Jack fishing really turned on in August and stayed very consistent until we were hit with an early cold front around mid September. This slowed it down big time. Luckily the interior marsh fishing really turned on at this point. The reds were about as thick as I’ve seen them. Singles and doubles everywhere with […]
Start of Summer Flyfishing
July 18, 2017 by
Typically with the start of summer we have the start of Jack season. I guess you could say Jack season has started but it is certainly not in full swing. It seems due to the ridiculous amount of rain we have had the past few weeks we have only had a few jacks move in. […]
Teaming up with Yellow Dog to Bring You Louisiana Redfish School!!!
December 29, 2016 by
We are excited to announce that we will be teaming up with Yellow Dog to bring you the first annual Louisiana redfish school!!! Click the link below for more info… http://www.yellowdogflyfishing.com/blog/announcing-louisiana-redfish-school
Jack season coming to an end…
September 20, 2016 by
I can’t complain about this summer’s Jack season. Although I had to deal with constant west winds and the floods in Baton Rouge pumping dirty water into my main Jack fishing area we had a very successful Jack season.
Jacks of July
August 3, 2016 by
Although we have had constant west winds, which is our least favorite wind direction in Louisiana, the Jack fishing has been very solid. We have had some good pushing fish on the flats and lots of schooling action in open water. We boated a total of 35 jacks on fly in 12 days of fishing. […]
There’s many opportunities during the summer when you’re fly fishing in Louisiana
July 6, 2016 by
During the summer months we try to get an early start to beat the heat, fortunately summer is one of the best times to hunt pushing fish. Both Redfish and giant Jack Crevalle become very active at this time. Their mornings are spent cruising flats in search of bait. Although we start earlier with low […]
Summer is here
June 5, 2016 by
This has definitely been one of the best spring seasons I’ve seen in a while and it’s looking like the good fishing should continue into summer. The fish in the interior marsh have grouped up and a 20 + fish school has been a common occurrence. The temperature is the only problem with this time […]
Fly fishing for Jack Crevalle in New Orleans’ backyard…
October 4, 2015 by
Starting in June schools of mullet start moving into Lake Ponchartrain. Following these schools is one of my favorite and most overlooked gamefish, Jack Crevalle aka Marsh tuna aka Jackie boy… With the right conditions the lake clears showing its vast sand flats littered with small grass patches. The jacks cruise up and down the […]
Summer Fly Fishing for Cobia
August 30, 2014 by
Summer is hot! So instead of poling around in the marsh we decided to take it to the big water in hopes of finding something different… We found it! The first buoy we pulled up to had about a half dozen Cobia floating just underneath the surface. The water only had about 3-4 ft of […]
Offshore Fishing Venice Louisiana
May 22, 2014 by
Although the wind was blowing and the fish weren’t eating right, Capt Kyle Smith still got a pretty good haul. We started the day as usual trying to catch some live bait. After a couple throws with the cast net we got them. Menhaden. We dropped the live bait only to see nothing happen for […]
The Bull Days of Summer
September 6, 2013 by
Recently we have been having some great action all over the marsh. From popper fishing for small reds and sheepsheads in the ponds to outside fishing for bull reds, we’ve been trying to stay busy this summer. I had Jack and Denny back in town for a couple of days and when they are here […]
Summer Action
August 20, 2013 by
We have had a great summer with all kinds of fish being thrown at and caught. The latest being this 26 lb bull that I caught on a calm, hot, summer afternoon. Slot Fish are around in droves. I have seen groups of up to 100 fish just milling around in a pocket. We have […]
Rockport Trip
September 23, 2012 by
I had the pleasure of traveling to Rockport Texas to Swan Point Landing Outfitters to give a presentation about Louisiana’s redfish fishery. I stayed and fished with Matt Kern, a client turned friend, who is not a guide but might as well be. With reports of slow fishing we did not have very high expectations I […]
Afternoon Jack Trip
September 20, 2012 by
I had an afternoon free and had the perfect wind to fish Jacks in Lake Pontchartrain. We got out there around 2:00 pm and immediately started seeing blowups down the shore line. We found one massive school and got one good 28 lber and broke another off. We saw them a few more times and thought we were in […]
Best Days EVER!
September 16, 2012 by
Tuesday – Thursday of last week were the 3 most ridiculous days i’ve EVER had. David Mangum, Greg Dini, and I went out to see what the fishing was like after the storm. David brought along all his camera gear so naturally I figured if there is this many cameras on board the trip was destine […]
Third Place Finish LASS Redfish Tournament
August 28, 2012 by
Nick La Rocca and I finished in Third place in this weekends Louisiana Saltwater Series out of Cocodrie LA. We upgraded all day even with 5 minutes left to finish with 16.35 lbs. With only one day to scout the area I was not expecting a big showing but I guess sometimes the stars aline […]
