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Upcoming 3 day Chandeleur Trip
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:00 pm
I'm booked for a 3 dayfirst of May out of Biloxi. I haven't done a Chandy trip in probably 3 decades, but my Pops said he would like to do it again and he is 73 so I booked it. I don't know how many more fishing trips I'll have with him so I'm trying to cherish any we have left. Plus the offshore fishing is getting harder and harder on him. I've put together tackle bags and some rods and reels from researching and watching Youtube videos, but was curious what are some of Y'alls favorite lures and any other tips for the area. Another positive is that it motivated me to dig out some of my deceased Paw-Paws old red and green ambassedeurs to use. I sent them off to be cleaned and repaired if needed and will be fishing them in the same waters he did 50 years ago. I've bought a bunch of H&H plastics, trout support, DOA shrimp, Heddon one knockers and woodie corks. What else do y'all like to use for trout?
ETA: TLDR version
What's your favorite trout lures?
ETA: TLDR version
What's your favorite trout lures?
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Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:29 pm to Sea Hoss
We've always had decent luck with Matrix Shad's, usually Limbo Slice or Holy Joely, all usually under a popping cork. Also, like swimming the Mirrodine/Mirrolures. Always fun and pretty successful to throw a topwater early in the morning.
The captains should let y'all know where to go, but floating the flats back and forth throwing while you float was our best luck. Figure out current, drive to the start, kill the motor and float to the end, then do it all over again.
Edit: The birds are 80% of the time just Lady Fish, fun but not worth it for the most part if you see a big group hitting bait.
The captains should let y'all know where to go, but floating the flats back and forth throwing while you float was our best luck. Figure out current, drive to the start, kill the motor and float to the end, then do it all over again.
Edit: The birds are 80% of the time just Lady Fish, fun but not worth it for the most part if you see a big group hitting bait.
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 4/16/24 at 1:20 pm to Sea Hoss
Make sure to have a few big suspending hard body baits like a mirrodines or catch 2000s and have something that you can rig weedless as sometimes the grass can get thick.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 1:35 pm to Sea Hoss
Mirrodines, walking topwater baits, matrix shad/jigheads (3/8oz or less. 1/4 is generally best), and TKO shrimp with popping corks. Those are the staples.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 2:58 pm to Sea Hoss
Went our of Biloxi not that long ago. Once of my favorite trips ever. I caught fish on most of the usual stuff, but best were on soft dines and Matrix shads in opening night. The guy I was paired with was doing well on the old Mann's Stingray grubs in a weird motor oil looking color that had a tint of red in it.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 3:29 pm to Sea Hoss
Y’all are going to have fun.
I still fish with my Red and Black ambassadeurs. I have 5000’s, 6000’s and 7000’s.
Also a box full of Boone yellow and white shad rigs, Boone Trout Touts, local made Sparkle Beetle’s. Some have Jones Sporting Goods stickers on them.
I love fishing with my old stuff.
I still fish with my Red and Black ambassadeurs. I have 5000’s, 6000’s and 7000’s.
Also a box full of Boone yellow and white shad rigs, Boone Trout Touts, local made Sparkle Beetle’s. Some have Jones Sporting Goods stickers on them.
I love fishing with my old stuff.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 3:39 pm to Sea Hoss
My most used out there are matrix and DOA cal shads in white/chartruese tail, purple, and dark green.
Depends on how that current is moving where you're at - I'd take a full range of jig head sizes.
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jigheads (3/8oz or less. 1/4 is generally best
Depends on how that current is moving where you're at - I'd take a full range of jig head sizes.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 3:47 pm to Sea Hoss
First Chandy trip I ever made was on the Due South in 1988. We anchored in that bay behind the lighthouse (RIP) with all the other Chandy boats. In the evening you could hear music and laughing and people carrying on. I was 16 but I remember that night, the smell of the grill, the ocean, and the sunset.
About 9 o'clock I hear something and it's a sea plane circling us. And one of the other boats starts flashing its lights on and off. The sea plane lines up for a landing, and taxis up to that boat.
One of the deckhands is out there with me, and I turn to him like: "So what is that all about?" And he just nods and says: "That's a plane load of whores they flew out from New Orleans"
For a 16yo kid, it was like being in an episode of Miami Vice
About 9 o'clock I hear something and it's a sea plane circling us. And one of the other boats starts flashing its lights on and off. The sea plane lines up for a landing, and taxis up to that boat.
One of the deckhands is out there with me, and I turn to him like: "So what is that all about?" And he just nods and says: "That's a plane load of whores they flew out from New Orleans"
For a 16yo kid, it was like being in an episode of Miami Vice
Posted on 4/16/24 at 5:31 pm to Sea Hoss
I’ll be out there this weekend. I mostly fish with the below.
Topwater - red head/white body or bone colored
Suspending twitch bait - Mirrodine, Soft-dine, etc…
Soft plastic with 1/8 oz jig head. I like Down South Lures. Something natural colored. Might also pack a purple or chartreuse in case water is murky (it’s usually clear).
I’ve seen these. Think they are called grass walkers. Will work great
Topwater - red head/white body or bone colored
Suspending twitch bait - Mirrodine, Soft-dine, etc…
Soft plastic with 1/8 oz jig head. I like Down South Lures. Something natural colored. Might also pack a purple or chartreuse in case water is murky (it’s usually clear).
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The trout support are rigged to be weedless and are a suspending bait that is worked like a topwater
I’ve seen these. Think they are called grass walkers. Will work great
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 5:34 pm
Posted on 4/16/24 at 8:18 pm to Sea Hoss
You're going to have an incredible memory with your pop. Get some 52M18 mirror lures if they still have them, best trout lure ever. A couple of good spooks and chuggers for early/late top water and some big plastic swim baits and you should be able to really get on some good trout.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 9:10 pm to Sea Hoss
Those reels will cause way more grief than joy. Good luck have fun.
Posted on 4/17/24 at 10:18 am to Sea Hoss
Nice! Perfect time of year to go to the Chandeleurs
Last time I went I only took one lure. Trout Support Lures. White in color. Bone Diamond OR chicken on a chain. With weightless trocar hooks 3/0 and 5/0. And then the same trocar hooks with a small weight for when it gets super windy near the cut
Literally all you need to slam fish all day
Last time I went I only took one lure. Trout Support Lures. White in color. Bone Diamond OR chicken on a chain. With weightless trocar hooks 3/0 and 5/0. And then the same trocar hooks with a small weight for when it gets super windy near the cut
Literally all you need to slam fish all day
This post was edited on 4/17/24 at 10:21 am
Posted on 4/17/24 at 11:20 am to Sea Hoss
If you haven't done so, pick up a copy of Rudy Grigar's book Plugger. His stories through out the book are amazing, but the chapter(s) on his time living on a mother ship in the Chandeleur's is special.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 12:47 am to Sea Hoss
Charter?
Posted on 4/21/24 at 6:51 am to Sea Hoss
I hope you aren’t out there today, long open water run in a short boat.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:24 am to Sea Hoss
Caught quite a few yesterday but never really got on the size we were looking for . Handful around the 18-19” mark but most 14-15” with quite a few dinks
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