roseau canes. Look for cane
that ends at the water’s edge
and if there is a drop-off,
that’s even better. Flip the
canes with your favorite plastic, but Jeff recommends
using Berkley 100% Fluorocarbon or Big Game Mono
because braid hangs up
badly on the cane.
As we bounced around
from canal to pond, I was
taken back to a time when I
was a much younger man
learning bass fishing out of
an aluminum bass boat with
my dad. Some things come
full circle they say, I’ve traded
in my bay boat for a Ranger
Aluminum Bass Boat and
hope soon to introduce my
son to Venice bass fishing.
I was pleased to see healthy
trees on the banks, beautiful
marsh grass, and majestic
stalks of roseau cane as far
as the eye could see. The
wide range of lures we deployed successfully reminded me of an earlier,
more simple time. There is
just something different
about fishing Venice - you almost have to do it to understand what I mean.
Author Steve McNemar with a solid Venice large mouth
The conditions weren’t
caught on a Thunder Jig by Delta Lures.
perfect, but by 2pm we had
moving water, but also gave some lessons on
caught fish using each of the lures in the decatching Venice bass the 20l6 way.
scribed methods. In fact, we also caught them on
Jeff said he, of course, looks for clean water
Delta Lures Buzz Baits, Spinner Baits, and a Ribbet
either in the mouth of drains, ponds,or the points
Frog. We didn’t catch 100 bass; but we had a nice
of canes. One of his go-to Venice lures is the Delta
two man limit, and I left knowing that 50 bass days
Lures Thunder Jig. He replaces the skirt with a
can be easily had at this fishing mecca called
Berkley Chigger Craw. Delta makes a 1/2oz and a
Venice, Louisiana.
3/8oz version – be sure to experiment with size. I
had five hits on the 1/2oz size that I missed before
Steve McNemar has been fishing the waters of South
downsizing. Jeff likes to throw these down the
Louisiana for almost 50 years An award winning outdoor
middle of canals allowing the lures to slowly tick
writer and radio broadcaster, he is a member of the
the submerged grass.
Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association, a nationally pubJeff will also flip the edges of the grass with
lished outdoor writer and photographer.
the Havoc Red Shad worms using a 1/4oz sinker;
He is also the CEO of U.S. Impact, Inc. located in Mandevbut says on some days, weightless rigs like trick
ille, La. He can be reached via email at HYPERLINK
worms or Power Bait Jerk Shads will drive them in"mailto:[email protected]" [email protected]
sane. One thing that hasn’t changed is flipping the
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