Any fish being caught in Big Lake or area

[jpeff31787]

I'm dying to get on some specs fellas. Anyone having any luck. Haven't seen any reports lately. I'll run into the gulf if I have to, but prefer not to use live bait. And would love to see pretty water

[SULPHITE]

winds have been kickin' the past two days...waters probably a little off...

[cajunhntr03]

Originally Posted by jpeff31787

I'm dying to get on some specs fellas. Anyone having any luck. Haven't seen any reports lately. I'll run into the gulf if I have to, but prefer not to use live bait. And would love to see pretty water

Winds been real bad Water has been really dirty Winds are suppossed to slow a lil Might start to clean up

[jpeff31787]

Originally Posted by cajunhntr03

Winds been real bad Water has been really dirty Winds are suppossed to slow a lil Might start to clean up

that sucks!! Seems like the trout are late to respond this year for some reason

[specktator]

Gets really tough to consistently catch in the lake on plastics this time of year. I catch more on topwater in a day than I will on plastic. Now if u working birds, that's a different story.

[jpeff31787]

Originally Posted by specktator

Gets really tough to consistently catch in the lake on plastics this time of year. I catch more on topwater in a day than I will on plastic. Now if u working birds, that's a different story.

i don't care what i have to do! lol i just want some fish. Big or small! I enjoy fishing birds as long as I don't have to fight for them. I'm thinking about an afternoon trip one day this weekend if the wind calms down i guess.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by jpeff31787

i don't care what i have to do! lol i just want some fish. Big or small! I enjoy fishing birds as long as I don't have to fight for them. I'm thinking about an afternoon trip one day this weekend if the wind calms down i guess.

Don't hold your breath for the wind to die down in the afternoon. Last couple days, it has picked up in the afternoon out of the SW.

[specktator]

Originally Posted by jpeff31787

i don't care what i have to do! lol i just want some fish. Big or small! I enjoy fishing birds as long as I don't have to fight for them. I'm thinking about an afternoon trip one day this weekend if the wind calms down i guess.

Same here. I'll fish birds all day but I will only fish them if there is no other boats on them, unless it's like 30+ birds. I was gonna try and make a quick trip in the morning but I'm not sure yet.

[jpeff31787]

looks like i'll most likely be bass fishing again this weekend then. I really didn't want to do that, nothing can beat that speckled trout bite man.

[meathauler]

I looked at the aviation site and they give 5-8 mph winds fri sat and sun. Thats at the airport so u may add a couple to that on da lake.

[jpeff31787]

Originally Posted by meathauler

I looked at the aviation site and they give 5-8 mph winds fri sat and sun. Thats at the airport so u may add a couple to that on da lake.

not too too horrible.. can you post a link. I can use that site in the future

[boatdriver]

Originally Posted by jpeff31787

that sucks!! Seems like the trout are late to respond this year for some reason

Probably because we had a hard freeze this winter that lasted for 4 days straight. We saw the dead redfish, drum, and sheepehead. What we didn't see was the fish that died and sank to the bottom. Could there have been a severe trout loss? Absolutley. And we'll never know for sure.

BD

[Country Boy]

Originally Posted by jpeff31787

looks like i'll most likely be bass fishing again this weekend then. I really didn't want to do that, nothing can beat that speckled trout bite man.

i have been catching pretty darn good around prien lake and a lil bit north of big lake, hardly ever go in B L, and the water is nice 95% of the time around prien and a lil north of B L, going catch-em this weekend.

[meathauler]

google aviation weather forecast @ Lake Charles, LA. By the way yall the lake is calm dis morning.

[jchief]

No fish in Big Lake.

















































They all moved north for the cooler weather

[ScubaLatt]

A friend of mine fished with Big Lake Guide Service today and they only managed 26 trout by 11:30. If those guys can't put more fish in the boat than that then we are all in trouble. However, they refuse to use live bait so if a person uses live bait they may have a better shot at more fish. IMHO.

[Montauk17]

I heard there is some fish being caught north of big lake.

[bohunterbiff]

Wednesday proved challenging - started south by the old jetties, way muddy (youngest son caught a 7 lb gafftop that stripped drag and fought like crazy), went to the south side of west cove and it was too crowded. I was fishing with my two boys so I had to run way up north (not too far from turners which was muddy too) in order to find green water and when I did it was game on, reds, croaker, tons of flounder, black drum. There were no specs, but there were also no hardheads or gafftops.

[jpeff31787]

Originally Posted by bohunterbiff

Wednesday proved challenging - started south by the old jetties, way muddy (youngest son caught a 7 lb gafftop that stripped drag and fought like crazy), went to the south side of west cove and it was too crowded. I was fishing with my two boys so I had to run way up north (not too far from turners which was muddy too) in order to find green water and when I did it was game on, reds, croaker, tons of flounder, black drum. There were no specs, but there were also no hardheads or gafftops.

where exactly were you fishing!? lol

[bohunterbiff]

We were off the ship channel down from Ellender Bridge. Put 4 in the boat in four casts, lost one at the boat that was pushing 20+ inches, then drifted picking up fish every 2-3 casts. Finished the drift with 20 or so but kept 3 eating sized ones. Finger mullet was the ticket along with any Gulp in white.