Elmers island and specks

Man the lack of responses has me worried if they aren't biting hahahaha.

How to catch trout on Elmers

Sounds fun

I was down there today and it did not go well. It looked like people were only catching catfish on shrimp. To be fair, I started fishing just before 9:00 so I missed the best time but there wasn't much happening. I did see some movement but they weren't taking anything; I walked the dog with a Mirrorlure, Vudu shrimp under a popping cork, and used a double speck jig rig and no luck.

Edit: This was all on that dirt Elmer's Island road. The surf was up so I didn't try fishing on the beach but I did bring the surfboard down so it wasn't a total waste.

A lot of people went last week and caught which means it will be super crowded this week especially with that article on Louisiana Sportsman. There will be a lot of people that go and don't catch. Just because the trout were there last week, it doesn't mean they will be there this week. Last week we had a week long of steady north/northwest winds which is optimal for beach fishing. It cleans up the water. This week we have had straight south/southwest winds which is exactly opposite of what you want. Higher tides in the beach, more wave action, and dirty water. Trout don't like dirty water.

Just watch the winds down there and that will tell you where the cleaner water is. The trout will be with the cleaner water

Slow today. Muddy water errywhere. Me and my padnah finished w'31. Had to stick and move. Burned 22 gal of gas.

Got to elmers island at 5. Surf and water sucked, we didn't hang around. Launched at the yak launch on the back side of the island. (It's pretty terrible, almost need 4x4 to get back there) I caught a bunch of undersized trout and only one keeper. The guy I was with was inexperienced and that slowed me down some, I didn't get to fish very hard. But I don't think I would have done much better by myself.

Fish were caught on matrix shad.

Ok so south wind beach fishing for specks is shite I'm taking it?? Where to go if that's the case?? I have a boat but since they were destroying them on the beach figured I'd try that first. But seems like I missed the window especially with south wind and rain coming next week all week. Just was looking for some help that's all guys thank yall for yalls input. I can catch a bass out of a ditch just kinda new to saltwater.

South wind will bring in some fresh clean gulf water so the outaide should be good depending on how heavy the wind gets. Inside is safe behind the island so it should be nice and calm. Just get out there and decide.