Busy Saturday on the Island. Traffic was bad, long lines at the bait store, lots of boats trying to find some fish - guess the word is out that it is on in Delacroix. We decided to go further out to get away from the hoards of fishermen. We made the long run out to a deep bayou with a shallow flat in the bend of the bayou. Looked perfect, set up and first casts gaff top sail catfish and hardhead catfish galore. Then the gnats descended and started chewing on us. "Cats and Gnats" is not the way to start the day. We made a run to try some other spots in the area without luck as the tide slowed to nothing on a tide turnaround day. We were able to pick up a few trout and reds working shoreline points with wind driven water movement. Decided to take it back inside and hope for more significant water movement and fish activity. Set up out in the middle of a lake thinking that the wind would push the water and trigger a fish bite. The idea worked as we started to get some action on trout. The fish wanted live shrimp carolina rigged, They started off small, 10-12" with all being carefully released, but soon the larger fish 14-18" moved in and we caught them up until a Bull Redfish decided to get in on the action. These fish are a hoot to catch on light tackle equipment! The fish took us around the boat twice, under the stake pole, right at the motor lower unit, around the swim platform and finally into the net. This fish was 30 lbs. and was released to fight another day after pictures, smiles and high fives! Usually a big red fish fight will kill the trout bite as the trout go from predator to prey quick, but they did not stop biting. We kept filling the chest until we ran out of live bait and took it to the house with smiles on our faces. Good day under trying conditions. Will be back at it next week. Good luck out there!
Captain Jeff
