Lafitte, LA USA

Lafitte Report

Today Capt.James had the pleasure of fishing with Kevin Keese and his girlfriend Lillian.Today was a special trip as this was Kevin's last fishing trip before he deploys to Iraq.With the northeast winds they decided to forgo the trout bite to the west as it was dirty there yesterday.Once on the Myrtle Grove side,Kevin and Capt.James worked the fringes of the duck ponds.Capt.James's stays out of the ponds this time of year as this is what the duck hunters wait all year for.Anyway, they started picking away at the reds putting some good ones on ice.Kevin had the hot hand today as the fish gods must have known this was his last trip for awhile.They worked them over catching around 30 reds in all and putting their 10 fish limit on ice and releasing the rest.They also added 2 trout and a puppy drum to the box.Lillian did not fish as she was nursing a fractured wrist.She sat back and enjoyed the scenery.

All fish ate H&H Baby Bull Minnows tightlined to the shore on 1/4oz.jigheads with St.Croix Rods.

Kevin, as a Air Force Veteran, I want to THANK YOU for your service to our country.It is people like yourself that allows us to have the freedoms in this country that many take for granted!! Again THANK YOU and remember you will always have a place on my boat.

GOD BLESS

Capt.James

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Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 6:27:26 PM

slidell, la United States

In response to 2lovetofish

Congradulations!!! Good marriage and limits of specks. Don't get better than that. Buddy

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 4:37:43 PM

slidell, la United States

In response to peewee's big adventure

Now that's a good fishin trip.

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 4:33:30 PM

Lafitte, LA USA

Lafitte Report:

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Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 2:53:57 PM

Venice, LA USA

Saturday. Nov. 14

Quack! Quack! Quack!
The common sound you hear early in the morning before shooting time.
Shortly after the guns are firing.
That's what the opening morning was
like for our four customers Saturday.
They had grays and teals giving them a great time of shooting. Mottled ducks and pintails as well. After limits of ducks we went hunting for those reds.
Caught limits of reds and had a blast
And cast of a day with Cajun Unlimited. Same group With Mr. Geary
Will hunt and fish Saturday Nov. 21.

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 2:31:48 PM

luling, LA USA

Just got the news that Mark smith of South Lake kennels made it to the final round of the nationals today.Round 10 starts tomorrow, and chances are looking good.If you want your lab trained by the best Marks your man.504-858-5400


mark aka 2lovetofish

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 2:30:10 PM

Bay St Louis, MS USA

Made 2 trips this past week out of BSM. Wednesday, we fished all around the Stump Lagoon area. Caught 75 trout. Went again on Thursday to the same area and caught 40 trout. Nothing real big. 12-14 inches. Water was super clean and tide was falling pretty good both days.  

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 2:05:20 PM

Shell Beach, LA USA

LAST TRIP OF THE YEAR FOR ZACHRY CONSTRUCTION CO. WE HAVE HAD GREAT TRIPS ALL YEAR WITH THE LARGE GROUPS THEY SEND DOWN ON A WEEKELY BASIS. Come down and see why the largest privately owned Construction Company in the world is FISHING WITH THE KING!!!!!!  WE LOOK FORWARD TO FISHING WITH THEM NEXT YEAR. WE ALSO KNOCKED EM THIS MORNING!!  Capt Rory and I fished the Zachry Group today. We had 2 boats with 4 anglers in each boat. We picked them up at John Miremonts lodge in beautiful Fort Beauregard. We started off in the back of Hopedale and got on a speckled trout bite right away. We made 2 stops and that was all it took.  Both boats limited out on specked trout catching 125 each. In my boat they caught there limit of puppy drum 20 and 8 heads. We filled the box to the top and headed for the lodge. Capt Rory also had a beautiful box of fish.   125 SPECKLED TROUT 3 REDS 5 HEADS AND 4 PUPPY DRUM. All the fish were caught on Campo's live shrimp. Check out the dock shot below.

Fishing remains outstanding at the beach.  We have the best fishing guides in the area waiting to take you on your next fishing adventure. Have Monday open and it looks like a great day if you want to fill your freezer now is the time. cHARTER INFO 504-887-4960 504-881-9966

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Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 1:39:26 PM

Venice, LA USA

Want some tuna with your turkey???

Need 2 or 3 more for an overnighter Mon night with Capt. Al Walker of Extreme Fishing Charters.

There are some big tuna out there right now let's go get 'em!

