If you don’t go, you won’t know
A recent scouting trip into the Salvador Management Area revealed a ridge where acorns were falling on its banks.Looking for signs of deer quickly disclosed rails and numerous tracks. I was very excited to take my son Hunter on a youth hunt.
Being on the football team and taking care of his studies during the week, Hunter asked me to wait until Sunday morning for our excursion. But when Sunday morning arrived and he decided to sleep in and pass on the youth hunt. I knew this was going to be a mistake.
Monday afternoon I called a friend from Westwego. He had taken his son on the Salvador youth hunt. They didn’t shoot anything, but spotted 6 deer moving in the direction of our stand area. Two out of the six deer had horns.
Being a member of the Churchill Hunting Club, I decided to work on my best stand in preparation of the upcoming season beginning in November.
FALL FISHING
If you are thinking about fishing, head south to Grand Isle or Golden Meadow.
Captain Roe Pitre of Galliano has been catching limits of reds and specks from the Sulphur mines to Port Fourchon.
The Gold Spoon, the Blue Moon Terror Tail, the avocado Baby Bull Minnow, and Tuxedo Cocahoe have worked well on a retrieve or under a cork.
He also said to keep an eye on the sky.
Plenty of birds have been working the area over large schools of shrimp.
Ms. Dodie from Bridgeside Marina reported they are fully functional again. The utilities have been restored and expecting plenty of fishermen.
They have ice, live shrimp and poogies, crabs and mullet. The grocery store is stocked.
The rodeos have played out for the summer, but plenty of fish are waiting to be caught.
Last week the strong southeast winds made the Gulf un- fishable. After the cold front, north winds have calmed the surf and passes. Ms. Dodie commented on calm days, saying that fish have been caught in the surf.
Live shrimp and poogies, the Gulp Alive in molten shrimp, purple and white and black and chartreuse cocahoe have produced well.
This is the time of year the bull reds begin their annual spawn in the passes.
The tides will be running good with ranges of 1.8 to 1.1 feet all week along Grand Isle.
High tide will occur around midnight with low tide occurring around noon.
Locally, the canals north of Des Allemands have been producing catches of sac-au- laits.
Russell Loupe says to find the dead end canals off of Humble in the Bayou, the Providence Canal, the Airplane Canal, and Dead Cow Lake.
Fish the corners where Wax Myrtles or Willows hang over the water edge.
Blac and chartreuse, blue and white, red, white and chartreuse, and shiners under a cork work well.
Lake Cataouatche has been producing good bass catches. Fish the north shoreline in the Whiskey Bay area for bass.
White spinner baits, watermelon-colored worms, shad-colored crank baits, and the Red Bloodline Rattletrap will do the trick, Lake Salvador has produced good catches of specs and reds.
From the mouth of Bayou Couba, Bay Badeaux, the Christmas tree line, Bayou Viller, and Bayou Perot, Captain Fred reports, “It’s been great!”
Any color sparkle beetle with a gold spinner, but purple and white and black and chartreuse have worked the best.
The ¼ ounce Gold Spoon and market shrimp on the bottom and under a cork works.
FALL HUNTING
Rabbit and squirrel season will run until Feb. 28. The second split of Dove seasons opened Oct. 18 and runs until Nov. 30.
The first split of duck season opens in the East zone Nov. 15 through 30, the west zone Nov. 8 through 30.
Deer season opens for primitive arms Nov. 8 through 14 and still-hunting opens Nov. 15 through Jan. 18.
Go online and check out the new deer tagging system, at www.wlf.state.la.us, and click on deer tagging procedure.
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