Delacroix Report – 6/4/2024

Got after them early this morning. The winds moved more from the South and picked up to about 15 knots. The winds and waves made it a little slow going as we needed to cross a couple of bays to get to the 1st spot of the day. Slow and steady we crossed as I did not want to beat up my guests in the increasing seas. Finally made it to find the chosen spot perfect for the wind and tidal conditions. The rising tide was moving along the edge of the marsh and running around a point and draining into a deep bayou. We set up with the wind at our back and were able to cast into the deeper water for trout and work the edge and point for redfish. Both trout and redfish were feeding at this spot. The redfish were in the 17-25″ class and were crushing live shrimp 3′ under corks and carolina rigged. The trout were in the 12-13″ class and we had to wade through alot of throwbacks to get some to find there way into the ice chest. The action was pretty steady and some guests switched over to plastic cocahoes on 3/8 ounce jigheads and kept right on catching. The wind picked up more and as the tide slowed, it moved the boat position and changed out bait presentation and the bite slowed. We decided to get get out of the rough water and head back to the safety of the marsh. We hit a protected cove and found that the tide was still running good and set up on a point and caught a few more reds. We hit one more spot where a deep bayou drains into a shallow lake, the tide was still running and we started catching 12.5 – 13″ trout and put a few more into the box. We ran out of live bait and decided to call it a day. Good catching in the Delacroix marsh today! We will be back at it again soon. Good luck out there!

Captain Jeff

Delacroix Report – 6/3/2024

A tad breezy as we headed east into the sunrise over the Delacroix marsh this morning. We headed to the edge of the marsh and the bay to try to find some nice speckled trout. We set up to work a point where the rising tide was sweeping across and into a deep bayou. The trout were in there thick and feeding, unfortunately they were in the 12 – 12.5″ class with the occasional 13″. We must have caught a hundred to keep 15. The fish wanted live shrimp 3′ under corks, carolina rigged and artificial cocahoes on 3/8 ounce jigheads. The winds layed down a little and we decided to poke outside to see if the rigs would produce. We worked a couple of rigs and a submerged reef only to find Mississippi River water all over and nothing but catfish. Headed back into the marsh to keep working spots. Stopped at a point in a lake where a deep bayou enters and set up to work the water moving around the point. Found some redfish interested in feeding and they were the perfect eating size 16-18″. These fish wanted live shrimp under corks and carolina rigged. This action heated up until a 4 foot shark moved in and crashed the party. My guest hooked up, I thought it was a big bull red, but it kept breaking the surface and thrashing about up top. My guest worked the fish to perfection and soon pulled the shark to the boat for a careful release. The tide slowed to a stop and without moving water fishing gets really tough, so we decided to head back to the dock. Will be back after them tomorrow. Good luck out there!

Captain Jeff