Cost is about $400 / person, max of 5 people on trip.

Email or call me 907-321-9668.

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 11:08:51 AM

Luling , LA USA

BRIDGE CLOSING DATE CHANGED BY PARISH-NOTE BELOW:
HALE BOGGS BRIDGE CLOSURE - DEC. 5 Posted Date: 11/20/2009
The Hale Boggs Bridge will close completely in both directions from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 5 due to ongoing work related to the cable replacement project.
http://www.stcharlesparish-la.gov/index.aspx?page=26&recordid=695

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 10:43:25 AM

Venice, LA USA

After several weeks of strong easterlies and a brush with a tropical storm, the gulf laid flat like a pond, allowing for beautiful conditions. On Saturday I ran a trip for the Mexican Gulf Fishing Company. My crew consisted of a all star MLB line up that included hall of fame inductee Barry Larkin, formerly of the Cincinnati Reds. We rolled down the river at 50 m.p.h. and I never had to pull the throttles back once we hit the gulf. We started out wahoo fishing and only had a pull off to show for a serious effort. A capt. buddie hit me up on the radio that he had found some stud yellows and to get there quick. He was about fifteen miles away and in no time we pulled up to find his client bowed up in the harness. After a short lesson in chunking we picked up seven jumbo blackfin. We reset and started the process again and doubled up on two serious fish but broke one off in the pandemonium of trying to clear the lines as the fish crossed each other. The little 30w Tiagra was still screaming and we gave chase and was able to settle in with a straight up and down fight. Forty five minutes past by like five hours, add alot of grunts and groans and throw in a few select words and I sunk the gaffs in a nice fish in the 120-130lb class. We reset again and caught jumbo blacks on after the other keeping six more and releasing the rest. The guys called it a day early feeling satisfied and in the need of a cocktail. On Sunday the conditions were the same. I headed to the same area and we got started. Again, the blacks were thick. These are the 20-30lb jobs that eat anything thrown in the water. We fished into the early afternoon without seeing a yellow, when two studs appeared deep in the slick about 40ft down. They were playing hard to get eating everything without a hook. I downsized to 60lb Frenzy floro to try and get them to eat. We kept laying out the buffet when a nice cow dolphin showed up and we caught her quick. I kept feeding the tuna and finally the bigger of the two came right up and ate my chunk on que. I settled in and fought this fish while the guys were feeding two other tuna that came up on the other side of the boat. I am leaning on this fish hard when I look over and there is a wahoo in the 80lb class eating everything and lit up like a neon sign in the cobalt blue water. I yell for Capt. Mike to hook him. He ate the chunk as soon as it hit the water and streaked off on the surface for Mexico. The wahoo ate thru the floro after ten minutes which I was surprised it took that long. In the process Kevin hooked one of the other tuna and now we were doubled up on fatty's. Close to an hour later I finally had my tuna on its side and two gaffs later, a nice fish in the 140lb class hit the deck. I immediately focused my attention on Kevin's fish which was giving him a hard time. Another thirty minutes past and the circles got smaller and after an intense moment with a deep gaff we layed a nice fish in the 120lb class right next to his buddy in a bloody mess. Cool way to end the day indeed. The fishing here in Venice is strong right now as long as the weather permits. Starting in January it will go into full swing on large yellowfin and wahoo. I have dates available in December and the upcoming big fish season. Give me a call to book your next trip in Venice.


Captain William Wall

Pelagic Charters

1.225.454.5365

 Solid doubleCapt. Will with fattyGet Em!Barry Larkin With A fattyMajor League Effort

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 10:30:07 AM

St Bernard, LA USA

Just as a side note I stopped for gas after fishing Sunday at the Quick Stop on Hwy 39.  They have ethonal free gas.  The store is on the corner of Judge Perez Dr and Oak Dr.  There is no sticker on the pump for ethonal so I assume it does not have any in it.

