February Monsters!!!!

The fishing continues to be great when the weather lets us out. Tons of big fish still in the marsh, lets hope the weather and cold fronts stay away…..

Stingray Diet!!!!!

The fishing continues to be great!!! Tons of BIG fish in the marsh. Check out this monster we caught yesterday that had a pretty big stingray in its mouth that he swallowed head first. It’s amazing what these fish eat…. You could only see the tail at first. Check it out along with some other killer fish from the past few days. Enjoy

Here is the fish with the stingray tail hanging from his mouth…..

Here is when we pulled it out……

A few more images from the week….

Sight fishing Reds with Light Tackle Spin Gear

Went out yesterday with some pretty good spin casters. We sight fished some really nice reds in the 10-15 pound range. The reds were pushing bait down the shorelines making them an easy yet fun target on  spin gear. Its unbelievable the amount of fish and bait we are seeing in the marsh right now. Tight Lines!

Oil Spill Redfish, West Coat Tarpon

Well, as we all are aware of the oil spill has been on our minds here in Louisiana over the past few weeks. We are all keeping our fingers crossed for the best outcome. I have also been on the west coast of florida the past week in search of monster tarpon on the beaches and back country of charlotte harbor and they are in! With multiple fish days the poons are in and we will be there to get in their path. Yesterday was my first day back in the marsh in over a week and the red fishing was on fire. We fished for 4 hours on the west side of the mississippi river which is still open to recreational fishing and landed 8 nice reds on fly! WE were enjoying every minute on the water because if this oil takes a turn for the worst we may not know when the next time we will get to fish the marsh. We will keep you posted with any updates, keep us in your prayers. tight lines!

Great day on the Louisiana Marsh!

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!

Rough Weather on the Marsh

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!

The Louisiana Marsh was on fire today!

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.

Salty Shores Fly fishing in Louisiana

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

Great fly fishing

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

Manhattan charter with redfish on fly

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.