How do I prove to game wardens where bait came from if stopped? Any of you guys ran across this yet?

I have been checked several times and never had an issue with it. Once it is cut up as bait, they don't even look at it.


Warren

think your wrong, now a TB people been using traps, including myself for the last 20 years. they even sell the traps all over around the lake.

It's legal on Toledo. Nowhere else in Louisiana except private ponds like marshrat said

What do you guys do in the case of heavy current...? My bait is basically flapping in the current staying on the surface? I know the big boys are in deeper water in the current...how should I fish them?

jug lines
 

If you can get your hands on some railroad spikes they work great. you can wrap the string and hook around the noodle and insert the railroad spike into the hollow part of the noodle. Keeps everything nice and neat.

Southern, I usually fish deep water with current so I use a heavy weight but your line must be long enough in case debris from the current gets built up on the line because it will pull a gallon jug under and keep it under. Biggest blue so far is 42lbs and if you use bream in fast currert make sure not to hook them in the tail as they won't stay alive long.

Dead finger Mullet work good also. Cast net them and get all you want.
I never used a noodle before. Just PVC filled with that spray can foam and capped off on each end. Paint with safety orange and throw out in a dead end canal and go to the open end of the canal and wait for about an hour. Go early. Garfish are just waking up and Cats are getting ready to go to sleep.

Think the intercoastal canal by new iberia would be worth giving a shot? Thinking about making a trip next weekend.

Bream can not be caught with a net. At least that use to be the law.

I'm not sure that you will like your choice of using circle hooks on noodle lines. Circle hooks require resistance in order to properly set themselves in the corner of the fishes mouth, and a noodle will not provide that in alot of cases, particularly on large fish. I suggest large treble hooks or regular trotline hooks. Just my 2 cents- Good luck

Good thing the catfish around Lowery doesn't know that. If you look back at my posts from last year, you can find that many catfish around that area got caught using the circle hooks. In fact after I started using the circle hook I started catching more, but then again I might have a special noodle. :)

I also use trot line hooks. But just made about 10 more with circle hooks to see if it changes anything. I woukdnt use treble hooks unless it with chicken liver or something like that