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I have to agree with SS about south La. Once the spawn is over I catch them in the same places as during the spawn but just not as tight to the banks. They are usually on the drop offs right off the bank and a steep drop off is better as they relate to the edge. As it gets hotter in many of the dead end canal we fish the water gets bad because of the heat and lack of current. I then target them in the main canals that the dead ends feed into. Grass lines, down trees, patches of lilies, run outs from the marsh, oil field structures providing shade all produce some good fishing but usually not so hot and heavy as during the spawn. The fish are more scattered or it seems that way because I only pick up one here and one there, but maybe it's because of the abundant of forage that they don't have to work hard for a meal. Now an then I'll hit the mother lode where all conditions are right and pull in a bunch. I remember two such occasions, one was at a run out where Linda found them before I and we ended pulling out 35 from a little spot about 4' by 4'. All of them were over 1 pound with some near 2. Another time we caught 34 from a piece of oil field structure not far off a main canal where they were stacked up in the shade. That spot yielded 34 slabs to 1 1/2 pounds. We've fished those same places year after year and catch a few but never the number or size of the first ones.
Even thou the sacs are somewhat scarce I can usually catch a meal but the great thing is just about the time the sacs slow down the goggle eye and gills get real active and that can be fun also. Then there is always the chance to catch a nice bass as I did one day while sac fishing. I ended up hooking up to a 7 pound bass on my jig pole with 4 pound mono. That is one to remember.
"gene"
