Tuesday Aug. 25th

I received a call from Ramone Mcdonald Jr. asking me to take him, his mom and dad out on a fishing trip for his dad’s birthday. He wanted his dad to enjoy his birthday catching Speckled Trout and having a good time on the water. We left the Lafitte Harbor Marina around 6:15am and headed south for Barataria Bay. The weather was almost picture perfect for trout fishing, the wind was calm, the tide had a good range and there was no rain in the forcast. When we arrived in Barataria Bay near Goverment reef we found many groups of Seagulls working the surface. They were chasing the shrimp that the trout chase to the surface. We caught 57 keeper trout and threw back many undersize trout, before heading south to try and catch some larger Speckled Trout. After making a few stops in the south end of the bay, we found a few more nice trout on a reef near Four Bayou Pass. We caught 20 more keeper trout and and six really nice Redfish that were chasing the shad along the shoreline.
Ramone had fished with me a few days prior to this trip and we limited out by 9:00am with 50 Speckled Trout. He and I both had a bull red on the line that morning, but his bull managed to break off and I landed my fish. He made the comment if he caugth a bull red, he was going to have it mounted, because he has never caught a Redfish that big before. This was the day to try and catch a bull with the wind calm and the gulf being slick as glass. I decided to run out into the Gulf of Mexico about a half a mile and see what we find. This is a good time of the year for catching bull reds if they are schooling on the surface. Well we found them doing just that, there were hundreds of Redfish in the 25 to 40lb class busting the surface chasing baitfish. I ran up to the school and Ramone, Julie and Ramone Sr. quickly had a bull red on the line. They were all excited to see so many fish in a school and to have one on each of their line. Ramone caught a 41 inch Redfish he kept to be mounted, Julie and Ramone Sr. Caught two really nice bulls that were over 25lbs. Julie’s first bull was 44 inches long and was close to 35lbs. They caught and released 10 bulls before we decided to go back to the marsh to catch some keeper size Redfish. I went to a shoreline where I have been catching some really nice reds, and the action was on, we caught 18 Redfish before heading back to the dock.
As the pictures will show, this was New Orleans Fishing At Its Finest!

I want to thank Ramone, Julie and Ramone Sr. for a great day on the water and look forward to fishing with them again soon.

If you would like to book a trip for some Redfish and Speckled Trout action, you can contact Capt. Scott Poche` at (504) 915-0392, scott@lafittefishing.com or to keep posted on the fishing action in the Lafitte area with our daily fishing reports, you can visit us on our website at http://nolafishing.wpengine.com and remember you are only a phone call away from “FISHING WITH THE BEST TEAM IN LAFITTE”.

Good Luck and Good Fishing!

Capt. Scott Poche`