Tight lines and enjoy the day.
Jim

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 9:16:05 AM

kenner, LA USA

Reggio report.
First time I ever launched at Reggio and it was a good experience. Launched at 6:30, in lake Amedee for 6:40. Had the Doc and the Old retired Gov. Man along. Went to a spot by the twin pipe lines and Amedee, where the Young Gov Man had caught his limit in 2 hours the day before, but they were no longer there.
Fished several spot in the lake and had about 6 to show for an hour of fishing. That's not good when you have two of the best tight line fisherman in the New Orleans area in the boat. So off we went to the Delacroix side and with a 2 ft. tide the twins were just to hard to fish. Fished 4 horse and Round lake and 2 more hour we were up to maybe 15 silver wonders. (1-pack?) So it was back over to the Hopedale side and into Lake Robin. Things started looking up as the 2 tight wads, I mean the 2 tight line pros started putting them in the box. We also threw about 100 (-12")back in the water. Had to restrain the Old Retired Gov. Man from throwing back the ones between 12 and 13 because he and the BULL don't like keeping those.
Headed back to the launch about 1 p.m. with a final count of:
59 siver wonders
1 20" drum
1 white trout
2 oysters
(that's all I can think of 1-PACK)
Oh, the Old Retired Gov. Man did donate a nice rod and reel to Lake Robin. He said it was old, but I think I saw a tear in his eye.
And DOC, please bring those reels in for some TLC.

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 8:58:36 AM

Luling , LA United States

In response to dl

There are two NOAA data buoys in da-lake and you can find them at this web site.  You can click on the station you want and then use the icons to see the tide prediction for the day and other data as well.
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 7:18:08 AM

Luling , LA United States

In response to dan

Bad idea not only for safety reasons, but also because moisture can collect in the dead air spaces resulting in miss-fires and the powder is corrosive causing damage to your barrel.  If it is too much of a pain to clean suggest you take up tennis.

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 7:09:47 AM

Slidell, LA USA

What a wonderful week of fishing in the Lake this week.  We saw some really impressive catches come out of the lake the last couple of days.  Adam and I made a trip in the lake last Friday, we fished the twin span the trestle the causeway and the new arificial reef infront of Bayou Lacombe and had similar results at each spot.  We ended the day with 42 trout 5 drum, 2 reds, and one flounder.  Mionday Mark and I went and fished the trestle and Hwy 11 and made a nice catch boating 22 trout 7 drum 5 flounder and 2 reds.  That same day Terry came in with a limit of 50 trout from the twinspan.  Yesterday the bridges were a little tough but a friend called me and told us where some reds were in a canal and I took Devin over to them and we boated 18 reds keeping 10 and 6 bass all released and 2 keeper trout in about an hour it was awesome and then we went right back to the bait shop.  Also make sure to look out for birds diving in the Lake as the bull reds have moved in I had some friends, a two boat group of nine hit a flock of birds Sunday and the crushed the bull reds up to 18 lbs.  The lake is really comming to life right now as we have been seeing some trout up to 5lbs.  and the most flounder we have seen in a couple of years and the drum are ridiculas as usual.  And look out for the Huge Bluecats swimming around on the trestle they are really showing up.  Check out the fishing game report with Capt. Kenny and Frank Davis too see all the different species swimming around te trestle right now.    Come see us at the bait shop.
Don't forget to fish the Redfish Tournament Dec. 12 call us for details.  

985-707-2105
www.DockSideLA.com
118A Harbor View Ct.  70458
Check out all the pics from this week

 Biggest Trout of the Week Terry cleaning some horsesRed ManiaAlan with a MonsterBox shot from Trestle and CausewayCauseway TroutTrout Limit

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 6:58:28 AM

Slidell, LA USA

Beautiful day down @ delacroix fish with bro-n-law JL caught 50 speck and 40 white trout all on plastic on the bottom double rigged.

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 6:19:14 AM

Slidell, LA USA

Get someone a Sea Tow membership for Christmas this year! Many of you already have, Call today! Sea Tow New Orleans (504) 301-4545

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 6:07:33 AM

Delacroix, LA USA

Hey Everybody! We have been very busy at Sweetwater Marina.  We are trying to get in place what everyone has been asking for....BAIT.  Well we have cockahoe minnows swimming happily in a pool right outside just waiting for YOU thats right YOU!  The cockahoes will be 25 cents a piece.  We are also making arrangements to have market bait!  You asked for it and you got it. Thats the way we want it to be at Sweetwater Marina.  Capt Jack is so excited he wants to run a special so we will offer to our customers....100 cockahoes, a 20lb bag of ice, a pound of market bait, and the launch for $35.00!! We also will be taking credit cards very soon.  I am just waiting on the equipment.  The lodging is going up very fast and should be completed by mid December! We are looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend.  It looks like rain on Saturday, but please call us if you feel like fishing.  I can't you how many times the weatherman has predicted a wash out and the weather was great here.  Sunday looks great though.  See you this weekend!!!

Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 12:42:18 AM

metairie, LA USA

any inshore charter capts. or customers need to fill a boat for Sat.?  (Lafitte, Shell Beach, Lake Ponchatrain)

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 10:03:39 PM

REGGIO, LA USA

Plan was to run down to paris road, pick up a bunch of live shrimp and run back to fish the causeway this morning.

Dropped tiny tuna off at screwel and was at the friendly fisherman for about 9:30 and the pen was PACKED and the flags were flying straight out! Scratched the lake idea and decided to head down solo to REGGIO..

LEE, you're right, MIKE is a great guy and will bend over backwards to help out anyone who's at his launch... anyway, I got a wave from mike from the window, plugged 10 bucks into his mailbox and launched the banana boat.

Didn't have to go far to find em. First cut that was emptying into the reggion canal produced some beautiful trout. Put about 10 in the box then the dinks showed up and shortly the bite stopped so I headed down to stop 2 which had a boat anchored off in MY spot and they were bringing in some dinks.

So I went to my semi best favorite spot, but couldn't get on em right away having to throw back 3 ratreds finally the trout bite picked up.. Put another 3 or 4 on ice and the bite stopped.

Went down to a little dead end canal that had been holding trout the past few weeks and found it to be flat full of REDFISH... lots of throwbacks but managed to box 5 nice reds, and 10 of the fattest bass I've ever caught.

Missed a couple more reds at the side of the boat... reeling em in on 12 lb test and netting them yourself isn't all that easy. I decided that since i at least had a limit of something, it was time to head home..

On the way back down the reggio canal I found my spot empty and decided to give it a try even though I was OUT of live shrimp... put a green beetle about 2 feet under a cork and it was ON! Beautimous trout one after another until I hit my trout limit.

Not a bad day by my self...25 trout, 5 reds (one monster) and 10 fat bass.

Water was falling almost all day, temps were 59.5f and the quality on a scale of 1 to 10 was about an 8...beautiful day to be in the sun and breeze and I'm glad I ddin't go to the Lake...

Always an adventure! Til next time

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 8:24:32 PM

Madisonville, LA USA

Can someone email the website that has Lake Pontch tides. Thanks in advance

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 7:56:21 PM

Shell Beach/St. Bernard, LA USA

Fishing Magician Charters

Today I had the pleasure of taking out Dane Bennett and Rusty Tardo from Louisiana Sportsman's Magazine. The guys wanted to fish the Biloxi Marsh and so we did.

Two stops, and the guys put 60 trout into the boat. Then, we called it a day early.

Guys, fishing isn't going to get any better than it is now. Give us a call to book a fun day of fishing.If you want to catch some fish and have some fun, Fishing Magician Charters is the one. Give us a call to enjoy a day you will remember for ever.

We still have a boat slip available for rent. It has electricity, water, cleaning table and a boat lift.

Capt. Johnny Nunez
504-239-3159
fishingmagiciancharters@yahoo.com

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 7:46:07 PM

New Orleans, LA USA

Louis, You should head down to Campo's if you want to catch fish in Lake Borne. Just head straight accross the MRGO and into the lake. My friends have been catching beautiful reds and into the marsh for trout. I have been fishing out of BSM between Lake Robin and Bottle Lagoon and doing good on the last two weekends. If you really want to go to Bienvenue, you can still get to Lake Borne there also. I haven't heard any good reports about that area lately.  Good luck and tight lines.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 7:32:28 PM

slidell, LA USA

how long will thepowder last in the gun of a muzzle loader before it goes bad. hate shoot it just to unload. i have been takeing the primer out for safetys sake. thanks in advance

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 7:01:21 PM

covington, LA USA

Went to the tressels today got some great bait from chas at dockside but to no avail fished from 10 till 2 today with 2 trout to show for it.Better luck next time.beautiful day on the water.goodluck & be safe........................mf

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 7:00:15 PM

Petal, MS USA

Made a trip out to Hopedale today with a friend of mine. One stop shopping today! Number 50 hit the ice for 8:15.  Caught most on live Campo's shrimp (as always a very generous count from them.)  When using plastic, a green sparkle beetle worked best but, live was the hot ticket today.  Fished 2 ft under cork in a narrow bayou and everyone was very polite in passing.  Gave our left over scrimps to a lone fisherman.  Great day to be out.

