BeastMan
06-09-2014, 03:42 PM
We decides to do a Sunday morning trip after checking out the weather on Friday night. Forecast called for less than 1 ft seas.
Got down about 7 on Saturday night. Front beach was nice as usual and I waded out at sunset to see what was going on. Got 2 bumps before the sun went down but no takers
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Woke up early Sunday morning and got to the Marina before light. Locked and loaded
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We ended up finding some tough fishing. First stop was Isle au Pitre, next was door point lagoon, then Brush Island, and live oak was as far south as we went. Water at Pitre was pretty dirty but got much better as we went. We worked oyster reefs, points, and cuts and it was slow everywhere. We worked some birds but the trout were moving so fast you'd only get a few minutes on them when you found them. The next issue was size. We'd find them for a second and catch 8 real quick and 1 was legal. The other interesting thing was artificial out fished live bait. I went artificial exclusively and my dad used live shrimp. When we got under birds, they'd blow up my electric chicken swim bait cast after cast. Also got a few on Vudu. Gaftops destroyed Vudu and live shrimp at every stop. Probably caught 25 gaftops. Redfish were also elusive. We worked banks and cuts and only got 1 bull and 1 slot. Had 1 get off. Had a great time on the water though. Glad to put more fish in the freezer.
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Got down about 7 on Saturday night. Front beach was nice as usual and I waded out at sunset to see what was going on. Got 2 bumps before the sun went down but no takers
http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc473/stoms31/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps9b76fce9.jpg
Woke up early Sunday morning and got to the Marina before light. Locked and loaded
http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc473/stoms31/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps59cfc60f.jpg
We ended up finding some tough fishing. First stop was Isle au Pitre, next was door point lagoon, then Brush Island, and live oak was as far south as we went. Water at Pitre was pretty dirty but got much better as we went. We worked oyster reefs, points, and cuts and it was slow everywhere. We worked some birds but the trout were moving so fast you'd only get a few minutes on them when you found them. The next issue was size. We'd find them for a second and catch 8 real quick and 1 was legal. The other interesting thing was artificial out fished live bait. I went artificial exclusively and my dad used live shrimp. When we got under birds, they'd blow up my electric chicken swim bait cast after cast. Also got a few on Vudu. Gaftops destroyed Vudu and live shrimp at every stop. Probably caught 25 gaftops. Redfish were also elusive. We worked banks and cuts and only got 1 bull and 1 slot. Had 1 get off. Had a great time on the water though. Glad to put more fish in the freezer.
http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc473/stoms31/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps41d89e0a.jpg
http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc473/stoms31/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsd7a513e7.jpg