come and crash the bait. We would also catch one or two every few minutes and the action was not one after another especially during the day. Opting to run around for us was unsuccessful. Typical late Spring early morning and late afternoon bites were the best time for topwater. My guests averaged 20-30 Specks with ½ of them in the three pound range. On the really tough days after a front would pass, fishing would get tougher as the water temp would fall. Surface water temp bounced from 54 degrees to 72 degrees when I left this morning.

Highlite of the trip was a 27' Redfish that broke off of a cork rig. Ten minutes after, he came up like Jaws did, the cork finally wearing him out. As we would approach with the trolling motor he would go under. My guests would cast and try to catch the cork finally hooking the cork and Redfish with a spinner bait.

I am wondering if the predicted 80 degree air temp this week will run the fish outside? Guess I’ll have to go back after editing and see. I’ll be sure to bring the camera and lap top this next trip. In the meantime good luck fishing……Capt. Bob

Capt. Bob's Leeville Report
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Fished Thursday, Friday and Saturday out of Boudreaux’s Waterfront Motel. Thursday we started out the morning catching small Trout on the north end of Little Lake. The protected water was stained and a cold 52 degrees, so I jumped over to the west side of Bay Rosa and worked toward Deep Bayou. Wind picked up. Caught tons of small Specks. Went back to Boudreaux’s to pick up my guest and fished the afternoon at Redfish Point 1 and found the Big Trout. By sunset we had 11 nice keeper Specks as the wind began to slow and the tough conditions eased.

Friday we dodged the fog and made it to the Grand Bayou Blue area and again caught small Specks but also hit a few big Specks. North end of little Lake was also holding mixed Trout along with Bay Rosa. Like Thursday, all of the Trout were caught under a clip-on cork with a minnow on a weighted #1 kahle hook. No Carolina rig because the weight and minnow would clog up with slime grass drifting through or on the bottom. As the high pressure moved east and it warmed up, the fishing got better despite a Full Moon. Our catch increased to 21 nice keeper Specks while still catching a bunch of small Trout. Water temp was up to 68 by nightfall.

Saturday it was on, even though the southeast wind began to build. I went to Bayou Blue and fished the mouth of Bay Lauier. When we pulled up we could see finger mullet getting hit by big Specks along the current line and nervous water at the mouth. Mullet colored She Dog caught the monsters and it was a blast. The smaller Specks were forced to the outside of the current, away from the bigger Sows and bit constantly at anything under a cork. Again Carolina rigging was not possible as the slime grass was again everywhere. We ended up with 26 nice big Trout. Water temp had risen to 71 degrees.

All three days we caught in the early morning till about 930am and again at 6-8pm. Trout are still in transition as I keep checking the middle water between outside and inside. If the warm weather continues with few to no drastic drops in water temp, the outside bite should start. Off course I will let you know and you can catch all of our “Transition” Shows on Between the Banks on LCN Television Network at 6 am daily, Vision Com. and betweenthebanks.com. All of our venues are current with Episode 1408 the first of the transition shows. Episode 1409 should be up by the weekend as the series continues. If you need info on fishing Leeville, Lafourche Parish, or Charter information call the BTB Fishing line at 504-458-9451. In the meantime good luck fishing…..Capt. Bob

Capt. Bob's Leeville Report
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Trout turned on this past weekend. As the warm days force the water temp up, the bite gets stronger. Cooler days we have be fishing Redfish and wamer days we are keeping up with the Trout.

Caught the Specks in the cuts that go between Little Lake and Racourcci, slow cranking live minnows. Redfish came from Margo\'s. We filmed the action and it will be airing this weekend on all of our venues. Betweenthebanks.com has the latest edition on and is up to date, and will have the Little Lake action up by the weekend(Episode 1408).

Looks like it is going to warm again as the High moves off and the next front moves closer. Weekend should be good. In the meantime good luck fishing....Capt. Bob

Capt. Bob's Leeville Report
Trout turned on this past weekend. As the warm days force the water temp up, the bite gets stronger. Cooler days we have be fishing Redfish and wamer days we are keeping up with the Trout.

Caught the Specks in the cuts that go between Little Lake and Racourcci, slow cranking live minnows. Redfish came from Margo's. We filmed the action and it will be airing this weekend on all of our venues. Betweenthebanks.com has the latest edition on and is up to date, and will have the Little Lake action up by the weekend(Episode 1408).