We went down last night and stayed at Frank Moore's lodge.  Very nice and comfortable place. I've known Frank for quite a while and if you stay with him you will enjoy the company.  


Finished the day with:

50 specks (up to 19 inches)

about 10-12 throw backs(11 to 11.5")

3 Reds

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 5:50:03 PM

madisonville, LA USA

a friend of mine call me today and told me that a friend of his got a ticket down hopedale while in his boat for not haveing a trash can, the wildlife and fishies gave him the ticket, said he had the have a bucket with lid and it must say trash on the side, this is hard to believe. would anyone have any info on this.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 5:48:01 PM

New Orleans, LA USA

Has anyone been catching any speckled trout in the Tchefuncte River??? Plenty specks were caught last year at this time.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 5:34:49 PM

Slidell, LA United States

In response to Lee

We fished the Pen the past Saturday and did very good with the speckled trout.  The MRGO is completely closed due to the new flood control structure so you would have to take another route to Lake Borgne.  I think, but I'm not sure, that you can still take Bayou Bienvenue into Lake Borgne.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 5:23:31 PM

luling, LA USA

50 ON THE 21ST

Hit the Hache today with the wife to celebrate our 21st year of marriage.Was the first boat to Crevasse and Oak this morning and enjoyed steady action with birds working close by UNTIL the fleet arrived.Went from 1 boat to 6 in a flash of an eye.Wanted a peaceful day today so with 12 in the box we made a move to a near by bay.Drifted tossing corks over some flats near deep water and did not get a bite.Decided to move back to oak river and to my surprise no boats.Worked a cut off of oak and it was on.The wife was working a cork and i a double rig and fish were flying in non-stop UNTIL another boat passing by decided to get in on the action.He trolled right pass us and into our casting area,fished for 5 minutes without a bite and left.We reset up letting the wind against tide hold us in the area we wanted to fish and in no time it was back on,but now they wanted it on the bottom and slow rolled.Had ANOTHER boat stop in to get on the action.These folks were true sportsman.Stayed out of casting range and worked the area the same as us;no anchor,wind and tide keeping the boat in place.It was not long and they were slinging in fish at a steady pace.My wife was pleased to see another woman in their boat;we see very few out once the cold weather starts to set in.The bite stayed steady and the fish grew in size as we hit number 40: perfect.Decided to do a bonus round as most were close to 18 inches anyway.The fish must have gotten the word because the big girls turned on in a big way for both boats.It did not take long for number 50 to hit the box.Looked at the cell phone and the time read 12:20pm.Ran back to Beshels, packed up and crossed the 1:00pm ferry.

GREAT DAY ON THE WATER WITH MY BETTER HALF.

Looking forward to another 21yrs.

WE WILL BE BACK WHEN ITS RIGHT!!!!


MARK

 50 ON THE 21ST

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 4:35:32 PM

Hopedale/Delacroix, LA USA

BEST FISHING EVER!!!

Well my Captain's, Shane Robin and Joe Vinson were out today with Gayle Bailly of Bayer Crop Science GA and Pat Rome with his crew.

Capt. Shane loaded Pat and his crew into his boat after they walked down out of our Silver Side Lodges and started their first day of fishing!  Capt. Shane headed to Four Horse and fish the Bayou on the Right catching their limit of 75 Trout in 47 minutes!! WoW!!!  They were using any plastics they wanted 2.5ft under a cork.  Once the trout were iced down they headed over to Branville Bay and hit the reds fast and hard.  The reds were eating dead shrimp under a cork on a point that the water was rolling across!  The fish were all keepers with a few bulls caught and released.  They ended up catching 44 reds and filled the box to the top with their limit by 9:00am!

Remember we don't catch our limits and make you get back to the dock!!  We want you to have a full day of fishing and fun, no rushing back to the dock???????

Capt. Joe had the crew I had the pleasure fishing with yesterday for their final day of fishing.

They headed to Pumkin Bay and Drum Lake and found the birds working like crazy with very nice trout under them.  They caught their 75 trout limit in 50min and were ready for some more arm pulling redfish!

Capt. Joe told me that they headed over to a point where they noticed some mullet jumping and that was it!  The reds were coming into the boat with dead and live shrimp under a cork as fast as Capt. Joe could get them re-baited.

NOTICE TO ALL ANGLERS!!!!!!!!!!!

