Get off the bank, and drop anchor in the middle of large lakes to greatly increase your duck harvest this winter.
“If the wind doesn’t blow you off the lake, you can catch some good trout right now,” said Capt. Norman Rester with A-Speck Charters (318-481-0049). “Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday, we did real well. And just the other day, a friend of mine caught 15 trout in 15 minutes.”
Rester is still primarily fishing the birds as long as they are picking, but most of those are smaller fish. He gave some of the reefs a try this week, and caught some 24-inch fish. And last Saturday, he caught a 6-pounder, which proves that the big fish are starting to show up.
“The better fish seem to be south of the structures and north of Commissary Point,” Rester said. “Also, the pipeline that they just recently put in is holding fish. It runs from one end of the lake to the other, and the trout are holding around the spoil bank near the line.”
According to Rester, the pipeline is very noticeable because there are pilings driven in the bottom to mark its location. As they fill it in and clean the spoil banks up, they will be taking the pilings out. As of right now, Rester said the pilings are visible from Commissary Point north.
Rester has been catching the majority of his fish on the new Norton Shrimp Tail in glow/chartreuse. He’s mainly tightlining it on a 1/8-ounce jighead, and the fish have been eating it on the drop.
“If it turns cold, you’ll have to start focusing more and more on the reefs,” Rester said. “You may want to drop down to a 1/16-ounce head in that case so you can fish your plastic slowly and methodically.”
Don’t be surprised if you get a few redfish and flounder to throw into the box, also. Rester caught a few of each to go along with his trout a couple days ago. The key to catching anything right now is to avoid the wind. If you can get out on a calm day, you should catch fish.