The wind hasn’t slowed down the trout bite around Catfish Lake and Bayou Blue. In fact, Capt. Chad Dufrene (985-637-6357) and his crew landed 73 nice trout a couple of days ago even with the wind trying to blow him off the water. The trout bite was so good he didn’t even target the reds.
Most of the trout around Golden Meadow are ganging up in 3 to 6 feet of water wherever there is some current. Dufrene pointed out Bayou Blue as being one of the hot spots, as well as the canals around Catfish Lake and any of the cuts leading into the surrounding ponds.
“The trout are eating those little white shrimp right now,” Dufrene said. “That’s why we’re throwing glow-colored baits. Our best bite has been on a 3-inch glow Gulp! shrimp fished about 18 to 20 inches under a cork.”
Other than fishing this small shrimp because it resembles what the trout are eating, Dufrene says fishing the smaller lures also makes it easier for him and his anglers to hook up without having to worry about missing so many.
“We didn’t have many throwbacks,” Dufrene added. “Most of our fish were in the 12- to 18-inch rang – some really nice fish. Don’t think you’re going to sit in one spot and catch 80 to 100, though. You got to move around to get your count up.”
Dufrene has been making a milk-run of seven or eight spots while expecting to catch six to seven trout per spot. Once he gets through making his run, he runs back to the beginning spot and starts all over again.
“Usually you can pick up three or four more on each spot,” said Dufrene. “But then again, some fish might have moved up while you were gone, and you could land 10 or 12 more. Keep running and hitting every point or current line you come across, and you can put your own milk-run together by going back and fishing again those spots where you caught fish.”