I have an opening tomorrow morning with Capt. Joe, and two boats open on Sunday and one boat open Monday.  Call us ASAP and get on the books, don't miss this opportunity to have your fishing trip of a lifetime!

AS ALWAYS, WE ARE FULL-TIME GUIDES THAT FISH EVERYDAY, WE DON'T FISH ON OUR DAYS OFF FROM OUR REAL JOBS!!

www.CaptainCharlie.com or (504)-278-3474

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 4:13:55 PM

Louisiana, L United States

In response to DJ

Altought I've never seen it open, I would think it must function because the E. Pearl River goes to Stennis Space Center. Prior to Katrina there were some larger boats that moored above Hwy 90. I beleive the bridge is open by appointment only or 24hr advance notice.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 4:03:28 PM

Delacroix Island LA, LA USA

                                                           The bashing continues!

Today was day one for the Lavulet construction crew from Lafayette.
Karl , Amos and Robert from Lafayette got on board this morning and the decision was made to hit the numbers first and then look for the bigger trout after they had enough meat in the box.
First couple of stops and we were sitting on 50 trout from 13 to 16"so the rest of the morning they wanted to hit the bigger trout.
Made the first stop near the twin pipeline and little lake John and worked a ledge and got on a slow but steady bite with most of the fish ranging from 15" to 20" bouncing double rigged plastics on the bottom in the purple and chartreuse.
That bite quit with some help of boat traffic so we made a short jump to another point near four horse lake and I cast out a rig to show them how to work the drop off and set the hook on two trout that were both over 18".
That had them jumping over each other to get their lines wet and Amos got the hot hand quick swinging slabs over the gunnel at a steady pace.
Karl and Robert were right behind as they paid close attention to his every move and before I knew it there were big trout flopping on the floor faster than I could get them in the box.
The clicker hit 100 and they played catch and release for a few minutes and asked for a red fish so we just trolled over to the closest point and Amos hooked up first again with a nice 26" slot then the guys put in three more right behind him and with the box chock full we headed to the barn to clean up.
You could not have asked for better weather with a light north breeze cool temps and a good tide range.
The trout are bashing the shrimp in all the major lakes and bays from Lake Robin to Four Horse
and this cool snap has put some bigger trout near the ledges

Till tomorrow .....Take a trip and rip some lips!

Castaway Charters
capt Stan Cuquet
DELACROIX ISLAND LA
WWW.CASTAWAYCHARTERS.COM
504-272-0550   504-451-7600

 Robert,Karl and Amos

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 3:59:05 PM

Greenwell Springs, LA USA

What a great fishing trip with Captain Owen of Big O Charters.  Bobby, Steve and George fished Monday and limited out with specks and reds, three reds over 27 inches and most trout in the 2 to 5 lb range. Captain Owen put us on the specks and reds on the west side of Empire.  Everything  was just perfect, the weather was beautiful, hardly no wind and a mild temperature.   We had a great time and the fishing was awesome.  Special thanks to Mike C. and Big O Charters.  We will be back!

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 3:05:01 PM

Shell Beach, LA USA

BEAUTIFUL DAY AT THE BEACH!!!!! Had the pleasure of fishing today with Kit Marye Shawn and Pat. They drove in from Baton Rouge last night and got an early start this morning. We started off in the back of Hopedale and went further in from there. We caught fish everywhere we went today. A lot of schools had small fish in them and some had decent fish. We ended the day limiting out catching 100 speckled trout, 1 red , 8 puppy drum, 4 sheepshead and 1 flounder. We had a cajun slam for sure. All the shrmp were caught on campos live shrimp. Weather is beautiful and fish are eating up. We have openings November and December with the best charter guides in the area. Give us a call.

Some people tell you about all the boxes of fish they catch. We show them to you with NUMBERS & DOCK SHOTS. One picture is worth a thousand words. We have lots of pictures!!!!!!. ONE CALL THAT’S ALL SHOW UP WITH A SMLE AND WE WILL DO THE REST

GIVE US A CALL FOR PRICING AND TO BOOK YOU’RE NEXT FISHING ADVENTURE. OUR PRICE INCLUDES GAS, BAIT ICE, FISHING EQUIPMENT, AND FISH CLEANING!!!!!!!!

 Group Dock Shot

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 2:19:27 PM

Baton Rouge, LA USA

How has the fishing been out of Bayou Bienvenue?  I
am planning on heading down on Sunday.  How
difficult is it to get to Lake Borgne with the new flood
wall?

