Marsh & Bayou’s
Fishing Forecast
Venice
Inshore
you’re looking for big redfish, they’re usually in the same spots where the trout are;
and this will be the exterior bays and
along the edge of the Gulf. It’s hard to
Capt. Ron Price
say exactly which places to fish them be-
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cause there are so many. I like everything
from Empire all the way to the end of
Venice on both sides of the River. The
Warming temperatures, less cold fronts, and
biggest key is usually getting close to the
love bugs coming out all mean one thing! It means
Gulf. You can catch trout further inland
the fishing is ready to explode. The trout will be
but they won't be the same quality as the
going into spawning mode and eating like crazy to
ones further out. Shallow water rigs sev-
build up their energy for their romantic time of year.
eral miles out will also produce extremely
The shrimp and baitfish will begin to show their
good trout this month. I like the rigs in
presence in large numbers in the bays and all along
the Battledore Reef area all the way down
the edge of the Gulf. We can always hope for a
to block 69 out of Main Pass. If you’re
looking to break the
lower River to really get things going crazy; but even
state record for
with a high River, the tides will be enough to give us
trout, then
plenty of green
water in which
South Pass
to catch lots
jetty is num-
of fish. The
ber one on my list;
key to good
fishing this
Berkley Gulp Shrimp
however, you won't
catch much of anything 9
month is to find
out of 10 trips there! You will have to be dedicated
good water and lots of baitfish. As a general note,
and willing to give up numbers to play that game.
the best trout fishing will be on the incoming tide,
The islands that make up the Chandeleur Island
and mostly near the end of the incoming tide. If
chain will be red hot this month too, but they can
get too crowded and people running their motors
will ruin some great action. (I'm always amazed that
someone will spend $70,000 on a boat and not know
how to use their trolling motor once they get into
fishing territory. It is rude and ruins it for everyone,
so please be courteous!!!! )
The fishing style of choice for trout will be to use a
popping cork with either a fake shrimp or plastic
minnow rigged roughly 14 to 18 inches below the
cork. I’ve found the corks with the brass beads under
them work the best. I’ve started throwing the Mann's
Reel'N Shad recently, and it is pretty impressive so
far! I guess it’s an action the fish haven't seen yet
and sure do like! I also like to twitch soft plastics off
the bottom with a 3/8 ounce jighead.
For the hard-core meat hunters who insist on a limit,
live shrimp will always be hard to beat. Fished under
a cork will be the most popular method.
Keeper-size redfish will be found everywhere from
this month on. They will be in back ponds, they will
be in the bays, and they will be on the edge of the
Gulf on the grass and cane points. The number one
way to take them will be dead shrimp under a cork. I
prefer, however, to use a Berkley Gulp Shrimp in the
3-inch size and only use dead shrimp when things
get really hard. Other good baits will be spinner
baits, half ounce gold spoons, and soft plastics
twitched off the bottom.