Vermilion Bay

[Davewiseman]

Quack, will you guide me to the web site whereby I can look for water clarity?

[MattMigues]

Originally Posted by Marshjugger

I tell ya what about 3 years ago we were fishing trout in weeks bay right out of shark bayou. Using live shrimp. We could catch 5 trout then a blue cat then 5 trout then a blue cat. I have never seen that. I jug to the west of you an do very good during the winter months. Maybe try weeks bay! Let me know if you do.

Tight lines

Last year thanksgiving day I caught 24 trout and a 15lb blue cat all on glow gulp in weeks bay!

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by Davewiseman

Quack, will you guide me to the web site whereby I can look for water clarity?

Google modis louisiana

[Quackhead62]

Dave I usually just watch the river level and the winds. But when I'm targeting reds I'm usually not to concerend with the water clarity. As long as it's not really really muddy I'll fish it. I just watch the tides and the wind close.

[T-Bone]

http://www.esl.lsu.edu/imagery/MODIS/image/267737/

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by Quackhead62

Dave I usually just watch the river level and the winds. But when I'm targeting reds I'm usually not to concerend with the water clarity. As long as it's not really really muddy I'll fish it. I just watch the tides and the wind close.

I used to read dave's reports on rodnreel.....seems like he only fishes arti's for redfish. Here is the link....http://www.esl.lsu.edu/imagery/MODIS/latest/ Hard to tell with the cloud cover but it looks like the west side of the bay is green.

[Quackhead62]

Yea I have read them before too. I've tried artificial but just seem to catch smaller reds compared to market bait or live

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[Montauk17]

Try a manns mid minus 1....I think the rattles piss them off or possibly sound like a crab. I like the bone with orange throat or the black/chartruse.

[Quackhead62]

I fish a lot of the shallow marsh ponds plan on trying some top water this year. I have had good sucess on bayou chubs and gulp just seem to catch larger fish on market and live bait.

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[Montauk17]

I hear ya....for some reason the bigger reds nail that crankbait....it only dives 1 foot deep. If you reel it slow it will wake just under the surface like a mullet. Make sure you use a light action rod if you use braid or a medium action with mono or you will loose alot of fish.

[Quackhead62]

10-4 I have a duce rod right now and I have a Calcasieu Extreme Rod in the making.

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[Quackhead62]

What u think about she dogs for reds I don't see why they wouldn't work in the shallows

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[Montauk17]

I don't have any comments about a duce rod,never owned one. Cal extreme are nice still have not found mine that some POS stole. Any bait with treble hooks I find a soft tip rod works best. When you catch bigger fish and they pull drag you can rip the hooks easier. Braid makes it even worse cause of no stretch. IMO medium-moderate works good for mono and medium light or light-moderate for braid. She dog is my favorite top water. They are loud and easy to walk. I have caught plenty of reds on them but sometimes they just won't commit to them and rather a bait just under the surface.

[Quackhead62]

Yea all of that makes perfect sense. It might be a combo of the areas I fish and maybe the wrong type of artificial baits.

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[T and F fishing]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

The bayous off shark bayou are also good for catfish. My grandpaw and I used to run lines out of intracoastal city by little bay and 4 mile. We would load the boat this time of the year with cut mullet. We always did best baiting late in the afternoon and let it soak overnight and check the next morning.

Where do you catch the mullet this time of year to have fresh bait ?

[Anth0ny]

Originally Posted by T and F fishing

Where do you catch the mullet this time of year to have fresh bait ?

If you live close to the port of iberia I heard a few reports saying there stacked in any open bulkhead you go to.

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[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by T and F fishing

Where do you catch the mullet this time of year to have fresh bait ?

Back then my grandpaw made some kind of net that he would hold on the side of the boat and idle along small canals off the intracoastal.

[cajunfisher]

Where can I go to get the most accurate tide report?

[Quackhead62]

I use Acadiana fishing or Rod n Reel.com they always seem to be right on.

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