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I had a great day on the Louisiana Marsh today with Kyle from Houston. Expectations were high due to the great weather forecast. We had light winds, clean water and tons of sun. The fish have been cold as of late due to the cold fronts we have been getting every other day but with the good sun heating up the flats it was only a matter of time before the monster redfish showed back up. Kyle started fly fishing about a year ago and impressed me with his casting for only picking up the sport a few months back. The redfish and black drum were suspended in about 3 feet of water and you could see their orange glow from a few hundred feet away making them easy targets. Kyle and I started off the day landing a dozen nice redfish in the 7-12 pound range which was a good intro for him as it was his first time fly fishing the Louisiana marsh. After we messed around with them and had a quick bite to eat I told Kyle we needed to go step up to the big leagues and go look for some monsters and oh did we find them. From 12:30 to 4:30 I don’t think Kyle ever had time to put his fly back in his hand. He was getting shot after shot at 25-40 pound redfish and black drum, it was almost like a shooting gallery out there! We ended up boating 8 redfish over 25 pounds the second half of the day with two absolute monsters that weighed in at 30 and 33 pounds and I can’t tell you how many other fish ate the fly that we didn’t hook and we must have broken at least another half dozen big reds off. Kyle was hooked up to a 25 lb fish at one point and there were soo many fish around the boat he told me to pick up a rod and catch one. So I grabbed a rod and picked the biggest redfish I saw and got him to eat the fly, the fish ended up being 33 pounds and Kyle and I had a monster double header. This is a testament to what we can accomplish as fly anglers in the pristine Louisiana marsh. Tight Lines!
We have had a rough week of weather out on the Louisiana Marsh. With Rain most  of the week we have had to cancel a few trips. The days out on the water have still been good. Big redfish and black drum are still around and we are getting shots at them .The pattern has been a little off since the hard freeze we had a month back but the fish have moved back in and we are putting them in the boat. Keep and eye out for Fly Water Expeditions airing on the Sportsman’s Channel and Sun Sports with Shallow Water Angler TV in the next few weeks. We caught some monsters despite the cold conditions. Here are a few pictures, Tight Lines!
We had an incredible day on the water today in the Louisiana Marsh. Great weather and monster redfish and black drum roaming everywhere on the flats. We landed 7 redfish on fly today all over 25 pounds with the two biggest being 30 and 38 pounds and this doesn’t even include the numerous other black drum we caught. The fish were pouncing on the fly as soon as it hit the water and we were taking advantage of their aggresive behavior. These are the days that make the marsh shine and show that is a great fly fishing destination.
I have Sam Root from Saltyshores.com in Louisiana with me. We have been searching for large redfish on fly but the weather is not cooperating. Sam has taken some good pictures but we are hoping to have a break in the weather and catch some big reds on fly. I will keep you posted.
Picture of my new East Cape Vanatage
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
Had Ron from Manhattan on the boat today. We had decent conditions and a ton of fish. We put a few 5-10 pound red drum in the boat and ended the day with a hog, 28 pound redfish on fly.
The past two days were incredible on the Louisiana marsh. I had Travis from Atlanta the first day and Hunter the 2nd day. Travis wanted to go for some big guys so our plan was to fish big fish water. I can’t tell you how many 5-10 pound fish we didn’t even cast to becaue we didn’t want waste time fighting them and have a monster swim by the boat. We ended up landing 15 fish with the biggest being 19 pounds and we had our shots at 30 pounders.
Hunter and I went out today and got after it. We landed a 22 pound redfish and a 31 pounder on fly. We also had 4 double headers on smaller fish in the 8-10 pound range and had a few other shots at some giant redfish. The Louisiana fishing is on fire right now,Tight lines!
