Big Lake Fishing Forecast 9-19 and 9-20
 

With the rain-out last weekend and college football fanatics starting a new post with every kickoff, how a little feeshing discussion. Will Big Lake trout still be productive on the North end this coming weekend? Weather looks to be good but the tides look mixed. Any report on the water? Are light color plastics still working?

Do ya'll believe that the trout are in "transition" and coming inshore to get active on the reefs? I read about this phenomena somewhere. What's the local knowledge?

Lots of shrimp coming out of the marshes right now, birds should be all over the lake this month, we had ALOT of rain these last few days, tides were way up also due to that low pressure, not sure how the high tides over the last few days and all the fresh water will equal out yet, was in the lake yesterday just for a boat ride and the water was pretty clear

I have a lot to do when I get off work, but I will be hitting the north end like Prien for a couple hours Thurs.
I will be looking for some ladyfish. I hear they are a challenge to catch in Big Lake.

I don't believe they are in "Transition."....I know they are in Transition right now!!! With this cooler rain driven weather the last 5 days....I'm sure thousands of trout have moved from the deeper waters to the reefs and shallow flats!!!! Looking back in my records about this time every year it seems to take place!! Large rain fall and lots of trout!!! Any time now the shrimp will start pouring out of the marshes which you will find fish real easy due to bird action!! Also you can target trout with the tide movement as they chase bait out and into the lake!!! I don't think this rain is going to mess the fishing up...If anything a good flushing will help!!!

Excellent, plan to head that way this weekend. Hopefully I'll catch a decent mess and post.

"W", lots of shrimp now in the marshes, some buddies have been picking up some easy limits of shrimp over the last week! Tried to go yesterday but the tides were so high i couldn't get through the weirs!

I cant throw a cast net to save my life:(

You can throw taco's all day long and still manage to pick up a quick limit, that's how thick they are in there!

:eek:aint that the truth. But Fool caught you some live bait a few times hu and dont lie we all know:*****::*****:

^^^ Taco chunking mutha...

I had to give you some green:*****::*****:

It took me a few seconds to figger out *** a taco was, until I thought about what a
cast net looks like when I chunk one...
Bait has to figure out how to get into the net.

Ray you got a greeny from me too!

Thanks. I have been known to throw a perfect taco almost every time...

I have a long weekend off, Fri.,Sat.,Sun. and Monday. Going to work them specks hard all 4 days. Wife wants to camp at Ellender's, that's fine with me. See yall on the lake.

I will be there... Not sure what days, but will hit most of the weekdays and one Sat. in the next two weeks.

About 3 weeks ago.....no shrimp in the marsh. How things change when the time is right.

What size are they catching?

Ditto. I seen a few shrimp popping and lots of mullet and pogy.

From the shrimp i saw they were catching 14 -16 count.

i know a lot of freshwater came down with this rain, prien lake rose a couple feet higher than usual, before the rain they were catching trout all the way up to the barrier.

U need a REAL man to show u how to throw one ??? They dont make them in 1' nets.... i'll bring u a high chair so u can throw a 6 foorter.... poor little munchikin !!!!

RAY... bruh.... u should know what a taco was.... you throw a cast net like u used to work at taco bell bruh.... i had to show u how to throw circles... they make the stupid-proof nets.. ya know with the ring already attached... might have to shuck out a few bucks and get u and W one..... it won't cost much for W's though....not that much material to make a 1 footer....

Agree alot of rain fell, BUT on thursday before the rain fell the lake was way up, i had to raise my boat in the slip to keep it from floating off! The hight tides pushed a ton of salt water in, but now there has to be a ton of fresh water heading south also, i'm going to head out this afternoon to check it out.

Salinity is still holding good at I-10.......... 12 to 14 now, would expect this to start dropping by morning.

Water level looks to be ~ above 1 foot above normal at I-10..... according to the Computer readings.

I see the chance of rain forecast going up by Friday from 10% to 30%. I wish it would hold off. I'm worried about clarity and too much fresh water. High water might also scatter the fish.

Regarding color, for early in the morning, what ya'll think about black/chartuese vs. glow/chartreuse?

I just bought a selection of those Brown's lures, devil eyes and no-eyes. Anybody try those with any success. The one's with the eyes are some kind of ugly.

I have used both the ones with eyes and without. They do well. I think the one with the eyes do better, but I never used them both on the same day.

Ray COME ON MAN.........I have not had one day to fish this hitch off and tomorrow was my only chance!!! WHAM 15-20mph winds!!!! That just aint right

I have too much to do tomorrow, but me and Gerald will be hittin' da lake Thursday.
I ain't skeert of no weather. Unless it is lightening.



Gerald, get ready for a bumpy ride. You remember the last time we fished the same day??? My luck ain't changing...

Bumpy I can handle......rainy....don't like it.....but been there, done that too.

I was looking at those big eyed bait in Acadamy a few days ago. Did not get any. While looking the fishing bait, a young employee asked if I needed any help. I found out that this was his first day working there.

I had just finished looking at the Norton Sand Ells on display. Ever since this past spring, I look to see if they have any of Glow/Chart Jr's for sale. I have about conluded that they don't ever order that bait. In the last 9 times I have been in the Lake Charles store....they have not had any.

Back to the employee...... I told him this same information, and told him he could make "points" with the boss it he would tell him about the Sand Ells and get them to stock some.

Gerald, I have both. You can try both and see for yourself. I will holler at you in a little while.