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“I ended up catching a limit of keepers, tagged and released 8 that were over 18”. With 5 or 6 of those being 20”+, one was probably the largest I’ve caught since this time last year @ 23”. And kept 7 smaller fish for dinner.”
That is a great day of fishing right there.
“These fish are too important to ‘release in grease ‘.”
Agreed. I hate that people treat the marsh like a grocery store. You are 100% correct. The fishing is coming back, too. But that area is still in the heart of the Great NOLA Area and gets pounded by everyone and their mom. That’s one reason I move out to other places, because there’s just that much less boating/fishing pressure and that really does make the difference. Even getting down to the river by Pointe a la Hache makes all the difference, there’s a lot of trout down there (I think there’s just more) and they don’t see things like jigs and jerkbaits very often, everybody fishing down there is throwing a cork.
If you like the Pac Man style of fishing, the river is where it’s at. Lots of rocks down there beginning from Mardi Gras Pass all the way to Southwest Pass.
