Keith Lusher It’s always good to have options. Fortunately for those fishing in Southeast Louisiana those options are numerous. Buddy Hereford’s original plan was to fish the oil rigs in Lake Borgne for some speckled trout. “My original plan was to cross Lake Borgne and fish some rigs on the other side - ‘Plan B’ happened when I arrived at the launch and my hat blew off!” The Slidell angler says. Buddy decided to run across Lake Catherine to chase redfish. He started in Bay Juan and was able to fish the Lee Shore because of the strong east winds. On Buddy’s second cast he caught a 16” redfish using a gold spoon. Unfortunately that was the only fish he could muster for the next half hour. Buddy made a move to Grand Coin Pocket but says the amount of submerged grass made it difficult to throw a spoon so he moved again. “I made a run across Lake Catherine to some broken marsh down towards Unknown Pass and managed 2 more 16” reds on a Got-Cha Grub with a 1/8 oz. jig head with a spinner blade,” Hereford says. On his final stop he made a few casts in a big pond near Unknown Pass but finally gave up on account of the grass and the wind. Buddy says there was one positive thing about the wind. “The wind made for a fairly comfortable air temperature - I only sweated A Lot as apposed to PROFUSELY, Buddy jokes.
Bayou Lacombe
Roy Pendergraft of Covington recently made a trip to Bayou Lacombe with his Grandson Caleb. The team launched at 7:00 a.m. at the Main St. boat launch in Lacombe. "We went south to the houses on the left where the canal with the American Flag is. We started working the trees and bulkheads for a couple of hours with a purple and chartreuse jig on 1/16 black jig head about 2’ under a cork,” Roy says. Roy and Caleb slowly picked up a mess of perch, goggle-eye, and sac-a-lait underneath the overhangs, “We were using sliding corks because they are easier to cast up underneath the trees. We would pull the corks out from the bank and when they stood up - that’s where we would stop it.”
Amite River
Robert Gauley and his son Laitin made an evening fishing trip to the Amite River and says the bite wasn’t aggressive. “They weren't really biting, just tugging at the jig softly,” Robert says. They were jigging 10’ down in 18’ of water using plastic jigs in the Electric Chicken color. Robert and Laitin ended the day with 20 crappie and says, “All of the fish were at least 10" and one was a hair over 15” so it definitely was a good day.”
Bayou Lacombe
Roy Pendergraft of Covington recently made a trip to Bayou Lacombe with his Grandson Caleb. The team launched at 7:00 a.m. at the Main St. boat launch in Lacombe. "We went south to the houses on the left where the canal with the American Flag is. We started working the trees and bulkheads for a couple of hours with a purple and chartreuse jig on 1/16 black jig head about 2’ under a cork,” Roy says. Roy and Caleb slowly picked up a mess of perch, goggle-eye, and sac-a-lait underneath the overhangs, “We were using sliding corks because they are easier to cast up underneath the trees. We would pull the corks out from the bank and when they stood up - that’s where we would stop it.”
Amite River
Robert Gauley and his son Laitin made an evening fishing trip to the Amite River and says the bite wasn’t aggressive. “They weren't really biting, just tugging at the jig softly,” Robert says. They were jigging 10’ down in 18’ of water using plastic jigs in the Electric Chicken color. Robert and Laitin ended the day with 20 crappie and says, “All of the fish were at least 10" and one was a hair over 15” so it definitely was a good day.”
Robert and Laiten Gauley show off there catch on the Amite River
Covington Pond Fishing
Zach Farris caught this bass with a plastic frog on the bottom Not many anglers fish a plastic frog on the bottom, or at least not on purpose. Zach Farris of Abita Springs was fishing in a local pond in just off Lowe Davis Road in Covington but the action was a bit slow to start off. The 7-year-old was popping a Ribbit Frog across some matted grass and lily pads when he was distracted by some friends swimming in the same pond nearby. The frog slowly sank to the bottom. “I just let it sit down there and then started reeling it in and wham - I felt a fish on the line!” Zach says. He reeled it in across the matted grass near the shoreline and onto the bank. This was his only bass of the day but Zach can honestly claim he caught a bass with a plastic frog on the bottom.
Leo Moore's first fish in his new Nautic Star First Fish in the New Boat
Leo Moore of Covington recently purchased a new boat for his family to spend a little more quality time on the water. “I bought the new boat last Saturday and promised my boys, especially my youngest, that we would go fishing today,” Moore says. They stopped in at Bayou Adventure to pick up a few live shrimp and headed down Lake Rd. to the launch. After launching Leo headed south. “We headed to the last cut on the left before the beach,” he says. The fishing was tough but Leo was able to christen his new boat with 16” bass caught under a cork near the shoreline.
Leo Moore of Covington recently purchased a new boat for his family to spend a little more quality time on the water. “I bought the new boat last Saturday and promised my boys, especially my youngest, that we would go fishing today,” Moore says. They stopped in at Bayou Adventure to pick up a few live shrimp and headed down Lake Rd. to the launch. After launching Leo headed south. “We headed to the last cut on the left before the beach,” he says. The fishing was tough but Leo was able to christen his new boat with 16” bass caught under a cork near the shoreline.