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 1:41:50 PM

Luling , LA USA

HALE BOGGS BRIDGE CLOSURE - DEC. 6

The Hale Boggs Bridge will close completely in both directions from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 6 due to ongoing work related to the cable replacement project.

http://www.stcharlesparish-la.gov/index.aspx?page=26&recordid=691

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 1:36:58 PM

Metairie, LA USA

Last minute cancellation! I have an opening for 3 hunters on Friday and Saturday and a few openings next week. Give me a call to set up a trip, sorry for the quick post but Im headed back out to relocate some decoys. Call me at 504-427-4973

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 1:34:42 PM

NO, LA USA

Made a quick morning trip to Reggio yesterday.  After  a delay with battery/cold motor, we fished the Lake Amadee area.  2 of us wound up with 12 trout, 3 reds, 3 drum, and 2 bass along with 15-20 throwbacks. Live shrimp under a cork.

I would like to thank the owner of Reggio Marina (I think his name is Mike?) for letting us borrow his jumper cables and offering to loan us an extra battery.  Much nicer and accomodating than the old man down the road.   

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 10:17:11 AM

RIGOLETS, LA USA

I have a question, Is the east Pearl River bridge on Hwy. 90 a working draw bridge?  Thanks in advance.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 8:18:36 AM

Metairie, LA USA

This is a late report from this past weekend.  Those of you who have seen my reports in the past, know that I usually fish Lafitte, as I keep my boat down there.  This past weekend I attended a bachelor party for a good friend down in Dulac.  I drove down Saturday morning to find most of the guys hung over from the night before.  We left with 3 boats out of the Marina towards the Sulphur Mines down in Cocodrie.  Frank Davis was fishing this area last week, so we decided to give it a go.  Most boats were fishing around the structure on the outside with not much luck.  We maneuvered inside the area with the trolling motor and started to get on the fish.  It was a couple here and a couple there but the trout were really nice size. I'm used to catching trout (when we catch trout) in Lafitte in the 12 to 14 inch range, with an occasional nice trout.  All of these trout were 18 to 20 inches.  Beautiful trout.  They were hitting a speculizer under a popping cork.  The bite slowed except for one small area where two boats were fishing.  One of the boats had a trout on nearly every cast.  We ended the day with 25 beautiful trout and missed alot more.  I think, if not for the hangovers, had we gotten out there earlier, we may have gotten close to our three man limit.

In reading reports on here from Capt. Phil, et al it seems that the trout are still on the outside and haven't made the move to inside waters yet.  I hope they get here soon.  Days like this past Saturday, with flat seas and no winds are few and far between in November.

Sean R

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 7:53:09 AM

slidell/venice, LA USA

Need money.... Thinking of making my own website its going to be called hunters who b**ch and complain.Com!!!!!!!!! or i could just organize a fight night out in the swamp but it would probably be a noshow..... Seriously i dont see how you people make it one hour in the outdoors!!! grow up so i dont have to scroll all the way through your pointless reports!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 7:51:01 AM

metairie, LA USA

To Henry

You would have to give more info than that to make it a valid comparison but in any event as you can see for as many people think that you guys are right there are the same amount that are on my side. For every ruling proving your point there are just as many proving mine. You can't use a court case trying to show the validity of the law cause like i said it has gone every way imagineable on this matter, BUT

The law is written the way i have conveyed it. go read it if you don't believe.

And thats my point, La politics is plenty corrupt and that is why you see it go agaisnt the public so often in this matter. Like i said its who you know or how much u will pay which often times determines the outcome.

To further prove my point, La is the only state in the country that has this issue....

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 7:35:55 AM

Slidell, LA United States

In response to Salty_Dog

That's an awesome catch, Salty Dog! Must take some skill to get that in the boat!

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 12:35:45 AM

Ponchatoula, LA USA

Hey i own land on both sides of the Mississippi River, maby ill just build a Dam across it.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 9:23:04 PM

Hopedale/Delacroix, LA USA

HOPEDALE/BRETON SOUND REPORT.....

Today I had the good fortune of fishing with Leon Boone and his regular crew from Florance, MS. He brought along Glenn, and brothers Irvin, and Arnold. Can you believe the guys showed up with a Wal Mart bag slap full of bananas. As I was putting the bag into the drink box, it was almost like I could smell them from a mile away! I strongly suggested to leave the bananas at the dock and promised them we would be back in time before the vienna sausages and beanie weanie's were gone. Boone shrugged his shoulders and through them back in the truck.

