Crescent City Fishing Charters

Yesterday I had the pleasure to fish with a great father and son group from Birmingham.

It was a beautiful day to be out on the water that morning, nice cool breeze and no rain in sight. We started the day out from Lafitte Harbour Marina in search of Redfish. I went in the direction of Bay Round to find some nice reds I saw a few days before. But the water was very dirty from the windy days before, and the rain and high winds we had the night before. So we decided to go to a few of my favorite duck ponds, and see what the shallow water looked like. But the duck ponds were dirty from the bad weather the night before also.

We saw many redfish waking down the banks, and across the shallow ponds that we threw baits at, but were not very successful at getting many to bite in the dirty water. The first area we stopped did not do us any good, as we did not get a bite from the fish we saw. But one of my favorite ponds had some redfish helped us out. we caught 9 redfish and 1 lonely Speckled Trout, after casting baits at somewhere near 50 or so redfish. It was frustrating watching these redfish swim by the baits and turn their nose to a lure. So we moved on to other areas that did not help us with the catch either. After exhausting our efforts and run out of places to try and find clean water,with the wind blowing at 15 to 20mph by now, we called it a day and returned to the marina with 9 redfish and our 1 lonely trout.

I enjoyed fishing with Bob and Joseph, and look forward to fishing with them in the future.

If you would like to book a trip for some redfish and speckled trout action, you can call myself Capt. Scott Poche at 504-915-0392 or find us on the web at www.lafittefishing.com and just remember your only a phone call away from” FISHING WITH THE BEST”

Good Luck and Good Fishing!

Capt. Scott Poche`

Saturday was a very nice day to be out on the water in the Lafitte area. I had the pleasure of fishing with Loyce Grigsby and Omar Muhammad, who were both great clients to fish with. We left Lafitte Harbour Marina at about 7:30 am and headed out to one of my favorite areas for Redfish. The weather was beautiful for the first day of March, No wind and pretty blue skies. It was a little cool for the 20 minute boat ride, but was very comfortable when we stopped to fish. Ms. Loyce and Omar told me they were having a fish fry that night with some friends, and needed a few nice Redfish. We stopped in a shallow duck pond that I like to fish from time to time. With the winds calm we saw Redfish waking down the bank as soon as I stopped the boat. I put the trolling motor in and went after some of the wakes we saw. For the first few minutes none of the fish would bite a bait we placed in front of them. Then finally one of the Redfish that was tailing in about six inches of water, jumped on a Purple and white Reaction Lure 3″ Bayou Chub minnow I placed in front of him, and the first fight was on. We boated three Redfish from this one shallow pond, before trolling on to another area. We saw many Redfish waking down the banks and running past the boat as we trolled along through this narrow bayou, only to have them watch the baits go by over and over again. This was very frustrating to have so many Redfish watch a bait go by, but we see this many times. If there is no tide movement, or a high pressure sitting in, and dirty water, you will have a tough time catching Redfish in most of the areas of Louisiana marshes. And this was one of those days we had all of those factors working against us. But we did not give up and kept casting to Redfish we saw waking down the banks. We managed to catch our limit of Redfish over 27 inches, which is one per person, and 8 really nice slot size Redfish as well. All and all the day was a great success. We had a wonderful day on the water, and I had the chance to meet and fish with some very nice people, and would like to thank Loyce and Omar for booking with Crecent Ctiy Fishing Charters and Myself Capt. Scott Poche`. I look forward to fishing with you again in the future.

If you would like to book a trip for some Redfish and Speckled Trout action, you can contact me, Capt. Scott Poche` at 504-915-0392 or on the web at http://www.lafittefishing.com and remember your only a phone call away from fishing with the best!

Good Luck and Good Fishing!

Capt. Scott Poche`

Sunday was a nice day for fishing the Lafitte area. The redfish are biting well when the weather allows us to go out and hunt for them.
The wind was down first thing sunday moring, It was easy to see the Redfish cruising the shore lines with the calm water. The water was dirty the first three stops we made. But we kept looking for cleaner water conditions, and it finally paid out for us. We came across a school of 15 to 20 Redfish along a shallow shoreline in one of my favorite duck ponds I like to fish often. We trolled up on these fish slowly and made a cast in front of the lead fish with a Black and Chartreuse Bayou Chub minnow rigged with a 1/4 oz. jighead and “SLAM” it was on! The lead fish took off with the bait, while the others followed. I told my cousin and longtime fishing buddy Tommy to cast to the next fish running along the bank, and “Bang” he had a nice Redfish on also. We walked the fish around the boat once or twice before landing them both.
After checking the weight and length of the fish, 26″ and 25 1/4″ both in the 5lb to 5 1/2lb class, we slid them in the box and went back on the deck, we trolled along looking for the school for another chance for a double.
We hooked up again not far down the bank, and had a double on once again. This time I had a smaller 20″ fish and Tommy had a “MAN” sized Redfish. He struggled with the fish, while it took 20 yards or so drag a few times, and never gave up till it made it to the net.
We landed our limit of Redfish and threw back 5 for the day, not a bad day on the water.

If you would like to catch some nice Redfish or Speckled Trout, you can find me Capt.Scott Poche` at http://www.lafittefishing.com and just remember your only a phone call away from “Fishing With The Best” (504) 915-0392.

Good Luck and Good Fishing!
Capt. Scott Poche`