Delacroix Report 7/18/2015

The curse of the West winds continues. The water is a couple of feet below normal and making the trout fishing tough. We are still catching a few, but no where near what we should be doing. Thank goodness for redfish and black drum as they are saving the day! The winds were at 15 knots plus this morning and we opted to stay inside the protection of the marsh. We hit several points and oyster reef shorelines working live and dead shrimp 2 feet under corks and carolina rigged on the bottom. The action was not fast and furious, but soon enough we had a box full of redfish and black drum. Hiopefully, the weather pattern will change and allow some better water conditions. Good luck out there!

Captain Jeff

Delacroix Report 7/12/2015

Tough fishing out of Delacroix today. The scourge of the Westerly winds continue. The water was low as we headed out this AM. We hit a deep water spot and started picking up small speckled trout right away on live shrimp carolina rigged. We had to wade through many small fish to get a few into the fish box. We hit a couple of shallow redfish coves and could not get the reds into the mood, but we did catch a few black drum and flounder on live shrimp 2′ under corks. We decided to head back inside and work more deep holes and got into a good bite on black drum, sheepshead and redfish. These fish wanted live shrimp carolina rigged on the bottom in 10 feet of water. We ran out of live shrimp and it started to get hot, so we decided to head in. Good time, but could not get the trout going today. Hopefully the weather will improve this week!

Captain Jeff

Delacroix Report 6/27/2015

Howling winds out of the west the last few days have made the fishing much tougher out of Delacroix. We hit an outer bay point early to find nice trout in the deep casting out away from the bank. The trout wanted live shrimp Carolina rigged on the bottom. Once the winds picked up, the bite died and we headed back into the interior marsh. The water is super low and getting dirtier by the minute. We hit several spots and picked up black drum, reds and a few more trout. We had one trout on the inside that was pushing 4 lbs. Nice fish! Hopefully the winds will die back and allow the tide to bring in some cleaner water from the outside. Good luck out there this week!

Captain Jeff

Delacroix Report 6/20/2015

Brisk westerly winds greeted us this AM. We decided to stay in protected waters and found hungry trout, reds and drum. Most of the trout were too small to keep, but the steady action was nice. We caught trout at every stop. We found a honey hole full of drum and reds and filled the box with both. One bull red cruized through and picked up a live shrimp Carolina rigged and the fight was on. The red was huge, well into the 30 lb range. The bruiser was released to fight another day. The drum were in the 20-22″ size class. Nice eaters! We will be back at it in the morning!

Captain Jeff

Delacroix Report 6/13/2015

Stiff SE winds greeted us as we headed down the bayou this morning. After the rain and storms the last few days, I was happy just to be able to get out again. We hit some protected areas and started working live shrimp 3 feet under corks and Carolina rigged on the bottom. The action was slow , but steady on trout. The fish were smaller than usual and we had to throw back 3 for every one that was a keeper. We bounced around to several places, but more small trout liked our baits. We did get into a strong black drum bite in the 20-22″ class. Perfect eaters! The weather starter to build up and we decided to head back early to remain dry. Good fishing action, good catching action, but the trout were small today. We will be back at it soon. Good luck out there!

Captain Jeff

Delacroix Report 6/7/2015

Very little tidal movement as we hit the marsh this AM. We picked around catching a few trout and redfish here and there. Not great action, but good times when the water is not moving. The tide started to rise and the catching action picked up. We worked the mouth of a big lake with a bayou draining into it. We worked the lake with live shrimp 5 feet under corks and artificial cocahoes to pick up more trout. These were good trout in the 16″ class. We worked the same spot until the heat baked us into submission. Good action aftyer a slow start.

Captain Jeff

Delacroix Report 6/6/2015 PM

We hit the marsh again this afternoon. The tide was stopping just as we arrived, but we were able to turn on the trout and catch a good mess before the water went slack. Live shrimp 3 feet under corks and artificial cocahoes brought in trout and reds. We hit a couple of more spots trying to find moving water, but we were in the middle of an extended tide turn around and found slim pickings. The tide finally started to rise and the fish went nuts right at dark. It was as fast as you could cast action until we copuld not see the baits anymore. Afternoon action can be exciting!

Captain Jeff

Delacroix Report 6/6/2015

Back at it again this morning. We got a late start and it got even later as we encountered a broken down boat a couple of miles out from the marina. We towed the stranded boaters back to the boat launch which delayed us, but you have to provide assistance when you can. Karma!
We finally hit our spot to find hungry trout, reds and black drum. We started to catch good with live shrimp under corks and artificial cocahoes. The action held strong until the tide stopped. We moved around a little with marginal results until the tide started to flow again. We found a small pond with a deep hole in the middle and worked live shrimp carolina rigged and artificial cocahoes and got into a good trout bite. These fish were a little smaller 14-16″, but no need to measure them. It got hot quick and we opted to take it back to the Island before we melted.

Captain Jeff

Delacroix Report – 5/28/2015

Strange tide today in Delacroix. The tide fell at just less than half a foot today until about 10 AM. It stopped and never started to rise again until after we left around 1:30 PM. We took advantage for the fall to catch a good mess of speckled trout on a flat adjacent to a deep hole. Plenty of bait in the area and the fish were aggressive. We worked live shrimp carolina rigged, 2 feet under corks and artificial cocahoes tightlined on jig heads to catch the trout. There were alot of smaller throwbacks mixed in with the keepers. Once the tide stopped, we struggled. We hit several other spots including running out to try and catch the incoming tide, but were unable to find any water moving other than wind driven water. We managed to get on a good redfish bite and boxed 10 as well as a couple of flounders and some black drum. Good day considering the conditions.

Captain Jeff

Delacroix Report 5/24/2015

Windy again today out of the SE at 20 knots. We stayed inside in protected waters and worked deep holes and the adjacent flats. Live shrimp carolina rigged and artificial cocahoes worked well. The trout were aggressive and we filled the box with 12-18″ speckled trout. We also kept some other species including redfish, black drum and southern kingfish. Hoepfully the weather will cooperate sooner rather than later and let us get outside to see if the sow trout are at the spawning grounds.

Captain Jeff