Helping the Fish whisperer

[capt hoop]

Rick (Fish Whisperer) from Kentucky got on the Salty Cajun fishing site and asked for some help in this area. He had been here before but was not very familiar with the area. To make matters worse the water was extreemly low. This was the first time I docked my bay boat in Venice and part of it fit under the dock. I told Rick where to go in Venice to start off. I was going to launch in Empire and scout the area there. When I got to Delta Marina the water was so low I could not launch. My trailor would have gone off the end of the ramp before my boat would float. Knowing Joshuas would be just as bad I headed for Venice. After launching It was easy to find a blue Sea Hunt with Ky. reg.



I had them follow me and we set up along the edge of the river. One of the guys hooks up on his very first cast with a nice trout. They are picking away at a few fish but I decide to look further. I run down the river and duck into a cut. After getting a few trout I try calling them. No answer. I am up to 8 trout with nothing under 15 inches before I get hold of him and tell him to come down. By the time he shows up I have 14 trout. They settle in next to me and show me the luck they had. Nice redfish.



An good Flounder.



We are fishing side by side and there are 4 baited rods to my 1. I am smoking them 5-1. Once I get my limit I pull anchor and go over to them with the trolling motor to chat a little. The lines were not rigged properly so I suggested they change them. As I was leaving they were rerigging. They still had about 2 more hours to fish. I called Rick later in the evening and he told me he picked up about 30 trout before he left. The hook set improved greatly once they rerigged.

I did well getting my 25 trout with the smallest being just over 13 inches and the next smallest being 15 inches. My biggest was around 4 pounds. Got them all cleaned up and ready for tomorrow.



This is my portable cleaning station. Sit on cooler, take fish out of cooler on left, clean on table, carcas in large bucket and fillet in smaller bucket with ice and water.

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Life is Good!
Fishing is not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that.

CAPT HOOP -- OUR FREEDOM

[calcutta37]

Nice capt im sure he was thankful for the help glad to see they caught a few fish..

[Fish Whisperer]

Capt Hoop
You are a stand up guy!
I can't say enough for what you have done for us.
taking the time along with following up on us. Making sure we were ok.
I had a great time.
You are one great asset on the water.

Rick

[YellowMouth7]

Very nice Job Capt.....the world needs more peeps like you

TB

[PaulMyers]

Originally Posted by YellowMouth7

Very nice Job Capt.....the world needs more peeps like you

x2

[Bluechip]

Nice job Capt....

[flipinspecks]

Originally Posted by YellowMouth7

Very nice Job Capt.....the world needs more peeps like you

TB

X3

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by Fish Whisperer

Capt Hoop
You are a stand up guy!
I can't say enough for what you have done for us.
taking the time along with following up on us. Making sure we were ok.
I had a great time.
You are one great asset on the water.

Rick

I noticed lots of guys from northern states are freshwater fishing out of bay boats. Welcome to Louisiana!!

[cockeye]

we live in tenn and just bought a zx22 skeeter bay we love it. we can use it for stripers catfish or drag it to bay st louis every two months for reds and specks.

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Gfreat job capt on the fish and lending a helping hand

[swamp snorkler]

Originally Posted by cockeye

we live in tenn and just bought a zx22 skeeter bay we love it. we can use it for stripers catfish or drag it to bay st louis every two months for reds and specks.

Welcome to the site.... my buddy has a camp in BSL

[capt hoop]

Thanks Rick

Looking forward to seeing you here again soon. I know the boys are ready to be back here already.

Glad I could help you out.

Life is Good!

[Fish Whisperer]

Originally Posted by fishinpox

I noticed lots of guys from northern states are freshwater fishing out of bay boats. Welcome to Louisiana!!

Bay boats are the best
I went to Maryland to buy it

I have fished out of bass boats for many years
the older i get, it was hard to get up out of that lower seat.

also, the bay boat makes me scared with little kids.( don't have any grand kids yet) the bay boat gives people more room to walk around.

i troll for small mouth and rainbow trout in lakes I fish
i have a plate that looks like a step plate, convert it to 2 down riggers
then i use 4 other rods with planning boards

Can't do all that in a bass boat.
KY lake is a big lake It can get 3 ft waves real quick.
Bay boat eats that up.