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re: Lake Pontchartrain fishing guide
Posted on 1/3/18 at 11:05 am to cajunbuck
Posted on 1/3/18 at 11:05 am to cajunbuck
Eric Dumas with living the dream charter fishing. he will put 5 in the boat and is one of the best guides i have ever used. i have fished with him 3 times over the last 5 years and always had a good time. we had a horrible weather trip few years ago with my buddy and his family from texas. eric made sure the kids caught lots of fish. 48 sheepheads later we still filled the box.
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Posted on 1/3/18 at 11:12 am to hawkeye007
Dumas is top notch. My wife gave me a trip for Father’s Day a few years ago. The trout didn’t cooperate but we caught plenty reds, drum, and triple tail. He burned a ton of gas making sure we caught fish.
Posted on 1/3/18 at 7:08 pm to hawkeye007
I’ve posted my comments about Dumas before, so this should come as no surprise. Dumas caught a lot of fish at the front of the boat while trolling the causeway jigging cocahoes in mid-April while we barely caught shite on his boat.
I told him ahead of time that the purpose of this trip was to put my GF on fish. The guy can pattern and catch fish, that is not my complaint.
His observation/coaching skills are my complaint- I asked him multiple times during the charter about what he was doing differently and what we should do to enjoy same success - he said cast over there at the pilings.
He never looked at any of us to coach if we were reeling too fast or casting close enough to the pilings. Just slinging his trout in the ice box.
I know my post won’t be popular, and may even be dismissed because we caught a lot of trout or that I sound butthurt, but when you go out and the guide catches 25 and 3 people combined catch 7 I think you’d feel similar to me.
I only share this as an alternate opinion. I would probably fish with him again but I would be much more assertive if things were following a similar pattern.
I told him ahead of time that the purpose of this trip was to put my GF on fish. The guy can pattern and catch fish, that is not my complaint.
His observation/coaching skills are my complaint- I asked him multiple times during the charter about what he was doing differently and what we should do to enjoy same success - he said cast over there at the pilings.
He never looked at any of us to coach if we were reeling too fast or casting close enough to the pilings. Just slinging his trout in the ice box.
I know my post won’t be popular, and may even be dismissed because we caught a lot of trout or that I sound butthurt, but when you go out and the guide catches 25 and 3 people combined catch 7 I think you’d feel similar to me.
I only share this as an alternate opinion. I would probably fish with him again but I would be much more assertive if things were following a similar pattern.
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