Advice for visitor
 

Hi all,

I am living in Lake Charles for the Summer for work and am looking for a spot to fish after work. I have a small boat with little 4 hp motor and just want to putter around and catch a few while I'm down here. I have both salt/fresh water tackle, and fly fishing stuff but know absolutely nothing about the area or local conditions.

Any friendly advice for a newcomer?

Thanks in advance!

The Salt Water Barrier might be a good place to start. It has a boat launch on site with both fresh and salt water. It is located at the end of Mims Rd in Westlake. You can catch bass, stripers, reds and specks there.

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LNG. You can launch from cal point. Do you have a trolling motor. That would help a bunch.

Prien Lake, below the 210 bridge is probably best for small boat fishing.

I may try that myself.

Pm sent.

No trolling motor
 

Forgot to add that the boat I have is a 12' portable, I can launch from anywhere which is nice, but it doesn't have any equipment aside from the small outboard/oars. The boat is extremely lightweight so cant handle any crazy conditions but is fine in regular conditions.

You talkin bout the kind that folds up?? Them things are cool!! Listen to all these guys, they're wont steer ya wrong

For a fresh/salt mix try out the burn out bridge, heres directions from lake charles, the launch is at the end of hwy 90

The bass are def biting at the burn out bridge. Going there sat with my dad.

I will let you in on alittle secret but dont tell anyone on here, offer FREE beer and gas to anyone that will take you fishin on here

Make sure u got registration numbers for that boat.

Thanks for the tips. I got the registration but have to put the new numbers on. It is the folding boat, and its awesome low profile really light weight and surprisingly waterproof....the 4 hp pushes it pretty fast because its so light, and I can carry it around like a surfboard.

And I am good for beer/gas money for any invites. Hell I'll even retireve snagged lures! Thanks all!

got a pic of this rig? curious to see what it is never seen anything like that

Better not lose those oars, because no one down here knows where to find em, or knows what they are:*****:

Do an image search on google for Portaboat...we got it instead of an inflatable for our big boat because you can stow it anywhere. I was a little leery about it at first, but it has been a really great purchase for us...its been awesome in fact.

You get in this nasty water we have and you wont be so willin to retreave many lures or else you better drink alot first

Seen those before on the internet. Very cool. Would make a good duck boat too.

That's pretty cool!
From this
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To this
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Strap a mega 25 on back and hang on

Seriously, there's some guy in South Korea who bought one of these and meticulously outfitted it with all kinds of gear, and made a casting platform and a live well. He spent $$ and at the end, he had a nice trailer for it and all. I was like "Dude, why not just buy a bass boat"...but then again, what else is a guy stuck in South Korea gonna do for kicks except crazy projects. It's like buying a folding travel bicycle and welding it so it doesn't fold....

:rotfl:
Really, offer beer and free gas and you'll be set for your stint here. Put my 9.9 on the back and you might pass up our Bullet.

I might pass up the Bullet with my 4 hp Sea Horse. I call it THE INTIMIDATOR.

OK I'll put it in writing again: Free beer and GAS for anyone who shows me some good spots and how to fish them before I leave for Beautiful, Cosmopolitan Baton Rouge.

AND if I catch a bunch of fish I will give the guy who takes me the number for this chick "Mitsy" that I met at a truck stop in Reno a while back.

wat you here workin on or doin

Just working for the Man for the Summer.

We're intimidated alright. When you get to Baton Rouge and you have some free time, PM me and I'll take you bass fishing.

I will definitely give you a shout when I get back there. If there's one thing I know zero about, its bass fishing. But I am going to Chicot state Park this weekend to try for some. I heard there is more going on there in terms of fishing since the did a water draw down to fix a bridge.

There should be some fish willing to bite with the water like it is. Just hope its dropping around here soon.

those little boats are awesome looking