Marsh & Bayou Magazine Volume 17 • Issue 196 | Page 21

Marsh & Bayou’s Fishing Forecast Delacroix by Capt. Rykert O. Toledano, Jr. While Away Fishing Charters. (985) 778-1150 Although this summer produced a very late bite on the outside October should signal the beginning of the traditional fall fishing season. We have already seen the patter begin. The shorter days and cooler weather will continue to move fish from the outside inward. By the end of the month the trout and redfish should be in their traditional fall spots. The movement of bait should allow you to find birds feeding in open bays with trout underneath. Take advantage of those opportunities. Speckled trout and redfish will be following shrimp and other bait into the interior marsh and beginning a feeding frenzy that will help them through the cold portion of the winter. The game fish will position themselves on points and other positions of moving water in order to intercept the bait. To a large extent a good fall fishing spot will repeat themselves year in and