“I’ll fish Gosier two days after a front, when we have a bluebird sky and very little wind,” Bourgeois said. “The cooler November weather means you don’t have to start fishing as early in the mornings, and between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. is perfect for fishing reds on the flats at Gosier. It can be an incredible sight to see when huge schools of reds cover the shallow flats, and they hunt and hit baits very aggressively. Schools of big black drum do the exact same thing and hunt over the flats along Gosier.
“I like tossing topwater baits, and I only use one bait and one color: Bomber Badonk-A-Donks in the bone color. That’s it for topwater. Or I’ll throw plastics in either black/chartreuse or purple/chartreuse. I just use darker colors because they work best right now.”
Speckled fish also are available, although catching them requires some adjustments.
“You can also still catch trout on Gosier, but they’re hanging a bit deeper in water 4 to 5 feet deep between the sandbars. Wade out a bit and cast soft plastics on a ¼-ounce jighead either tight-lined or you can try under a cork. Look for bait in the water, and wherever you see mullet schooled, toss there. On warmer days you can still fish with a topwater bait, and I guarantee you that’s what I’ll be doing.”
