kerns after saints game
 

a buddy and I headed to kerns after the saints game yesterday. we got to the launch and the vegetation was real bad at the launch. we managed to put the boat in and had to stay in the pit to fish....caught over 10 bass and three sacs all in all not bad for a short afternoon. most were caught on frogs and buzz baits....one of the pics is of my buddy with his very first bass!!!!!!

Gotta love the louisiana outdoors ;-);)

Nice catch. Congrats to your buddy.

nice buckets. i need to get a bass trip in soon.

Funny you went to henderson after the game,I thought about doing the same thing. Nothing wrong with that!

Nice catch there.

is that finch??

yep

looks like him minus a few lbs.

trev, lets go next weekend. behind the airport

no the point

Jake needs to make that a non-motorized place only, haul in more lilly's.

i cant believe that was his first bass. He been fishing with you too much hahaha.

Whats behind the airport? Martin?

Vermillion river and lake charlo...last time I went back there I got ran out from airport security.

Ole Finch! He's such a smartass. But a cool dude. Nice catch.

Damn thats when you know you found the Honey Hole. When security runs you off.

The canal going to the lake is public,the lake is private property. I heard what sounding like gun shots and looked up and they were shooting fireworks to get my attention. lol

not sure if it has a name but its the pond where ull ski team practices. they also have some sort of offshore safety class facility

That is where I got ran out of,private property. Unless you know someone,good fishing back there. The canal going to get there can also be good. I would not eat fish out of there,but fun to catch and release. Close to home if you live in lafayette. Be careful at the beaver park launch aka queer park. lol

thats good to know

lol @ beaver park.. always heard about it then one morning I went squirrel hunting and they were EVERYWHERE creepin around in their Corollas. F'n sick

But yea thats the same place. my buddy has a key. its very and deep and the banks have about a 10 foot shallow shelf before a sharp drop off.. its kinda hard to fish. how u caught em in there?

would it be considered navigable wateway being that you could get there from the verm??

I only fished back there that one time....only caught one bass on a med diving crankbait before they ran me off. Yes it would be considered navigable waterway,but there is always bs loop holes. The canal off the vermillion is pretty good to fish,caught some bass around 3 lbs. Also have some big sacalait in there,but I would not eat them with the nasty water off the vermillion flowing in there. If yall want to give it a shot don't run on step once you get into the canal off the river,lots of underwater trees and stumps.

I started to go up that canal just pasted the airport one time....but with all the logs and trees in there I turned around. I worked with a guy that was on the ULL ski team back many years ago.

Yeah there is alot of stuff underwater in there. Most of the time when I go back there I just drop the trolling motor and start fishing right where river branches off into the canal.

Nice catch !

Any tips on where to go, or more importantly, where to stay away from ???

Thanks,
Hydro

have done well in the Butte Larose cannal as of late, this was my forst trip in months to kerns oit and there are a ton of fish in there....just hard to launch due to the veg at launch.....had a buddy catch pretty good in the philips last weekend too.....thats all I know

I thought that Jake may have commented on this one

Probably gonna do Kerns again Wed.
Fished Butte LaRose Canal Mon with 8 bass, 1 keeper size.
Today @ public launch with only 2 small fish and hardly any bites.
Maybe full moon got em feeding different times?

Have a buddy thats been catching 30 to 40 bass with 5 to 10 keepers over in bayou benoit. he told me spinnerbaits and plastic worms have been the best.. One day last week he put his boat in and didnt even crank the motor just started working the bank right by the luanch..

Thanks guys...

Perhaps Jake can give us a "Lilly Update" towards the weekend...

Thanks again,
Hydro

Same story in Butte Larose Cannal

Im hitting the point for some trout this weekend

Passed by Kerns this morning, lots of water lillies but smelled like 2-4-D so that should help things out eventually...

Neat looking spot, if anyone can post when things clear out it would be appreciated...

Thanks,
Hydro