Marsh & Bayou’s
Fishing Forecast
Lacombe
Shannon Griffin
by Capt. Anthony Buquoi
Spot On Fishing Adventures
(985) 882-9208
[email protected]
225-806-8808
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As I’m sitting here writing this, the weather
outside is 34 deg. and blowing 20 to 30 out of
the north. All I can dream about are the trout
stacking up in their wintertime holes and making
fishing them easy. I love catching trout this time
of year. They will be in an area with deeper water
and some moving water. Watching your water
temp will be the key to where you’ll find them.
When water temps are up around 65 degrees,
fish the tops of shelves around the points.
When water temps are around 55 degrees,
fish drop-offs in the deeper water. Paying attention to the conditions is how to put some trout
in the boat.
When chasing reds, you’ll have same pattern. Only difference is when the sun gets
high,move into the ponds where the water
warms up faster and sight fish them cruising the
shallows. Follow the grass lines, throwing at
every cut and pocket you can see.
Cocodrie
by Capt. Glen Herbert
Cocodrie Charters
(985) 594-6200
December is here, and the brutal winds have
been with the fall fronts coming through; but between
the fronts, the water has been cleaning up fast, making
it easier to find fishable water. Continue to look for the
diving birds, not just in the bigger bodies of water
such as Maddison Bay and Lake Boudreaux, but also in
the large canals such as Bayou Terrebonne and Maddison Canal, and you will find thick schools of trout
under them. On colder days, focus on the deeper
canals and dead-end canals. Use a Carolina rigged
½oz to ¾oz egg sinker, depending on water movement. Even if the water is not super clean but is moving, try this, particularly on a falling tide. Concentrate
on the points, coves, and runouts. When water is clean, use a lighter color bait such as Shrimp Creole or
Lemonhead Matrix Shad; and for stained or dirtier water, use a darker color bait, such as Green Hornet, a
live cocahoe minnow works great too! If you can’t seem to get the trout to bite or just prefer redfish, use the
same baits under a popping cork; and when redfishing, tipping your bait with a small piece of market
shrimp always makes it easier for the fish to find. We are still catching good numbers of black drum and
flounder when using the redfish techniques. Just remember, this time of year you don’t decide where to fish,
Mother Nature makes that decision for you! So be patient, stay warm, and good fishing!
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December is sac-au-lait season in Bayou Lacombe! You can easily catch a bounty of these
speckled beauties in the upper part of Bayou Lacombe and Cane Bayou using live shiners or Bobby
Garland Mo’ Glo Baby Shad lures paired with
matching jigheads. Bass are plentiful throughout
the bayou, too. Reel them in using a variety of
Zoom Baby Brush Hogs and Culprit worms (try Chili
Pepper). So where are the speckled trout?
In late November, they moved out the bayou
and from along the shoreline to follow the shrimp
and baitfish into the lake and along the Causeway.
The reef off the mouth of Bayou Lacombe is a hot
spot for specks