 Keith Lusher
Here comes the heat! June brings a completely different way to fish on Cane. This month you'll have to pay attention to the daytime heat that can often shut down the bass bite on the bayou. Leaving earlier in the morning will benefit bass anglers. Remember that Cane is broken into two distinct areas - Marsh and wooded hardland with overhangs. Concentrate on early schooling marsh bass feeding on the surface in the mornings then work north to the shadier areas near the closer to the launch. Saltwater Assassins on the surface rigged weedless should provide plenty early morning action. As daytime heating sets in, throw Baby Brushhogs near drains and overhangs. June should make for productive blugill fishing with surface poppers or crickets under a cork. As always Cane is famous for an abundance of goggle-eye also.
Summertime is here and Bayou Castine has cleared up quite nicely. Try the back cuts that are closest to the trace. Target lily pads with artificial frogs in the early mornings and late afternoons. Crankbaits at the intersections of canals works as the bass group up on shad at those crossings. Fly fishing is also a way to go on the bayou. Anglers are picking up goggle-eye and bass in the late afternoons just before dark.
What a turn around for the Causeway! It seems the spillway closure for the last 6 years has improved the speckled trout bite along the concrete pilings of the Causeway. Anglers saw their best May in over 5 years at the bridge with numerous reports of limits being reported during the spring. As what once was with the Causeway the fish were larger than average ranging from 15-19 inches. The Causeway bite is one of the toughest to pattern so pay attention while fishing the bridge. if you are fishing close to the Northshore and the water is murky don't hesitate to make a run further out. Various plastics on a 3/8 oz jig head will work. Try different techniques when jigging the bridge and when you pick up a fish concentrate on the area using the same technique. while the trout won't be as plentiful in June, the relish bite should rival the old days when anglers could easily pick up a limit on the bridge.
 Daniel Sissac Roger Sissac
It’s June already, and that means the longest day off the year - the summer
solstice (21 June) - will provide plenty of hot, daytime fishing, before and after.
Bass will be on the shorelines in the morns, but they will seek cooler water during
the heat; as I am writing this, the water temp of Bonfouca is 84°, and it’s 02:30
AM! As the day progresses, look for bass to be holding outside the grass line. The
grass provides some shade, but it provides oxygen and cooler water too. A versatile
lure to use all day is a soft plastic, like a worm or fluke, with the lightest
weight that will still allow for long casts; I don’t think color matters that much
(unless the water is very dirty), but a tequila-sunrise or electric blue always
works well. In the morn, throw onto the bank, if possible, and use a brisk retrieve
across the top of the grass. After 10:00 or so - when it starts to get hot -
concentrate on the outer grass line. Whenever you find shade, even an isolated
piling, work it well.
Bream are biting well and spawning. Three days before until three days after the
full moon will have the panfish in colonies for the spawn. Sexee Shad, crickets,
worms, and Beetle Spins have been working well. Bream love structure, so look for
Cypress knees, boathouses, or even a thick grass line. Catfish also like the baits
mentioned above, so make sure you’re tackle can handle them.
 Ronald Pierre
Bass fishing in June on the Tangipahoa River system will be lights out. Bass will be past their post spawn funk and will be in full feeding mode. They will be chasing shad and other baitfish in the shallows along the main river. Look for run outs and other small cuts that empty into the main river on the south end. Concentrate on the cuts that have mixing water and baitfish present early in the mornings. These areas will hold actively feeding bass while the sun is still low. Use spinnerbaits, lipless crankbaits, and topwater lures in these areas. Once the sun comes up it will be time to switch gears and head upriver. This is where you will find isolated cypress trees that cast shady areas along the banks of the river. The shade will concentrate bass tightly into these areas. Key in on the shady areas that are in the deep bends of the river, these areas offer shade, moving water, and deeper drop offs for bass to ambush baitfish. Use jigs, soft plastics, and hollow bodied frogs. Skip these lures as far back under the shade as possible and work them back out making contact with any piece of cover possible.
With the revival at the Causeway this spring things should pick up at the reef. But in June the reef typically dies out so get out there before the bite completely dies out and the hard-heads are the only thing pulling drag!. The bite with chartreuse plastics in May have transitioned to anything with a red flake now that the shrimp have moved in. Mornings are your best bet for light winds and a more productive trip. Redfish will be your main target in June.
 Luke O'Neal
The bass are in their full summertime pattern! When the water is clean the bass are schooling on shad. Swim baits are good and topwater early. The river has cleaned up considerably and the lack of rainfall has helped bring back normal conditions that what we've seen on the Tchefuncte in early spring. Sac-a-lait are still biting but have moved deeper. Bass are easy targets in the morning and afternoon when the temperatures drop. Shu-Shu's in the Gunmetal color skipped across the surface imitate these shad perfectly.
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