Lake p Friday afternoon
 

Me and bayouchub Went to madisonville to tow in a boat with engine issues; planned to bass fish after but the wind laid down and we decided to hit the causeway. Fished from 5-7:15.
Caught 8 trout fast, weren't planning on keeping. But after catching a few so fast we decided to start keeping.
Got on a good bite even with the wind and dirty water.
Caught em on matrix shad lemon and salt/pepper bay chovey.
Kept enough for a fish fry Sunday.

Nice

Nice haul

Fat girls.

Rut Row....time for a "trip of a lifetime" report. :rolleyes: :smokin:


Nice goin', Chris 'n' Chub.

Nice

Nice job hamma

Those ptrain trout is fat nice catch

"Shoulda been there yesterday "

Story of my.life.......

Nice haul!!

Hell to da yeah......nice trip

Good catch!!!

It takes more than ideal conditions to catch fish in Lake Pontchartrain....unlike Big Lake.

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Funny!!!!










And true.

We got back to the launch yesterday and there was 3 other boats that had been fishing....zero trout.

It ain't as easy as it appears.

2 person limit on lake p is a great day and will take a while.
3-4 person limit would b amazing!!

And that's a 25 fish limit..... Not 15.

I had five nice ones today, n missed another 10 and lost 3 more at the side of the boat. Very hard to feel that soft bite when it's that bumpy n windy out . I saw the fish move my line before I felt it today

Yeah, if bottom bumpin' ain't your thing....you best steer clear of the real Big Lake. Personally, that just never was my cup o' tea.

They were blasting the lures yesterday!!
When they hit they ran with it; not the usual bit and sit.

Ita hard to set a hook When it's windy and the boats moving up an down.

I've only been to the Causeway a couple times and the only fish I caught were by accident. Either the fish swallowed the lure while it was sittin' on bottom, or, hit it on the retrieve back in. It's fun pullin' up out of that deep water, tho.

Great report, thanks.

Lake P fatties! Nice.

I didn't get off the motor all day. Had 2 newbs with me and no trolling motor. Had to struggle to keep the boat in position with the big motor......structure running north/south with an east wind ain't easy!!! They were drinking more than they were fishing......its my buds bday

Haha!
Sounds like fun Tim.
And u did a good deed while out there; the fishing gods will reward you!

Ur welcome:):work:

Nice dude. Do y'all ever get on em with topwater in lp?

Yes but not on the causeway... Gotta hit that east side on the banks.

nice catch!

The area where the bridges are is 12 ft average.....

But like bob said there are spots to throw top water.

The banks out of bayou lacombe are shallow.
And there are a few spots on the south bank by trestles and twin spans that I have caught on topwater.

You ever tried the north bank from the mouth of the Tchefuncte towards the Causeway? We caught 'em there a couple times. Also, headed east from the north foot of the Hwy. 11 bridge where all the pilings are.

I've caught reds on that north bank; had a buddy catch trout there a few times.
Never fished the spot off hwy 11.
I have caught a good mess in lakeshore estates a few times.

One time in October when the Tchefuncte was really low...we caught rat reds out the wazou around them lilly pads in the mouth......on a Pop R'a. Now, that was a blast.

Haha
I bet so!!
There are stumps and logs galore in there!

******* yep he is

Nice haul

Nice fat fish dude!

Solid fish!!!