Bayou Louie Saturday morning

I made it back to Bayou Louis Saturday morning. A little bit late (7 am), but I got into Ferriday at 11 pm the night before, so that's my excuse. Started out with nothing happening. Maybe 7 boats in sight and only occasionally seeing anyone catching anything. I kept moving around looking at downimaging, and found a few small schools near a drop off, and got an occasional bite. Kept working in a bigger circle and found a few more, ended up catching 7, but only one keeper. Still learning.

Stopped at Woodson's Landing on Saline Bayou on the way back to the 'port. It sure has changed over the last 40 or so years. Really nice landing, but tons of salvinia! The water intake on my motor is deep, so I didn't have any problems, but it is always worrisome! About the time I got to the main lake, a thunderstorm was headed my way, so I went back to the landing(it wasn't raining there) and trained my lab a bit. I think he had a better time than I did, but it was good to get reacquainted with an old fishing spot.

Taking your Buddy fishing made his day too

That's a total understatement!! He loves/lives to retrieve!!

I hate to here about all that salvania again. The WLF sprayed last year, between that and the lillys and the elephant ears it had the creek totaly blocked.

You only caught 7 fish at Louie??? Must be jigging? I limit out almost every trip on minners..

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Originally Posted by Mississippi Jig head

You only caught 7 fish at Louie??? Must be jigging? I limit out almost every trip on minners..

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Salt in a wound is never nice, but I guess an ego is a terrible thing to waste.

Lotsa luck next trip escout!

And I’d rather scratch on a jig, than shell out $ on feesh to catch feesh. UNLESS my boys are along for the ride.

To each their own, if we’’’re being salty.




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Originally Posted by Micropterus salmoides

Salt in a wound is never nice, but I guess an ego is a terrible thing to waste.

Lotsa luck next trip escout!

And I’d rather scratch on a jig, than shell out $ on feesh to catch feesh. UNLESS my boys are along for the ride.

To each their own, if we’’’re being salty.




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I'm not that type of guy... I'd rather help.. All the guys I know there catch their limit on shiners is all I was saying.. I will delete my comment of it helps. Sorry ��

No offense taken. I'm just learning about crappie fishing. Bass fished most of my life. I'm having fun learning how to find crappie on my Humminbird and then catching them. I'm slowly getting better at it. What kind of boat do you have MJH? I might have seen you on Louie last trip. And I was using shiners. How deep do you put your shiner if you see a school of fish in 11 feet of water?

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No offense taken. I'm just learning about crappie fishing. Bass fished most of my life. I'm having fun learning how to find crappie on my Humminbird and then catching them. I'm slowly getting better at it. What kind of boat do you have MJH? I might have seen you on Louie last trip. And I was using shiners. How deep do you put your shiner if you see a school of fish in 11 feet of water?

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Here's my lil crappie boat.
Right after daylight, they seem to hang on different contours at different depth. Since the lake has filled back up and water is cooler, I've been having better quality and better catches 15-17 fow and 8-10' down. They were 14 ft down 2 weeks before the rain. If you call me around 3 when I get out of church, I will tell you where to target them. I will PM you my # if you'd like

Thanks that would be wonderful! Not the boat I saw. it was a Lowe w a Merc and spider rig setup. I may be on the water this afternoon. Will call you when I can. How late is too late? Thanks again!!

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Thanks that would be wonderful! Not the boat I saw. it was a Lowe w a Merc and spider rig setup. I may be on the water this afternoon. Will call you when I can. How late is too late? Thanks again!!

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That 1650 Lowe be some guys that I always talk to. They always have a lil dog that sits on the bow and they be giving the fish the blues.
About to send u a pm

I saw the dog too, now that you mentioned it. They moved around a lot, and ended up to the west of me a couple hundred yards and stayed there for a couple hours before leaving. I just made a contour map from that trip on autochart pro. Not much that you can't figure out from riding around a few times, but if you overlay waypoints on it, it will show patterns etc. I haven't quite figured out the side-imaging mosaic part. It's a bit more complicated and requires more careful boat driving to get usuable results. I didn't make it to the water, the water came to me. It's raining. PM me if you like and it's convenient.

Thanks escout

You are a good man Missippi Jig Head! I hope to see you on the water!!

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Originally Posted by escout

You are a good man Missippi Jig Head! I hope to see you on the water!!

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Wouldn't have it any other way brother! We will definitely meet up there one day. We can fish together and you take the bag home lol. I just love fishing and meeting great people!

It's great to see members lending each other a hand. Hats off to you both. :cheers2

That's the spirit of CDC, it's a wonderful thing.
"gene"

9' trolling about .5 will put some fish in the boat. Not a lot of monsters but plenty good eaters.

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