Redfish Rockafella

[fishfighter]

Took pops fishing this morning at the rock, launched around 6:30 this morning, right before 9:00 we were each hooked up at the same time, after landing both fish we counted 1 flouder and 8 reds in the box so we put one on ice and i released the one i caught that was the biggest so far (around 24") so we could keep fishing, around 10ish i caught the last one, so we headed to the mouth to see about hooking into some big bullreds, caught one big bull on half a crab, got to the house figured out we miss counted, still a good day, had a few misses and a couple small throw backs, felt good to have something tugging on my line

[fishfighter]

One pic at a time from the phone

[fishfighter]

And the old man with his big bull, caught and released

[PaulMyers]

Looks like y'all had a great time!

[caneylakejoe]

Good catch. I being from north La. Do occasionally fish around the Big Lake. I was unaware there is a boat launch in Rockefeller. Where is it located? I would appreciate any advice.

[dmtfish]

Nice! Any word on if the shrimp are running yet?

[Dawg]

Originally Posted by dmtfish

Nice! Any word on if the shrimp are running yet?

Not running yet only caught a handfull big enough to fish with

[shellman]

Nice trip to da rock....

[bjhooper82]

Nice haul

[fishfighter]

Originally Posted by caneylakejoe

Good catch. I being from north La. Do occasionally fish around the Big Lake. I was unaware there is a boat launch in Rockefeller. Where is it located? I would appreciate any advice.

Boat launch is at joseph's harbor just east of price lake road, just past the refuge headquarters

Originally Posted by dmtfish

Nice! Any word on if the shrimp are running yet?

Not sure if the shrimp are running, did see a couple shrimp jumping in the canals though, only threw the net a couple of times, and there were WAAAAY to many people out there for me to go on any of the dams, all the da/ms were looking like they were filming a brad paisley music video, "bring your johnson your mercury or your evinrude"

[fishfighter]

ohh yeah i forgot to mention, the flounder and all the reds except the big bull were caught on mantis shrimp, caught some big gaftops on market shrimp on the bottom at the mouth

[cajun bill]

Originally Posted by fishfighter

ohh yeah i forgot to mention, the flounder and all the reds except the big bull were caught on mantis shrimp, caught some big gaftops on market shrimp on the bottom at the mouth

thinking of making a crab run this week. any chance you can give me a general area of where you caught your reds? I know where "the mouth" is, but wondering about where you caught the smaller reds. Might do that after crabbing. thx

[fishfighter]

man we caught them all over the place, all you need to do is tie on a jig head and put on a shrimp, or we normally use cacahoes but the water was dirty all over the place, cast to the bank and drag or bounce your bait

[cajun bill]

okay, thanks

[MarshRat89]

Originally Posted by dmtfish

Nice! Any word on if the shrimp are running yet?

My buddy caught his 10lb limit yesterday

[breed372]

Did they lower the limit on shrimp marshrat?

[duck enticer]

Originally Posted by breed372

Did they lower the limit on shrimp marshrat?

Its ten pounds/boat when the shrimp season is not open.

[Goosepond Monster]

I bet those big bulls are fun to catch.

[fishfighter]

Originally Posted by Goosepond Monster

I bet those big bulls are fun to catch.

they are a strong fish, extremely fun to catch, definitely worth a trip from indiana, that is something that is worth visiting the coast for

[WorldWideSportsman87]

Didn't someone say shrimp season opens this weekend in that area?