June 2008

Fished with my wife and kids on the 24th. Well we really went out to Timbalier Island to do a little playing on the beach and got in a little fishing also. We started at the wellheads and the sharks were "out of control" at every stop. We didn't get out till late and had no tide range so the kids had a ball with the 1000's of hermit crabs on the beach. On the way in we made one last stop and found some beautiful trout in the 3-4 lb range. My first cast hooked up with 2- 4lb trout on my tandem rigged zoom flukes. They were both tail walking in opposite directions and one broke off. I managed to put one in the net. I trolled out and dropped anchor. Then Kelly and the kids got in on the action. Drag pulling trout!!!! I stayed busy baiting lines, netting fish and watching out for flying hooks. The action ended quick as those big trout are very wary and moved off. We had 15 fish and went back into Cocodrie to miss the storms that were building.

Fished with  Austin Hebert and crew on the 9th and 10th, they were on their senior trip. We took off in search of redfish and found them hot and heavy. We located a school of several hundred tailing redfish. When the wind layed down you could see them 300 yards away. They were monsters, 10-15lb fish all over 27" long in 1-2' of water. We had multiple hook-ups, you know the drill fish under the boat, motor and crossing lines. It was the largest school of redfish I have ever seen!!! We even managed an afternoon trip for trout and ended up with 20 specks and 50 white trout. The guys were a lot of fun, Congratulations on graduation and Good Luck in the real world guys!!!!

Thanks to Bryce Michele with Topwater Charters for setting up 3 days of fishing. Had the pleasure of fishing with Star Services. 3 days of windy conditions forced us into the marsh for redfish. 13 boats turned in 160 redfish, and an assortment of sheephead, flounder, black drum and speckled trout. We did well on H & H beetle spins with bayou chub minnows in purple with chart. tail and gold spoons. The redfish were on windy banks with grass that were holding pockets of clear water. My group ended up with the heaviest speck of the day right at 3lbs.

 May

May 23-24th Fished the Oilman's Rodeo out of Cocodrie and Dularge with PSC Services. The mornings started off fast and furious redfish coming in the boat 2 and 3 at a time with  bass in between reds. They were in the grass beds any where that we found clear water and eating up the beetle spins with purple/chart bayou chub minnows. We had 4-man limits of reds by 7:30 both days and released 20 or so bass. Finishing early we took a ride out looking for trout but found lots of rough water. Managed 15 trout and they guys were ready to head it in for some fine eating.

May 25-26 Took the family down to Grand Isle and got into the nice trout around the Caminada jetties. No wind but large ground swells made for a bumpy trip. As always never go to Grand Isle w/o live bait. They were eating up carolina rigged crokers.

Fished with Mr. Tom Steffner and crew from Chattanooga May 9th and 10th. Those guys know how to travel. They flew into Houma on their jet and were ready to catch some fish. Only after eating at Big Al's......... The trip started off slow but all hell broke loose. We found the mother lode of redfish. I happened to look and see Mr. Tom's spoon get smoked by a large red that had 20 more with him, I chunked mine in and got bite immediately and made the call for everyone to cast in that direction. Well what happened next was everybody onboard fighting a big red. Lines crossing you know the drill, line under the motor. Well we managed to land all of them, and that went on until we had 30 fish in the box. we fished on saturday and had the same non-stop action....

The redfish are loaded in the ponds north of Lake Boudreaux and around Montegut in Madison Bay. They are eating anything you put in front of them. The speckled trout are on the beaches of last island and are biting with a fury. The only problem has been the wind that does not want to quit. It's nice having the redfish as a back-up plan. We made it out to Last Island on Tuesday the 27th and had 89 specks and 5 reds. The specks were taken on double rigged purple /chart bayou chub minnows fished on the bottom around sand bars and rock piles.

Had Mr. Larry Holsey and company from Georgia and we mopped up on the redfish. We fished 2 days and caught over 100 redfish with their 5 man group. Most of them came on beetle spins with purple/chart byaou chubs fished over grass beds in Madison bay below Montegut.

Looking forward to the wind laying down so we can lay a smackdown on the trout. Call for additional reports.

Capt. Anthony 985-857-8552

March 2008

Fished with Mr. Frank Leamon of Tennessee on Feb. 28th out of Dulac. The weather was a cold 50 deg with 20 mph north winds. The tide was the lowest I have seen It in some time. We went to the dead end canals off Lake Boudreaux. We made short work of  5 man limits  25 redfish that weighed 148lbs at Mr. John Escetes fish cleaning scales. The fish were all caught on 50lb power pro line on purple/chart. bayou chub plastics tipped with a piece of fresh shrimp under a cajun thunder rattle cork. Had lots of fun with Mr. Frank and his group of retirees.

Feb. 29th-- Had Mr. Frank Leamon and crew again. The water had come back up 2' overnight due to 15-20mph winds out of the SE. While running through the ponds to get into the dead-end canals we were seeing redfish everywhere. This was a sure sign the fish had left the canals. We sight casted to 20-30 redfish, all some big boys with no takers. They were in only 6" of water and not to cooperative due to high blue skies and no ripple on the water. So with the suggestion of the crew who would rather dunk some dead shrimp we went back to the same canal as the day before and managed 2 redfish. We ended up in another canal and had 20 redfsih and several drum for the day.

March 2nd-- Had the pleasure of fishing with Mr. Roger Smith and son. We were faced with some tough conditions due to howling winds for a few days straight prior to our trip. Ran through Lake decade nasty!!!!! Then we hit Lake Mechant, Jug lake, Lost lake, and had 2 redfish in the boat. Headed back to some protected ponds with pretty water and grass. We managed to get 8 redfish and 4 small bass. The largest redfish was 11lbs caught on Zoom Super Flukes fished in the grass.

Tackle of the month:

Power Pro 50 lb fishing line, Reaction bayou chub minnows in purple/chart, and black and chart, Cajun Thunder rattling corks, Zoom super flukes in baitfish color.

Try the new mustad Ultra point Power Lock Plus weighted hooks in 5/0 with a 1/16 oz weight. They work great with a Zoom super fluke when you need just a little weight to get the bait down to the fish. They distribute the weight right for a true running bait everytime. And with the Mustad 5/0 hook you won't hear about the big one that got away!!!!

April 2008

Fished with Capt. Rob with Top Water Charters on a windy day scouting trip. Boy was it windy. Steady 30 with 40 gusts. Pulled up on a grassline with decent water clarity and caught 2 nice reds in as many casts on the gold bladed beetle spin. Ended the morning with 10 keeper reds and several throwbacks.

On April 15th took my 5 year old son Cade out for a morning of redfishing and his favorite, crabbing!!! When we got in the ponds the water was beautiful, and the redfish were everywhere. It took longer to remove the grass wads off our lines than it took to get another hook-up. Cade threw out and I saw 10 reds fighting for his fluke jerk bait less than 10 feet from the boat. Cade caught and landed 5 reds all by himself. He accused me of not getting the net in time causing him to have longer fights. There was one stretch of pond where we anchored down and the reds would come to us in 6" to 1' of water you could see them coming from 100 yards in the clear water. It was awesome. Then I started wondering why I couldn't get a couple of them to bite, and I noticed I had allready caught and released them from the hook marks. They were just crusing close to the boat. We caught over 30 redfish all 3-10 lbs in a few hours. Then we started chasing some big male crabs with the scoop net in the ponds. We caught 18 monsters, we had trouble seeing them due to the muddy water from all the redfish schools running around the boat. Man what a great day on the water with my son..

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CAPT. ANTHONY KYZAR