Big Lake Live Bait Question???

[ACADEMYPROSTAFFER19]

Hey fellas, I was hoping that at least a few of you Big Lake experts could answer a question for me. Besides buying live bait at Calc Point or Spicers , is there any place in the lake where you can regularly catch live shrimp, mullet, or croaker ? Also just to clarify I am not a Croaker Soaker (nothing wrong with that) I almost fish exclusively plastic . Thing is Wifey and I are on vacation next week and I was going to take her to BL because she has never been there. I am just looking for a possible backup plan. Any tips would be greatly appreciated..............And if you are ever on my end in VBAY or near SouthWest Pass feel free to shot me a line. I would be glad to help. Good luck to all !

[cduhon]

Which side you launching on?? I launch on west side. Mullet are everywhere down the channel now- look for a moving tide and look around the rocks or cuts to marshes. I always catch mine around Joes cove along the rocks. Pogey (shad) are thick, thick at the mouths going into the channel. One cast and you usually will get 100 pogey, but they are harder to keep alive this time of year. Check around all the points where the tide is moving and you should see all the schools of mullet you want. Any wharf, rock pile, Pogey Plant or even the rocks along the jetties should produce mullet. Shrimp harder to find. Croaker also hard to find unless you have a small trawl to pull behind your boat. Trout bite been good up and down the channel lately as long as the tide is moving. Good Luck.

Originally Posted by ACADEMYPROSTAFFER19

Hey fellas, I was hoping that at least a few of you Big Lake experts could answer a question for me. Besides buying live bait at Calc Point or Spicers , is there any place in the lake where you can regularly catch live shrimp, mullet, or croaker ? Also just to clarify I am not a Croaker Soaker (nothing wrong with that) I almost fish exclusively plastic . Thing is Wifey and I are on vacation next week and I was going to take her to BL because she has never been there. I am just looking for a possible backup plan. Any tips would be greatly appreciated..............And if you are ever on my end in VBAY or near SouthWest Pass feel free to shot me a line. I would be glad to help. Good luck to all !

[big nd fan]

When you leave CP, about 100 yards to the North there is a canal to the right that goes back into the marsh. You can cast for Pogey or mullet up and down.

Shrimp can be caught at Grand Bayou Weir when the tide is moving as bait only. Shrimp season is closed.

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by big nd fan

Shrimp season is closed.

Opens on Monday though!

[ACADEMYPROSTAFFER19]

Thanks fellas !