Henderson

[latch0214]

Anyone been to Henderson lately? Are the fish biting?

[Montauk17]

Been tough lately,lot of small fish. Try the butte la rose canal if the mouth by the levee canal is not too shallow.

[lanefrost300]

Went out yesterday in the boat I just bought and we caught 15 bass with one keeper. Ended up putting him back since he was the only one we had in the live well...

[ddd]

Until the size limit is changed from 14" in the Achaf. (Bell River) area, I just stopped fishing for bass in the area. I can't take it. Several weeks back we caught 64 bass with 2 keepers. That seems to be the story from everyone when summer pattern starts. I suppose Henderson may be the same story. Too many small bass. I'm not saying that I did not have fun, but catching 64 bass and not being able to have a fish fry is just plain depressing. Try Bayou Black area (Gibson) and find running water. Lot's of bass, lots of keepers and lots of fun.

[jpeff31787]

yeah theres a lot of small bass. I caught over 80 this weekend and had probably a little more than a dozen keepers. They were some short stubby toads though. 15 inch fish went 2.25lbs on the bogas!

[LPfishnTIM]

Originally Posted by jpeff31787

yeah theres a lot of small bass. I caught over 80 this weekend and had probably a little more than a dozen keepers. They were some short stubby toads though. 15 inch fish went 2.25lbs on the bogas!

I had 2 keepers out of Lil Pigeon yesterday and probably caught at least 30 fish, I was fishing with a friend and he had 1 keeper we were fishing a small club tournament, out of 3 boats there was 5 keepers and one fish was 3lds. If they change the current regulations then they will have to modify the regs every other year. I don't understand why the atchafalaya basin is the only place that hasn't had a reg. change on size, the state pays biologist to do research, but nothing changes! then they send out surveys to see if people are happy with a 14in limit and still there is no change. why don't the researchers and biologist go to the landings and ask the people fishing the area, that's the best research they can do!

[jpeff31787]

Originally Posted by LPfishnTIM

I had 2 keepers out of Lil Pigeon yesterday and probably caught at least 30 fish, I was fishing with a friend and he had 1 keeper we were fishing a small club tournament, out of 3 boats there was 5 keepers and one fish was 3lds. If they change the current regulations then they will have to modify the regs every other year. I don't understand why the atchafalaya basin is the only place that hasn't had a reg. change on size, the state pays biologist to do research, but nothing changes! then they send out surveys to see if people are happy with a 14in limit and still there is no change. why don't the researchers and biologist go to the landings and ask the people fishing the area, that's the best research they can do!

I agree with that. If we'd drop the 14 inch minimum, the population would be depleted in no time, especially since nearly all the fish are just under 14inches. I would put a slot 13-16 that way all the fish can grow over 16 inches. By that time I think they get smart and get caught less

[lanefrost300]

Originally Posted by jpeff31787

I agree with that. If we'd drop the 14 inch minimum, the population would be depleted in no time, especially since nearly all the fish are just under 14inches. I would put a slot 13-16 that way all the fish can grow over 16 inches. By that time I think they get smart and get caught less

+1

[eman]

14 -17" slot would be great for the basin but it will never happen.
There was discussion of a slot limit when they set the 14" minimum, but the bass clubs fought it because they couldn't weigh in slot fish.
Same thing would happen if they tried to put a slot limit in place now.

[jpeff31787]

Originally Posted by eman

14 -17" slot would be great for the basin but it will never happen.
There was discussion of a slot limit when they set the 14" minimum, but the bass clubs fought it because they couldn't weigh in slot fish.
Same thing would happen if they tried to put a slot limit in place now.

well the bass club needs a little better fisherman then! IMO thats a pretty gay reason to not put up a slot.