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The Fishing is on Fire In the Biloxi Marsh!

admin — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:41:11 +0000

We have been blessed with incredible weather all week! The red fish and black drum are everywhere in the marsh right now gorging themselves on white shrimp, crabs, and mullet. This past week we had four 30+ fish days on fly, countless double headers, and as many shots as you could handle at fish crawling down the shorelines. We are starting to see more 20+ pound red fish every day and the huge black drum, 30+ pounds are everywhere and offer great sight fishing opportunities. The best thing about this is that the fish are only going to get bigger as we get further into fall. Tight Lines!

August Red Fishing!

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:19:17 +0000

Out in the marsh for the past three days. Fishing is awesome right now, redfish pounding shrimp and small baitfish on the shore line, fish tailing in the grass and still getting a few shots at some monster drum. I love the sequence in these photos with the fish pushing down the shoreline and the eat right at the boat. Tight lines!

THE CAST

THE EAT

THE RESULT

A Few more Swamp Donkeys!

admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:53:43 +0000

Had another great day today on the marsh with some great guys. We landed a number of fish in the 8-12 pound range and we capped the day off by sight fishing a 30 pound red fish and a 38 pound black drum in less then 2 ft. of water. There are still a few big fish in the marsh and when you see them they are a pleasant surprise. Tight lines!

Big Fish are still in!

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:50:11 +0000

We have finally received some good weather from the man upstairs and the fishing is starting to stabilize. We are still getting consistent shots at big redfish and black drum and the 5-15 pound fish are everywhere. I am very excited to get into the spring pattern and the fishing will be incredible. Tight Lines!

Great fishing and good company

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:13:23 +0000

We had a great group of anglers in for three days this past weekend. There were 6 guys from all around the country who are part of fishing club called Spring Valley Anglers. These guys were a blast to have in town, were great company on the boat and they all were accomplished fly fisherman. We had ok weather one day and tough conditions the other two but that didn’t stop us from catching a lot of fish and a few big fish at that. We landed a 27 pound redfish and a 33 pound redfish on fly one day, landed 12 redfish in the 7-15 pound range the other day and had shots at some more monster redfish and black drum on the third day. The big reds and black drum are still in the marsh and will continue to be here until our cold fronts stop coming through. Tight Lines!

Potential World Record Redfish on 4 lb. Tippet!

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:54:16 +0000

Capt. Travis Holeman and I went out today to have a guides day off. I took Travis to a place I have been finding some big fish so we tied on 4 lb IGFA standard tippet and waited till we saw the right fish to throw at. Travis was armed with a 6 weight, felt like we were going to a gun fight with a knife but that is what we had to do. Our fish finally showed himself, Travis laid a perfect 50-60 ft. cast in and the red fish pounced on the fly. With 4 lb tippet you really can’t set the hook so Travis just cleared the line without breaking the tippet and that is when we figured we had a shot. After a 15-20 minute fight the fish came to the boat and I laid the gorilla grip on his tail to make sure he didn’t get away. When the fish came in the boat we knew he had a shot to break the current 29 lb record. The red fish weighed in on the boga grip between 29.5-30 lbs. We measured his length and girth and they measure out at 25″ girth, 42.5″ length with calculates out to over 29.5 pounds which would be a new world record for 4 lb tippet on fly rod. We are submitting everything to the IGFA so cross your finger for us, We also caught a 43 pound Black drum on 8 lb tippet today but that didn’t come close to the current 8 lb tippet black drum record which is nearly 60 lbs. Tight lines!

The water in the Louisiana marsh is super clean

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:21:51 +0000

The weather had given us a bad run for a few weeks but things are starting to stabalize. We are getting consitent shots at big redfish and black drum over 20 pounds every day. The water in the Louisiana marsh is super clean right now making it great for sight fishing. We have landed a bunch of fish in the 20-40 pound range over the past couple weeks and more redfish and drum are showing up in the marsh in between cold fronts. Tight lines!

Salty Shores big black drum on fly

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:12:45 +0000

Over the holidays I had photograppher from Salty Shores back to shoot video and pics…although we had rough weather we still caught some good fish including this big black drum on fly.

Great fly fishing

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:24:32 +0000

The last 3 days of fishing has been spectacular to say the least here in Louisiana. We landed 7 redfish over 25 pounds on fly. The biggest being a 29 pound fish today, one black drum that weighed 46 pounds on fly and tons of other smaller fish in the 7-15 pound range. We have had a bunch of shots at big fish and I can’t wait to get back at it tomorrow. The weather has stabalized a little and the fish are starting to act right again. Tight lines

BoldWater and Saltyshores

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:53:41 +0000

We snuck a half day trip in before Derek Redwine from BoldWater and Sam Root from Saltyshores had to be at the airport.

After a big hearty breakfast at Penny’s and picking up our Po Boys for lunch we were off to the Louisiana Marsh. The wind was still honking pretty good but we persevered. Both Derek and Sam got some nice redfish on fly. Sam shot a lot of incredible video and pictures. I’m excited to see how it comes out.

Before it was time to pack it in and get these guys to the airport Derek said he would pole me up the next bay. It didn’t take long to find a victim, at first I thought it was a decent redfish siting on the point. As I fired off the fly a big tail hit the surface, and a couple strips and an enormous Black Drum face engulfed my fly. I think Sam got the bite on video. After that we took some pictures and headed for the barn.

Derek and Sam said the check in at the airport was quick and painless. The next few days it looks like I will have some good weather for my charters.

If you want to hit up some Big Louisiana redfish call me, the fishing will continue to get bigger and better for the next few months and I still have some openings.

Fishing the Louisiana Marsh

Started the day off catching a few reds on jig.

BoldWater gets a nice redfish on Fly.

Sam Root gets a good redfish on fly

Louisiana redfish

My 40 pound black drum on fly

A couple celebratory beers and we are off!