If someone were to want to fish for big bluegill and or shellcracker in Louisiana, where would they want to try ???
Any info would be appreciated.
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If someone were to want to fish for big bluegill and or shellcracker in Louisiana, where would they want to try ???
Any info would be appreciated.
Caney at Jonesboro has some huge redear if you can find them.Can google chinqs(La. for Redears) at Caney and find a few articles.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawgyrunner
yes , I fished Caney about 8 years ago. we caught 7 in 2 days. they were good ones but, like you said it was tough. what about d arbonne ??? or the basin ???
basin out of my territory but d'bone has good bream as well as Poverty Point in DelhiQuote:
Originally Posted by dawgyrunner
The biggest bream I have ever caught in my life came out of Caddo.
I agree Randy,
Caddo was the best bream lake when I was growing up, we went there every summer to bream fish till I was in high school,
then Toledo opened and I remember the coolers full of big ole peeing bream we used to catch and the fish scalers at the marinas to clean them for 50 cents.
All we had was a 12 ft alum boat with 7 1/2 HP motor and a paddle also boat had no boat seat on seats just a board and cushion (doubled as a life preserver) to sit on
oh yeah Toledo was full of standing timber then, had to break limbs to clear a hole to fish.
Concordia lake
Definitely Caney for chinquapins and I hear Lake Yucatan has huge bluegills.
The Ball Park at Old River Morganza IMO
Agree, at least used to be. Haven't been in a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by treboryerf
YUCATAN does.
which is not far from St. Joe & Eagle lake......all 3 known for monster bream in years past....Quote:
Originally Posted by treboryerf
Palmyra too!!
If your really good at finding the big ones, Toledo Bend has huge ones. Example: I ran into some a long time ago now, but we were worm fishing and something kept taking the tails off and we were not doing well on bass. So we went back to Fin & Feather to get some crickets and went back. Now these were in 11' of water and we ended up with 42 of them. The smallest one was 3/4 pounds and biggest was 1 3/4 pounds! I keep forgetting to look for the beds in deep water, but know where a couple are in deep water. You can get good ones on the bank, but not the huge ones!
Skip
Havasu !!!!!
does eagle lake, Louisiana have big bream ??? what kind of lake is it ??? any info is appreciated.
The Eagle lake I referred to is in Mississippi just North of Vicksburg, Miss.....it is an old Mississippi river cut-off.....I fished it many years ago and yes, it had monster bream....Quote:
Originally Posted by dawgyrunner
Miller's Lake. Last year I caught some huge bream out of there. Dapet fishes there alot. He usually knows when it's good there.
what about d arbonne ???
Beat me to it jig rig. If you can find them you'll be in for a treat. When the water is all the way down hit the shady sides of rafts in 20 ft of water. We've done this countless times. One pulling in sacs and one pulling in bull bream trying to see which is biting better. Hoping to take my 3 yo this weekend for the first time but not sure if the water will be right.Quote:
Originally Posted by jig rig
With all the water flushing out the salad Black Bayou up at Hosston is hard to beat. I caught a Huge "Mason Bream" last weekend, but I don't think they have really turned it on yet. Maybe all the fresh water???? John
As Draftstud said, BB in Hosston is good. This is the thread I posted a few weeks ago about a trip with my daughter. They were scattered, but all big. Hope you find some where ever you go.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/louis...ner-4-26-15-a/.
Congrats on some good times and good fish! Looks like fun to me!Quote:
Originally Posted by LouisianaFishNut
Skip
We just got back from BB again. Real nice Red Ears, but we can't fin them bedded up. We kept about 12 or 14, enough for a nice meal. John BTW: Great trip with your Daughter!!!!
My stock pond in my yard