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LA Marsh '09 - Day 2

Day 2 started out with similar weather as day one - good sun, light winds, and a little bit warmer. Today we were hoping to get into the big reds and find them feeding a little better than yesterday. We worked the entrance to a pond at our first stop, only to find a decent sized black drum that was not interested in eating my fly. Along the bank, however, were some fish working the white shrimp and we watched a couple for a while before Dad picked them off one at a time.

Fish pushing water as it cruises the bank

White shrimp popping out as the red crawls in the skinny water

You can see the red in the bubble as it eats my dad's fly

Eventually we moved on to a few other areas looking for big fish and found a handful to throw at. Highlight of the day came a couple of stops later when we rounded a point and I saw a big fat red facing away from us. I made the cast out in front of the fish and watched him turn his head, open his giant mouth, and inhale my fly. After a decent bull dog fight, we brought him aboard and measured him out at 30 pounds on the boga grip.

We ended the day poling deep into a pond to hide from the afternoon sea breeze. There were several reds working the bank as well as some huge alligator gar surfacing in the middle of a tidal creek.

3 reds cruising the bank

Marsh '09 - Day 1

Headed down to New Orleans Thursday night for my annual trip to the marsh. This year, my Dad joined me for 2 days of outstanding redfishing with my buddy Capt. Christian Yergens of Shallow Water Expeditions. We had some very favorable weather conditions following Hurricane Ida that blew through earlier in the week.

Day 1 was sunny, light winds, and temps in the 70's. We started out the day seeing quite a few big fish in the 20+ lb range (including a black drum that was easily in the 40 lb class), but they were being a little moody when it came to eating. Many smaller fish were being active on the bank, and we picked up several of them in between shots at larger fish.

About mid-day we found a pod of fish fresh from the gulf, bright red and hungry. Upon me hooking up on one, my dad cast into the group and I watched as they fought over the fly. Another immediate hookup. Then I handed a rod to Christian up on the poling platform and he hooked up in short order...triple on fly!

We spent the rest of the day picking up fish in the 10-15lb range that were scattered about the ponds we were poling. With the afternoon sun and incoming tide, they were eating very well in the afternoon.

Eventually we headed back in under light winds, eager for Day 2 and hoping the big fish would be a little more in the mood to eat.