Keith Roger and Daniel Sissac know that this is the time when the trout invade the marshes and bayous along the North Shore. Their previous trips have yielded a couple of trout near Car Drive but for the most part, their trips have produced mostly bass. On their latest trip the father and son team headed back to Carr Drive. “We planned a trip for 6:00 a.m. but I was a couple minutes late so my dad threw the cast net a couple times off of the deck before I got there,” Daniel says. When Daniel pulled up, his dad had caught a few shrimp and pogies that they brought along to fish with. When they arrived at their first spot Daniel says things weren’t as active as on previous trips. “We didn’t see any bait or activity this time, not even mullets. We tried our favorite spots and only got one bass,” he says. They decided to head into the finger canals where they put another bass in the boat. The duo had a decision to make, fish the Eden Isles canals or head to Bayou Bonfouca. “After a thorough discussion with differing opinions, we decided to go to Bonfouca since we were so close. We coasted into the mouth and tried the ledge with no results,” Daniel says. They moved further into the bayou and started casting at a drain that came out of the marsh. “My dad’s first cast resulted in a keeper trout and my first cast got a chunky bass. We boated a couple more trout and bass but then the bite died,” he says. The two trolled along the marsh and picked up a few more in between drains. At the third cut, Roger switched over from the Shu-Shu Marsh Minnow and decided to try the shrimp he caught with his cast net. “The cork went down a couple times but when he got it back in there was only a shrimp head left. He re-baited and casted out again with the same results then quickly retired his live bait pole to return to plastics,” says Daniel. They continued to catch bass and trout while trolling along the marsh-line and ended the day with 15 bass and 41 trout. As the anglers were cleaning the fish they noticed something. “When we were putting the fish on the table we noticed that their was one shrimp left so we flipped a coin to see who would get the shrimp. On his next fish fry my dad will be having exactly one shrimp with his fish, Daniel jokes.
The Sissac's Bayou Bonfouca spread including one shrimp
Bayou Lacombe Fly Fishing
Fly fisherman John Zeringue knows that Bayou Lacombe can yield great results in October, so on his latest trip he decided to stop and get some live shrimp for the speckled trout that usually are in the bayou around this time. “I stopped in a Bayou Adventure to get for live shrimp and then I was off to Lake Road,” John says. The kayak fisherman from Denham Springs unloaded his ATAK 140 from his truck and began his paddle toward his first spot. “I was anchored at my first spot a little after 8:00 a.m. I fished a shrimp out of the bucket and made my first cast. Thirty seconds or so later I felt a tap tap on the end of my line but reeled in a bare hook,” Zeringue says. The excited angler rushed to get another shrimp and casted out again. “This time I felt a thud and set the hook on an 11” bass. I caught three more before I decided that I had found the fish,” he says. John decided to grab his fly rod and try out a new fly that would match the bait perfectly. “The EP Spawning Shrimp was the ticket! I put five more bass in the bag before I decided to use up what was left of the live shrimp. By 10:00 I had my limit of bass and was just fishing for fun,” Zeringue says.
Crab On Demand
For a lot of folks who live in South Louisiana, taking for granted the ease at which we catch seafood is something that we all partake in sometimes. On his latest trip, George Nunez of Slidell says he was torn between fishing and crabbing. “I wanted to fish but I really wanted some boiled crabs,” says George. So he headed to his crabbing spot down Old Spanish Trail. “I started just before 7:00 a.m. at the ole’ Salt Bayou crabbing hole and the bite was slow but steady. I finished up at 9:30 a.m. with 32 crabs,” Nunez says. For those of you who catch their own crabs, finding full crabs can be a daunting challenge but George says almost all of them were full and had decent size to them.
Fly fisherman John Zeringue knows that Bayou Lacombe can yield great results in October, so on his latest trip he decided to stop and get some live shrimp for the speckled trout that usually are in the bayou around this time. “I stopped in a Bayou Adventure to get for live shrimp and then I was off to Lake Road,” John says. The kayak fisherman from Denham Springs unloaded his ATAK 140 from his truck and began his paddle toward his first spot. “I was anchored at my first spot a little after 8:00 a.m. I fished a shrimp out of the bucket and made my first cast. Thirty seconds or so later I felt a tap tap on the end of my line but reeled in a bare hook,” Zeringue says. The excited angler rushed to get another shrimp and casted out again. “This time I felt a thud and set the hook on an 11” bass. I caught three more before I decided that I had found the fish,” he says. John decided to grab his fly rod and try out a new fly that would match the bait perfectly. “The EP Spawning Shrimp was the ticket! I put five more bass in the bag before I decided to use up what was left of the live shrimp. By 10:00 I had my limit of bass and was just fishing for fun,” Zeringue says.
Crab On Demand
For a lot of folks who live in South Louisiana, taking for granted the ease at which we catch seafood is something that we all partake in sometimes. On his latest trip, George Nunez of Slidell says he was torn between fishing and crabbing. “I wanted to fish but I really wanted some boiled crabs,” says George. So he headed to his crabbing spot down Old Spanish Trail. “I started just before 7:00 a.m. at the ole’ Salt Bayou crabbing hole and the bite was slow but steady. I finished up at 9:30 a.m. with 32 crabs,” Nunez says. For those of you who catch their own crabs, finding full crabs can be a daunting challenge but George says almost all of them were full and had decent size to them.
Loading up the boiling pot for a crab boil