I took the guys over towards Grand Lagoon and the Rositta, and immediately started putting trout in the boat. The only problem was the bite was slow. We gave it a bit and moved about a mile and got into a good bite. The trout were mixed in size with some nice ones intermingled . The fish were on the bottom of a bayou and wanting a slow fall. Live Storm Minnows on a 1/8 oz carolina rig did the trick. The bite eventually played out and the fish turned tiny, followed by few and far between.

Since we had a good lick on the day, I told the guys I really wanted to go check some spots for a change of scenery. We packed up and headed in the opposite direction and fished some of favorite areas off of the MRGO.

What is normally my ace in the hole, was not today. We tried it without a bite for the longest 10 minutes you'd ever seen. But shortly after we found them 200 yds away from where I normally fish. I had the guys back on corks at this point fishing both storm minnows and Hybrid Flurries. With in no time flat number 100 made it's way into the igloo!

Some high fives and natural lights made there way around the boat, as we packed it back to the BSM. This is Leon's 2nd time this year with me and they all had a blast again! There was even some talk of a December trip coming up. I look forward to seeing you guys again soon!

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 8:49:06 PM

metairie, LA USA

To Ken

Ya know its cool if you try to convince me of your position but after i pretty much smashed your argument the best you can come up with is for me to call the office of state lands which is where i obtianed alot of information, so you resort to bashing me. Thats pretty funny, oh well u prove my point. But anyway good luck trying to intimadating people, it won't work on me pal... Oldcaster, i know it is a problem however alot of those canals are dug by the oil companies and in those cases those are private canals and by law we have no right to those. I don't have an issue with them restricting those cause they actually did dig them but i hear what your saying it is a mess. When it comes down to it regardless of what the law says its gonne go in favor of who holds the chips. Big money will always win but u gotta fight what u can. I hunt on public land so it really ain't an issue for me but if people just roll over then everyone will be fishin in the river, lol..

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 8:40:22 PM

Saint Amant, LA USA

On Monday Nov.16th I had Ryan Biscotto along with Capt. Josh Howard.  This was the third try to make this trip due to illness and weather.  It turns out the wait was well worth it. We started out the day running long in the flat seas.  We caught some beautiful bait that Josh had found the day before and headed to several different spots but without much luck.  We did managage to go 2 for 4 on dolphin but no tuna.  It was getting late so we opted for plan B and it was definitely the right choice.  After the dust settled Ryan had boated 2 dolphin, 23 stud Blackfin and 2 great Yellowfin.  One was 100lbs and the other was his personal best at 133.5lbs  This trip was an absolute blast!  Thanks again Ryan and Josh.

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 8:26:12 PM

Denham Springs, LA USA

Dave, I fished Golden Meadow for years until it became a constant problem with leased and closed waterways.  I tried to fight them but the oil companies and big money will always win over average working people. I moved down to fish Leeville years ago without a problem until this weekend when I was asked to leave from to waterways because they were leased.  Big money controls the system and you can not win this battle, but they will continue to have to ask me to leave because I believe the natural waterways in the coastal areas that was once land and is now water should be open to the public.  Every time I see a push to presurve the coast and the cost of errosion I wonder why my tax dollars should be used to protect thier so called private property, and I also question why CCA will not take up the fight for us, but then agin I am just a adverage weekend fisherman, no big money here.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 8:16:02 PM

Lafitte, LA USA

Lafitte Report

I (Capt.James)spent the last few days at my farm in Bassfield and after seeing how nice the lake looked this morning(on the way home),I decided to make an afternoon trip with my lab Mocha.Dropped a few things off at the house in Metairie, picked up a few rods and was off to Lafitte.Launched and made the run to Little Lake and made the first cast around 1pm.First cast was a nice trout then picked up 3 more keepers and made a short move.Picked up 4 more keepers and moved again.I made one short drift and put the final 17 on ice to finish off my limit by 3pm.Sat back on the ice chest and shared a pack of nabs and an RC with Mocha, enjoying the scenery of pelicans feasting on a school of pogies.

All trout hit H&H clear/chart beetle fished 2ft. under a cork with Power Pro Line and St.Croix rods.The fish were stacked in a current line running through a line of crab traps.

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God Bless

Capt.James

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 8:04:29 PM