Looks like it is going to warm again as the High moves off and the next front moves closer. Weekend should be good. In the meantime good luck fishing....Capt. Bob

Sportsman's Show
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Will be working the Okuma section of the Bowie Outfitters Display Thursday thru Sunday at Lamar Dixon. Come by and say hello. In the meantime good luck fishing....Capt. Bob

Capt. Bob's Leeville Report
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Fished out of Boudreaux’s Waterfront Motel in Leeville Friday thru Tuesday of this week. Weather again influenced the amount of success. The trip started Friday with a quick limit of Redfish and fifteen 16 inch Specks from our anchored position. Water was incoming from the heavy south wind in advance of a cold front. All of the fish were caught in the back cut of the East Access Canal. I never moved and fished till the tide switched later in the day. Saturday I helped the Clean-up Bayou Lafourche Project put on by BTNEP. Thanks to Boudreaux’s, the Launch Leeville folks, and the volunteers who help pick up nearly 50 garbage bags of trash, along with the three boat loads of wood and debris that could not be bagged. Griffin’s Marina and Fuel Dock fed all the workers a great lunch. Ben Griffin cooked 3 Boston Butt Roasts that were killer. Even though it was brutally cold and windy, volunteers still came out for the clean-up project.

Sunday I hit the Cut Threw Canal and Deep Bayou for Bull Redfish, Bull Drum, and Big Black Tip Shark. The Shark were so plentiful, I had to fish with whole crab and pull the mullet line in, as they were tearing up the gear. We filmed Part 2 of the Bull Redfish series which will be up next on Between the Banks. My three guests from Eugene Oregon arrived Sunday night and we fished the West Access pipeline all the way to the Blow Out Canal. They had fun catching Redfish, 23-26” and a few Specks. Every fish was caught on Cocahoes under a cork. It was the only way to get away from all the slime grass stacked up along the banks of the marsh. Carolina rig was out of the question. They also caught 4 crabs and 6 Catfish. Tuesday night we treated them to some grilled Redfish, prepared by Brent at Boudreaux’s, and they feasted on their catch while being entertained by Cajun Kent.

Catch all the action on Between the Banks Television Show on LCN TV network daily at 6am, Vision Communications, and betweenthebanks.com. You can book trips by e-mail or by calling the BTB Fishing line at 504-458-9451 and feel free to call if you need help fishing Leeville. In the meantime good luck fishing….Capt. Bob

PS. I have not noticed a decrease in the Speck population in the Leeville area however I did notice the large amounts of oil on Elmer’s Island and Fourchon beaches as the oil continues to wash up. I am sure surf fishing from these beaches will remain closed so that the public can continue to forget and not see the miles of black beach. This has been going on since the BP oil spill yet escapes the news media while coverage of Court Room Finger Pointing continues. It is truly a disgrace and a crime against Mother Nature. I wonder if she filed a claim?

Capt. Bob's Leeville Report
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Fished out of Boudreaux’s in Leeville last week and our success was influenced by the wind. On the calmer days we hit the Cut Threw canal and fished for Bull Redfish. This time we used the big rods and fished with whole crab and the other rod with live and frozen mullet. It was on both days as we shot another edition of Between the Banks. Lately I have been hanging around Deep Bayou and Bayou Rosa area on calmer days, keeping a close eye on outside waters. No big Specks yet.

When the wind is up, I am fishing the both the West and East Access Canals for Redfish and Margo’s and Bayou Lafourche for Specks. On the rough days, the bigger Specks are near or in deeper, cleaner and warmer water. You have to fish slow, sometimes placing the rod in a holder, fishing Carolina style. Let the current decide the size of your weight, keeping the live finger mullet and cocahoes above the snags, barely feeling the bottom. If the wind has a westerly component I have been working the east side. If the wind has an easterly component I have been working the west. This is how I have been escaping the dirty water after a rain and heavy wind.

Have not fished at all this week as we have been editing and re-tooling betweenthebanks.com. Episode 1405 is now up on betweenthebanks.com and LCN and Vision Com. television networks. This episode is entitled Reds vrs Gnats and was shot a couple of weeks ago. Episode 1406 of Between the Banks was shot last week and will be up on all of our venues next week and is entitled Bull Red fishing from the Cut Threw Canal Part 1.

Back to Boudreaux’s when the rain stops. BTNEP Bayou Lafourche clean up is on Saturday Mar 2nd in the Leeville Area. It will be headquartered out of Boudreaux’s Motel and Griffin’s Marina. Call the Between the Banks fishing line at 504-458-9451 to volunteer or need help fishing or chartering out of Leeville. In the meantime good luck fishing…Capt. Bob

Capt. Bob's Leeville Report
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Fished Thursday thru Saturday out of Boudreaux’s in Leeville. The gorgeous weather yielded a light breezy wind with fall like temps and only nuisance gnats in the morning and no fog. Rising water temp and increasing tide range helped combat the bright Full Moon. Low tide bottomed out from 10a to noon and then poured in for the rest of the day.

