Fish with the Best - Captain Scott Poche - New Orleans Fishing at its Best

Hot Speckled Trout and Redfish action in Lafitte

Wednesday July 1st The Trout and Redfish action has been as HOT as the weather in Lafitte. If the winds are low and we have any moving tide at all, we are doing well with the Speckled Trout. Today I fished a friend and regular client Rene Lapotaire and his Son Kyle, and daughter Andrea from TX. We left Lafitte Harbor Marina this morning around 6:00am on our way out to Barataria Bay. The winds were calm for a change, and the water was pretty and clear, we also had a little incoming tide when we reached the bay, ...

A Slam Fest for Redfish

Sat. June 27th One of our good friends and client Mark Gundlach brought his friends Ed, Dudley and Doug from MS. to catch some Redfish, and CATCHING is what we did. We left Lafitte Harbor Marina at 6:00am and headed out for the Turtle Bay/ Little Lake area, in search of some hungry Redfish. Our first stop was a good idea, as I was busy tying on some gold spoons, we saw a nice Redfish waking right up to the boat, I grabbed a rod with a gold spoon on it and pitched it out in front of the red, and ...

A great day with Amy and Ellis

Wensday June 24th Today I fished for Capt. Todd D and his clients Ellis Oswald and Amy Daniel. We left the Lafitte Harbor Marina at 6:30am and headed out for the Turtle Bay/ Little Lake Area. Our first stop we caught one keeper Redfish and threw one little one back. I decided to move on to another area where I have been catching some BIG Redfish, and sure enough this was the spot, we caught out limit of 15 Redfish and threw back another 15 or so really nice reds, all before 9:00am in the morning. We caught and released ...

Another Lafitte Success

Monday June 22nd , Today I fished with an ole friend and client Mike Epler and his wife Melissa, and Steve and Rebecca Hall. They are all from the Monroe, LA. Area, and Mike has fished with me in the past, but this time he brought his wife and friends to down for two days. Sunday they fished with Capt. Alden B and did well, They had their limit of 25 Redfish in the box by 11:00am and were back relaxing at the dock for noon. On Monday we wanted to catch some Speckled Trout , but the wind that ...

Billy, Paul and Ben Simm’s Trip

Sunday June 21st Fathers Day! I fished with a friend and client Billy Simms and his two sons Paul and Ben, from Madison MS. They have booked with me in the past, but have had bad luck with the weather and we have had to cancel on the day of the trip on a few occasions. But this trip was not the case this time. When I showed up to the dock Sunday morning, Billy and I both were happy to see that there was no rain and thunderstorms in the forcast. We left Lafitte Harbor Marina at 6:15am with the wind ...