Whopper Plopper Kinda Day
Corey LaBostrie of Lacombe will tell you his go-to bait is the Z-Man StreakZ rigged weightless. He uses it in all conditions and it’s versatility is unmatched. But every once in a while he switches things up. Corey was fishing Bayou Lacombe and entered into a duckpond located in the marsh near the Lake. The wind was barely noticeable and he scanned the waters surface which was like glass. He then thought of a lure that he hasn’t used in quite a while but would fish perfectly in the calm conditions.
“It was so smooth back in the marsh so I said ‘I’m going to put the ole’ Whopper Plopper on,” LaBostrie said. Admittedly the lure isn’t one his favorites because of the commotion it makes. “I don’t like that thing,” he said. Corey’s distain for the lure quickly eroded after catching over 10 fish with it. “I caught one fish all morning before putting that thing on and then started catching one fish after the other,” he said.
The water was so calm that could detect the fish approaching before they erupted on the blue and silver colored lure. “It was a Whopper Plopper kind of day!’ LaBostrie said. Train Trestle Trout
Lawrence Bolline of Covington made a trip to the Trestles with his wife looking for speckled trout. The couple started fishing at 7:30 a.m. and Bolline said there wasn’t as many boats as he expected. “I think it was because of the dirty water. It had the distinct color of the Pearl River which is khaki brown,” he said. They worked their way south and Lawrence said the water got even dirtier. After cranking up the motor and heading north he settled in on a spot at the north end of the train bridge. They started throwing Lemon Head Matrix on a 3/8 oz. jig head. “In about five minutes, the wife had two beautiful trout already in the boat so things were looking pretty good!” he said. By 10:15 the team had 12 speckled trout and 1 flounder and that’s when things took a turn for the worse. “We both put two specks in the boat at the same time and then came the train,” Bolline said. “The train had about 6000 cars! After what seemed like an eternity the train was finally gone and so were the fish.” he said. By the time the train was gone the tide stopped moving as well so the couple packed it up and headed in. Tournament Results The Double Nickel Bass Club fished the East Pearl in which 14 anglers showed up to compete. The water was very high and dirty with an incoming tide. Fortunately there was no rain and the sun was shining all morning. In the end it was Ralph Williams who came out on top with a 3-fish stringer weighing 5.18 lbs. Rob Watson placed second with a limit that weighed 4.70 lbs. Third place went to Ronnie Roth with a 3-fish bag that weighed 3.52 lbs. The big bass of the day was a 2.86 lb. bass weighed in by Joe Frierson.
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Sac Week continues on NFR with Mike Manzella joining the studio by phone to talk Livescope, his personal best sac-a-lait and the Mr. Miyagi of the Tchefuncte River.
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