Thursday we started in the South Texaco Field canals and hammered the small Reds. We left the Reds biting along with the gnats and escaped to open water, landing in Deep Bayou. Bait was everywhere and clean green water was filled with Bull Redfish. We battled 30-40 lb. bulls until we could not go anymore. Fighting them in the strong current with 12 pound test Speck gear would take too long and wear us out. Wiped, we returned to Boudreaux’s. Friday I loaded the Bull Redfish lines along with Mullet and Crabs and at first light, headed to the Cut Threw canal. Again the Bull Redfish and Bull Drum were on and hanging around with some large Shark. By noon we left with our fill. Sharks dominated the whole Mullet line, and the Bulls hit live Crab line and even though we fought them on bigger gear, again we returned wiped. Our biggest Bull was 47 lbs.

Saturday we slept in and left midmorning, stopping at Margo’s Point before the gnats started in, again forcing me to run to open water. This time I fished the cuts just south of the Bayou Rosa and found the Specks. Drawn there by diving Pelicans and a pod of Porpoise, the whole Western bank of Little Lake had bait. The Specks were small 11-13” variety and every other one was a keeper. As the incoming tide and wind increased, so did the size of the Specks. It all ended when the Sharks joined in on the feed as the afternoon warmed. Caught most of the Trout slowly cranking a shad rig and Carolina rigged minnows. Mullet and minnows came from Terry’s as he is open during winter.

Watch Between the Banks to experience the above mentioned action in upcoming episodes as we did film the action. Episode 1404(South Texaco Field and West Access)is up on betweenthebanks.com, LCN Television every morning at 6am. Find it on Vision Communications daily when you are fishing Lafourche. Now booking Spring thru fall. Call BTB fishing line at 504-458-9451. Charter info is also available on betweenthebanks.com. In the meantime good luck fishing….Capt. Bob

Capt. Bob's Leeville Report
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Was a nice Friday thru Monday in Leeville. Cool gnatless mornings with decreasing wind from the north and a sweet range in tide made for great Red fishing, but we had to work the tide to be successful. We woke up early and fished the ending low tide in the SouthTexaco Field. You had to be ready because once the incoming tide started the bite ended. Once the tide switched I went to the back end of the West Access canal and fished the cuts leading into the marsh. We hit the Reds in both places at the openings to the marsh as they moved out of the empty ponds in the morning, and back in as the day long high tide started.

Live Cocahoes from Terrys did the trick, free swimming on a weightless shock leader, Corkless or not, it did not matter. Shot another edition of Between the Banks that starts airing Thursday on LCN and the weekend on betweenthebanks.com. and Vision Com. After today’s edit I will be back, taking advantage of the warming weather. In the meantime good luck fishing……..Capt. Bob

Capt. Bob's Leeville Report
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GNATS CATCHING HELL IN LEEVILLE! Friday the rain finally stopped but the wind continued as the Gnat Famine is reaching epidemic proportions. Sammy Sharptooth, a spokesman for the Feed a Gnat Foundation of South Louisiana, said feeding conditions have been brutal so far this Winter because of all of the wind and rain. “We need a few calm, dry days to we can graze on a few human fishermen and fill our bellies,” Sharptooth said. “More Gnats have died this winter from starvation than from the normal bug spray and girly, smelly perfumes,” he added. The foundation sites the Gnat population is malnourished and having a hard time landing for meals since they have lost so much weight. The foundation also points out that grazing areas are less crowded due to the drop in population. “All a gnat can do is find a location out of the wind, spot the target, safely land, dig in and hang on,” Sharptooth suggested. The foundation has also documented more Gnat crashes, blamed on lighter weight, recomending increased training on light-weight landing skills.

So Gnats were not an issue this past weekend as we filmed another show in the protected back end of the West Access Canal. The Redfish and a few Specks were caught mostly on live minnows under a cork or free swimming on a weightless Carolina rig. Boone Straight Jacket and a chartreuse with red tail cocahoe twin rig, cranked fast enough to stay above the oyster flats worked best. Saturday, after the fog cleared, a strange bright light rose in the sky as temps climbed. I could see swarms of skinny Gnats hanging on to the marsh, just waiting to feast on my guest and I, but the wind kept them at bay as they continued to lose weight. Sunday the wind increased even more in advance of the next front, and for the Gnats, hanging on for dear life was not a cliché, but reality.

In the meantime, good luck fishing Gnat less……..Capt. Bob