Marsh & Bayou’s
Rigolets
Fishing Forecast
Lake
Pontchartrain
by Chas Champagne
DockSide TV / Matrix Shad
985-707-9049
[email protected]
The Great Flood of 2016
Well the end of a rather dry summer has came to
a close with the most rain the great state of Louisiana
has seen in hundreds of years or more. The people of
the Baton Rouge area was hit with 20-40 inches of rain
in just 48 hours and caused drastic flooding from the
Amite River down to Lake Maurepas. It is most certainly an adverse situation for the people in the effected areas but they are staying strong and getting a
lot of help from others that were more fortunate. It
will be a long road for those of Louisiana but they will
persevere as they always do.
As far as the fishing goes for the already complicated
month of September it will be even more difficult for
the Pontchartain basin. September is known as a
transition month for speckled trout so they will be on
the move and inconsistent to catch. September is
also known as one of the saltiest and driest months of
the year but that will not be the case as salinities have
plummeted with 2016' flood as everything is draining
into Pontchartain. September is usually a great
month for red fish so I would keep focus on them. It
is also a good month to target flounder so make sure
to check all your flounder spots to see if they are carpeted with doormats. Many good flounder reports
are coming from the Lake Borgne area and may very
well invade the Rigolets and Pontchartain basin this
month. Here at Dockside TV we will be tossing the
Matrix Craw in the Ponds off the intercostal in search
of reds and checking the northern ends of the trestle
for flounder with Matrix Shad on a 3/8 oz Golden Eye.
Check out our latest DockSide TV discussing the
tragic flood while giving tips on catching reds in the
marsh during this time of year.
Until next time "Good Fishing"
by Jeremy Suggs
Rigolets Bait & Seafood
(985) 641-8088
If you listened to the weather reports in
August, you probably didn’t fish very much.
Rain in the forecast was more common than
actual rain, at least in our area. If you did
make it out, the fishing was tough. If you
caught it at the right time, you could pick up
a quick limit of redfish in the lower Pearl
River. You could also pick up some trout
around Half Moon island. Un