Wow, the weather has been incredible the past two days out on the Louisiana marsh. I had Ted and Jason from Dallas in the boat the past two days and we got tons of shots. The first day Ted landed 12 redfish on fly with most of the fish ranging from 8-12 pounds. After he got a few nice fish in the boat we went to look for some bigger fish in a few places that I have been finding them over the past week. We pulled onto the flat and right away we started getting shots at monster redfish from 25-35 pounds. The redfish were coming in in pairs and cruising pretty fast and seemed to be feeding on mullet. Ted was throwing a 10 wt. Sage Z-Axis and had one of my big fish flies on. We missed the first few shots but it didn’t take long for Ted to get right with his first monster Louisiana redfish. The fish came in at about 11 o’clock from the bow of the boat. Ted made two quick false casts and laid a great shot out about 50 feet and lead the fish perfectly. As soon as the fly hit the water and sank the redfish pounced on it and the game was on. Ted faught the fish for about 15 minutes and when he got the fish close to the boat a bigger fish followed him in that was an easy 40 pounder. When he got him in the fished weighed 32 pounds on the certified Boga Grip, an incredible fish on fly! We got a few more shots before the sun got too low to see but didn’t get right with another big boy. Louisiana has an incredible sight fishery and this is the kind of fish we go for from November – March. Back at it again tomorrow, Tight Lines!
Went out today to have a guides day off with Capt. Travis Holeman. We got the opportunity to fish with former Uptown Angler manager Hunter Heumann and the present manager of Leland Fly Shop, MJ Jones. Leland Fly Shop is one of the biggest outfitter in the U.S. and won the retailer of the year in 2009 at the fly tackle retailers show. Leland is located in San Fransisco and has a great online presence in the fly fishing community. This was MJ’s first time fishing the Louisiana marsh so we wanted to make sure we showed him a great time. We got to the first spot and MJ was up first, we went up into a pocket that I have been fishing this past week and MJ landed a nice 12 pound redfish on fly right off the bat. After that we were going down a couple deeper edges and he got a few shots at some monster reds but the fish weren’t acting right and we didn’t capitalize. Travis was able to sight fish a 25 pound redfish on convetional gear and when I was getting ready to pull the fish out of the water with the Boga Grip the fish shook loose and came off the hook when he landed back in the water, bummer. This would have been a good redfish to take a picture with. We made a move to our next spot and it was my turn to get up on the casting platform of Travis’s Lake & Bay bay boat. We saw a fish immediately when we stopped cruising down the shoreline. I made a cast and threw the fly a little behind the fish, I picked back up and threw another cast about a foot in front of the red and made one strip and it was over, another nice 15 lb. redfish on fly. We messed around for a little while longer before the wind picked up and the scum sky came in. We ended up landing 4 reds on fly and a few more on conventional. We also got a dozen or so nice speckled trout to take home for dinner. Another great day on the water and it was a ton of fun sharing the day with Travis, Hunter, and MJ. Tight Lines!
 Solid redfish on Fly.
Back at it again today on the Biloxi Marsh. Another day of nice conditions, a little breezier today then the past 3 but we still found a ton of fish. We went to the outside today to go search for some big redfish and started off by catching a few nice 6-12 pound fish on fly. We were throwing a purple and tan cran fly that I have been tying for the past few years and the fish were jumping all over it. After we messed around with the little fish we fished some deeper shore lines to look for the big boys. We got 2 shots at big redfish today and one was a freaking stud. The fish was tailing in about 2 1/2 ft of water and we could see him from a ways off. When we got closer I could tell he was a huge fish, I estimated him to be between 35-40 lbs. Craig made the shot and the fly landed 2 ft in front of the fish. The fish started to track the fly and then it all went wrong. My pushpole hit and oyster and made a loud screetch and the fish bolted, oh well. We still had a great day on the water landing 14 redfish on fly and one monster 25 lb black drum. I’m back out on the water again tomorrow to do some fun fishing. Tight Lines!
 Louisiana Black drum caught on fly  Releasing a fly caught black drum.
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 Fishing Louisiana, Fishing Report, black drum, fly fishing | admin |  November 6, 2009 11:45 pm |  Comments Off
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