Anglers line the coast for great summer fishing
It seems as though it would be hard to start thinking about hunting season in the middle of the July, but if you want to be successful when the time arrives, then you need to start preparing.
This time of year you can find many deer hunters shooting their bows or heading to their camps for work-weekends. Every type of truck trailer is loaded down with four-wheelers and other necessary supplies. It’s like a boat show, but for the hunter. And even though the season doesn’t start for a while, there’s still a lot of work that has to be done.
Superb fishing along coastline
On the flip side, fishing continues to be super along the coast. I made a trip to the Fourchon with Captain Roe and Andrew Callais last week and we limited out with specs.
The trout were biting on the Blue Moon Terror Tail, the 2-inch chartreuse beetle, the purple and white beetle, the Baby Bull Minnow in avocado with red glitter, and the shad rig.
If things start to slow down while you’re fishing, switch bodies. I like to make up my own double rig and change the color combination.
I start by putting the Blue Moon on the bottom with a 3/8-ounce jig head and a 2-inch chartreuse with a 1/4- ounce jig head on the top. This allows you to make long casts.
It was a perfect morning. No wind, no waves, birds hitting the shrimp on the water, with a good tide movement and two fish every cast.
Seventy-five trout filled our ice chest quickly along with spanish mackerel.
Later in the week I made a trip to Little Lake. Mike Brassete and Callais fished with me.
We launched at C&M Fuel Dock in the Lafitte Harbor, went into Bayou Rigolets and headed South.
Once in Little Lake, we fished the east side along the rocks toward the Exxon Canals.
All of the points and break-ups along the rocks produced red fish. Baits of choice were the Blue Moon Terror Tail with a gold spinner, 1/4- ounce gold spoon, black and chartreuse cocahoe, and shrimp on a jig head.
We moved on across Little Lake to the point above Bay L’Ours and fished the northern side back to the grass beds. It didn’t take long to catch 15 fish.
Pier 90
I recently spoke with George Garcia at Pier 90. The water is still pouring out of the diversion.
Fishermen are catching limits of bass and bream.
Best spots have been the Tank Ponds, the Louisiana Cypress Canal, and the cuts along the northern side of the Lake Cataouatche.
Best baits for bass have been the watermelon worms, white spinner baits, Baby 1-Minus, and the clear and green swim baits.
Bream still like crickets, earthworms and popping bugs in white or yellow.
Find the current and fish for catfish with earthworm on the bottom.
Plentiful crabs
Crabs are plentiful everywhere. From the surf of Grand Isle to Lake Des Allemands.
If you plan to travel to Grand Isle this weekend for the Tarpon Rodeo, be sure to check your boat trailers inside and out.
Check the following: wiring and lights, tow strap, grease bearing, crack on the trailer, tie-down strap, runners, tire pressure and conditions.
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