1/15/11 - Payday on Big Lake

[mikedatiger]

Josh, Chris, and myself hit the lake today as we finally had a chance to pull Josh away from duck hunting. Hit the water at around 7:45 am and the weather was miserable to say the least with a strong wind, cold temps, and a slight mist. It was really slow right from the start with water temps around 46 degrees and we could only manage to pick up a fish here or there with absolutely no consistency (outside temp was 44 at launch). Then around 11:30 someone rang the dinner bell and it was game time! We picked up over 30 fish on one short drift. As we made our final drift we needed 5 more and I thought it would be nice to try for a triple and a double - well low and behold we did that an more. We proceeded to triple, double, triple, double, etc. releasing at least 30 on the home stretch. At this stage water temps were around 48.5 and I guess the combo of the tide movement and the few degrees increase in temp made all the difference.

The fish wanted any color as long as it was white/chartreuse All of our fish were solid and it seemed like the longer the day got the better the fish. Ended with 45 trout and 6 reds.

[buoy37]

Nice haul!!

Glad to hear your day kicked into gear.

[Will"E"Fish]

Way to go ! And W wasn't around to take the credit.

[longcast]

Great catch guys. I can't wait to get back on the water

[Asterisk-Rich]

Nice catch guys

[BIGJ]

Nice fish fellows.

[LPfishnTIM]

real nice catch!

[catch.and.fillet]

Nice catch. Great report.

["W"]

Good Catch guys...........

[Duck Butter]

Great catch, wife and I got there at 1130 and caught 15 on our first drift and from then til 1:00 it was on. Talked to some people that were pulling out as we put in and said they did not catch a fish

[catch.and.fillet]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

Great catch, wife and I got there at 1130 and caught 15 on our first drift and from then til 1:00 it was on. Talked to some people that were pulling out as we put in and said they did not catch a fish

This winter I've noticed the tide at the North End is about 2-4 hours later then predicted for the light house. Maybe Ray could confirm....

["W"]

Originally Posted by catch.and.fillet

This winter I've noticed the tide at the North End is about 2-4 hours later then predicted for the light house. Maybe Ray could confirm....

those tide charts are way off.....Live tide is the only way to really follow it right....You can add two hours from the jetties with normal winds but with a stiff north wind you might not ever see a high tide come in.....

http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov...er&port=lc

[catch.and.fillet]

good link...for historical and current data....but what about forecast data...something at least a week in advance..

[Big Country7807]

Nice Catch!

[jlincecum]

check out the video on our facebook page!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/GeauxOutdoors

[Jordan]

nice job fellas !!!

[shellman]

Great catch guys....

[BayBolt23]

Helluva catch boys

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

nice haul guys and thanks for the great report!

[aidan]

great catch