If you want to know when is the best time to go to Delacroix, you forget all about looking at the tide forecasts.
“The tide charts are worthless out here,” Capt. John Gremillion said. “You can throw them away.”
That’s because Delacroix’s inside waters are influenced more by atmospheric conditions than by the sun and the moon. The water level is on a constant quest to find equilibrium after blows of any degree from any direction.
That’s just fine with Gremillion. He doesn’t try to set his watch by the tides anyway.
“Actually, all I want is moving water,” he said. “I don’t care if it’s coming in or if it’s falling, or if there’s no tide but the wind is blowing and making the water move. The key is moving water.
“Now, you fish an incoming tide and a falling tide a
little differently, but as long as that water’s moving, there’s a good chance — a great chance — you’ll catch trout in Delacroix.”
Gremillion said that as a general rule, he’ll look more at points and pockets on a rise, and cuts and trenasses on a fall.
But every rule is made to be broken, and Gremillion will never pass up nervous bait — no matter where it is or what the water’s doing.
