Calcasieu River 7/5

Made a quick afternoon trip to the Calcasieu yesterday. I kept 7 sacs. Threw back a bunch of undersized fish. I couldn't land the big ones I hooked up on they wrapped me every time up in the lay down. All caught on shiners. Couldn't get them to touch a jig. The water was stained and moving due to the rains to the north earlier in the week. With all the yahoos I couldn't fish the main river. I had 2 cigarette boats pass me while fishing doing around 60mph about 20 yards from me. i decided to fish the logging canals. It sure was nice fishing in the shade. Sorry no fish pics but here is one of the tops I fished. It was full of small sacs.Attachment 167565

pretty place......shade is nice.......

Pretty place, reminds me of the lower White River in Arkansas.

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Originally Posted by prefers shiners

pretty place......shade is nice.......

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Sure is. That's why I have a hard time making myself go to Henderson in the hot times.

That laydown in the shade is nice, always a good idea to tote shiners along. Bet there were some fat bream there as well. I would have teased them there with some crickets just for fun.

There are 4 canals like that to fish. The river was rising and there was a current going into the canal. I hope thursday and friday the river starts falling. It should be good. I caught a few goggle eyes. I missed a huge one. I have caught bream against the banks in that canal. Next time I will bring some worms and see what happens. I wish some one in the Lake Charles area still sold crickets.

Surely there are crickets over there in Lake Charles somewhere. I figured the bream were in there. Thanks for posting, enjoyed it.