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Fishing Bayou St John
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:24 am
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:24 am
Anyone have any baits they recommend for this area ? Or a tips in general. Thinking about giving it a try since it's so close. With football season coming it puts a damper on my fishing. I never fresh water fish, but I've heard stories of reds and specks begin caught in the bayou.
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Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:32 am to TigerWise
Used to catch Cichlids in there, but since the gate in the dam is now open to the lake (I think) who knows what you will catch.
Posted on 8/27/14 at 10:54 am to eng08
the gate is open?
I don't think it is
I don't think it is
This post was edited on 8/27/14 at 10:55 am
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:00 am to TigerWise
Dynamite.
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:06 am to Jakesonaplane
Someone caught a big ole red earlier this year in BSJ. Must be open.
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:08 am to bluemoons
time was... when I was a kid in the 70s and into the early 80s..Fishing was incredible there.. bass, bream, catfish, occasional drum, red or speck and giant gar in the middle of the summer..
In fact in the early 80s white hybrids stripers were and easy catch if you had a pirogue or canoe.. then the water quality changed dramatically over the next two decades..
actually I had a friend who was part of a study UNO was doing there and he saw some kids playing on a steep sloped bank and their momma was yelling to get away from the bank cuz they might fall in and drown.. he said to me..
they might dissolve before they drown...
it could be a bigger jewel of urban fishing than city park was... but.. well you know what the problem is..
In fact in the early 80s white hybrids stripers were and easy catch if you had a pirogue or canoe.. then the water quality changed dramatically over the next two decades..
actually I had a friend who was part of a study UNO was doing there and he saw some kids playing on a steep sloped bank and their momma was yelling to get away from the bank cuz they might fall in and drown.. he said to me..
they might dissolve before they drown...
it could be a bigger jewel of urban fishing than city park was... but.. well you know what the problem is..
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:11 am to choupiquesushi
Yep, that's what my dad and his friends told me about it.
In he 70's or 80s was when they closed the culvert and just forgot abt it.
In high school I had a friend who used to pull huge crabs out of there all the time.
In he 70's or 80s was when they closed the culvert and just forgot abt it.
In high school I had a friend who used to pull huge crabs out of there all the time.
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:11 am to boom roasted
quote:
Someone caught a big ole red earlier this year in BSJ. Must be open.
reds can live a LONG time in straight fresh water....
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:13 am to choupiquesushi
Someone caught a speck in there earlier this year, too. LINK
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:26 am to TigerWise
Used to be able to make a crazy turn on lakeshore where lovers lane shot out behind Ronnie's house. It put you right at the mouth of the bayou. Sandy bottom about 2 and a half foot deep. Used to wade all the time. Beware of the rich folk that apparently have no regards for leash laws
Posted on 8/27/14 at 11:29 am to tigersownall
Spearfish at the seawall for sheephead
thats where its at
thats where its at
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