Marsh & Bayou Magazine Volume 17 • Issue 196 | Page 59

would normally be sight fishing redfish. I’ve seen it numerous times when a redfish decides to start tailing in your decoys. I’ve even caught some trophy flounder messing around the deeper canals and weirs full of moving water in the area. It is one place that often gets overlooked for both hunting and fishing, but has become a true gem over the past couple of years. These are just three of my favorite places to be throughout the fall and winter chasing that day filled with ducks and fish; but keep an eye out the next time you are hunting your favorite piece of land this year, I'm sure there are numerous opportunities to catch a mess of fish as well. Plus, what makes your friends more jealous when you send them that limit of birds and trout, redfish, and tons of bass. It with shallow water, smash the ducks, makes for a great ride home once and catch redfish and flounder right in you've shot your limit of birds and the middle of your decoys. I like to then get to catch a ton of fish before hunt the bigger water areas around the long ride back. here such as the big ponds or even Now one of my favorite places to bays, just mainly because of the com- be throughout the fall and winter has petition with the massive rafts of coot got to be Point Aux Chien. It is a place and dos gris. Most of the time, you'll you can go, find some bigger ponds find yourself in a area where you fish all in the same morning? It's definitely a perk of living in Louisiana that many others don't get to experience. Be sure to give blast and cast a try this duck season.