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Anybody on here spear catfish in Lake P?
Posted on 6/22/15 at 6:56 pm
Posted on 6/22/15 at 6:56 pm
or Maurepas? I'd like to get into it but don't know much about it.
Please learn me a thing or 2 like ya'll did with trotlines and trailer backing up.
Please learn me a thing or 2 like ya'll did with trotlines and trailer backing up.
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Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:25 pm to indytiger
Every chance I get. Just now getting good. Get a Cressi or Mares pneumatic, some good goggles, and decent fins. And grow a set of balls for the stumps 
ETA: better not be scared of alligators
ETA: better not be scared of alligators
This post was edited on 6/22/15 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 6/22/15 at 8:59 pm to bootlegger
I ain't scared of nothin.
Do you use a compressor or snorkle and free dive?
Also, I just can't seem to fathom how you can see in that water. I'm pretty excited to try though.
Do you use a compressor or snorkle and free dive?
Also, I just can't seem to fathom how you can see in that water. I'm pretty excited to try though.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 9:02 pm to bootlegger
whats the prob with stumps?
Posted on 6/22/15 at 9:09 pm to mack the knife
Done it in the bogue chitto river for years it's very sketchy in some places takes a little getting used to. I would wear a leg knife just encase u snag a hook and watch for out loggerheads.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 9:19 pm to indytiger
I ain't scared of nothin
Wait until u pull half ur body under a logjam only to find out it's actually a bever den and your are face to face under the water, under a log with three angry beavers..that was worse than the 60 logger head.
Wait until u pull half ur body under a logjam only to find out it's actually a bever den and your are face to face under the water, under a log with three angry beavers..that was worse than the 60 logger head.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 9:20 pm to indytiger
Been doing it for about 20 years. Everything they told you that you need is accurate. For a first timer I would suggest you try cypress point first. That is just North of the mouth of blind river and lake Maurepas. Tons of stumps, water is not too deep and you can kill fish there almost anytime.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 9:47 pm to mack the knife
No problem, just a different world under there.
Posted on 6/22/15 at 10:46 pm to bootlegger
Why a speargun and not something easier and faster like a Hawaiian sling (I've never done this, just a question)?
Posted on 6/23/15 at 1:34 am to Sparkplug#1
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Every chance I get. Just now getting good. Get a Cressi or Mares pneumatic, some good goggles, and decent fins. And grow a set of balls for the stumps
2nd this. I also carry a knife now on my ankle. My tshirt got hung up on a root underwater and I freaked out for a sec. My shirt ripped and I was able to get to the surface to get air. If I had a knife, I would have been able to cut the shirt so I could get air. Never dive alone.
Posted on 6/23/15 at 2:48 am to lsuson
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Never dive alone
The best advice I have seen in this thread.
Posted on 6/23/15 at 4:33 am to Sparkplug#1
You need something extremely compact. Bootlegger and I have shot fish together on numerous occasions. It's a hell of a good time but you need to go with a group of people. I personally suck at finding fish, but some of the guys I dive with can put 200 pounds of fish in the boat with quickness.
Posted on 6/23/15 at 6:20 am to indytiger
I would suggest to leave one person in the boat. First of all for safety. Secondly, they can get the fish off the spear and they move the boat as you dive. This makes it easier so you do not have to swim as far back to the boat. I have been with people that kill the fish and leave it on a stringer as they dive. I would not suggest this because it can get hung up and attract snakes and gators. Last piece of advice is to consider attaching a buoy or life jacket to your gun. You can use it to float on if you cramp up and also you can release your gun with a peace of mind when you shoot. Some guns do float after being shot but they are easier to find if they have a buoy or life jacket attached with a piece of string or rope.
Posted on 6/23/15 at 8:35 am to bigcatfish
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This post was edited on 6/23/15 at 8:40 am
Posted on 6/23/15 at 8:37 am to bigcatfish
Used to be a lot of good stumps between the parish line canal and laBranche shore line of Lake P but some hillbilly from ponchatoula/bedico with a makeshift barge pulled most of them out
When you do shoot one, get your hands in the mouth or gills as soon as you can
They can shake a slip tip easily with that soft flesh
Dammit I miss shootin those big tabbys...
When you do shoot one, get your hands in the mouth or gills as soon as you can
They can shake a slip tip easily with that soft flesh
Dammit I miss shootin those big tabbys...
Posted on 6/23/15 at 8:53 am to indytiger
A friend of mine shoots fish at the causeway. He snorkels the pilings. A boat pulls him with a sky rope to the pile and he goes down and comes up the other side,uses the sunlight to his advantage(to see the fish). If he gets a fish he hands the spear gun to someone on the boat and they give him a different gun ready to go, if not they pull him to the next piling.
This post was edited on 6/23/15 at 8:55 am
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