Keith Lusher The NorthshoreFishingReport.com Spring Fishing Seminar was held at T-River’s in Madisonville. The seminar included numerous guest speakers from the North Shore and the overall opinion was that the saltwater fishing this spring should be outstanding with the caveat of the turbulent fronts the pass through. Captain Andy Jones of Wicked Charters spoke specifically about fishing the Causeway and said “I don't think we’re going to see the numbers at the Causeway but I do think we’ll see some bigger fish caught,” he said. Andy reminded people that speckled trout aren’t the only fish out there. “The Causeway was producing redfish when we were actually targeting trout this fall and then the Trestles heated up and that got most of the attention of anglers so the redfish are there and there are some good pockets of them right now,” He said.
Andy Jones talks Causeway fishing
Gallo says the majic temperature for tripletail is 74 Mike Gallo of Angling Adventures of Louisiana reminded fishermen that the time to catch triple tail is nearing and it’s all about water temperature. “The earliest I’ve ever caught a triple tail was in May. I’m very conscious of water temperature so I can remember seeing a triple tail, immediately looking down at my depth finder and it read 74 degrees. Now the latest I’ve ever caught one is in October and coincidentally the temperature was 74 degrees. So I believe 74 degrees or higher is the key to these fish coming into Lake Borgne,” He said. Brooks Levy of OfFISHial Charters concentrates on the Lake Borgne and Biloxi Marsh area and spoke about favorable winds. “The good thing about the Biloxi Marsh is you can fish a variety of areas where you can get out of the wind. If the wind is blowing hard out of the south east you can work that outside portion of the marsh. If the wind is blowing out of the west you can move into that protected area of marsh and fish the banks inside the canals,” he said. The seminar also feature guest speakers from two local rivers that are always front and center in the world of freshwater fishing on the North Shore.
Brooks Levy talks Biloxi Marsh Jeff Bruhl spoke about sac-a-lait fishing in the Tchefuncte River this month. “I think the spawn is pretty much over for the sac-a-lait. There are a few little spawning areas left but when this water starts heating up and we get closer to summer what I’ll do is switch over to shiners and work a few tree tops until I catch one and when I catch one that’s usually were I’ll find more, on the same tree,” He said. Local Bayou Lacombe angler Forrest Green has been fishing the bayou since he was 6 years old and said Bayou Lacombe offers great sac-a-lait fishing near the launch. “If you launch at the Main St. Launch and you head south you’ll find a canal on the right, it’s a dead-end canal. Concentrate on the bushes that line the canal. The crappie will get in there around this time of year,” he said. The good thing about Bayou Lacombe is the access anglers have to the whole lake. Mr. green talked a little about speckled trout fishing and his normal spring routine. “Those trout will start showing up in the spring at the Trestles first. I’ll make the run out to the Trestles and do really good out there but they’re going to typically move west so I’ll run out of Bayou Lacombe to those reefs and do well there. Then when everybody catches on to that I’ll run even more west to the Causeway and do well there so these fish have a pattern in the spring and you’ll see them moving west up until the summer,”he said.
