Old timers- Any of yall catch tarpon in Lake P back in the day?

They were all over the lake dead after Katrina

Ditto that being on the list of fish to catch
ive also noticed more of them the pasr few yrs. Last yr one came out of the water REALLY close to my boat at the mouth of main pass

I caught four of them from 2000-2005. Nothing huge biggest likely about 70 lbs, but wanted to do it to say I had done it. Once Katrina hit and closing off the MRGO everything I have heard says they aren't here like they were. We used to fish the holes on the south shore. It was a lot of fun but a lot of sitting around waiting too. For my money to catch a tarpon in LA I would go to mouth of South pass or West Delta. Mouth of Tante Phine pass used to be great too but I haven't seen tarpon there in a long time.

quote:

---

Actually heard it's close enough for people to kayak (that would be a blast). Its just tough fishing. A lot of sitting around waiting to see or mark fish. Not enough people want to try.

---

It's definitely close enough to kayak. You'll need a finder to spot the drop off though.

in the early 70's they were being caught in Maurepas...we caught a pile of specs back then just outside the mouth of the Amite river in Maurepas as well...

Here you go boys

LINK

quote:

---

if I list the general locations where most of the tarpon are.....I will get beat up by a friend of mine from NO..

---

That's the real difficult part of tarpon fishing. It's finding where they are hanging out. One year it may be one place, the next it may be different. It may be month to month. If you aren't fishing regularly, you can't just go out on a day trip and expect to find them. You may get lucky, and your prediction worked out. But there's a better chance that you are going to do nothing.

For the Tarpon rodeo, the fish were found in Grand Bayou and word spread. Most everyone fished there for the three days and a decent amount of fish were caught. If you were out there by yourself, it could have taken a looooong time to figure that out. I'm not going fish the lake for them or anywhere else without someone else like a charter captain getting the word out that there are tarpon in an area.

I've been stuck with friends who want to try in a new area and it was a long day of drinking and staring at water. I haven't tarpon fished much, but the people I've been with seem to have a pretty open relationship with all the other fisherman as far as letting everyone know where the fish are.

Tarpon making grand reappearance in Lake Pontchartrain

quote:

---

"It's pretty awesome being able to do this right in our backyard," Hibbs said. "I've been seeing them anywhere from Seabrook to about the south shore of the Trestles. I've been seeing them the past couple of years in that area, but the numbers this year -- I'm really just blown away by it.

"We were seeing them back in June; we normally don't start seeing them until August."

---

quote:

---

wick where in the bay is Blakley Island?

---

I have no idea, just saw the article and passed it along...