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Bream in Lower Amite
Posted on 3/7/25 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 3/7/25 at 2:50 pm
Not looking for honey holes, but generally speaking how’s the Bream fishing in the Lower Amite around Whitehall and Maurepas?? Are there any small marinas or boat slip rentals in these areas as well?? Thanks.
This post was edited on 3/7/25 at 4:58 pm
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Posted on 3/7/25 at 2:53 pm to threeputt23
Blue boy canal is probably your best bet. Or 55 canal pockets near Ruddock between the interstate but it’s noisy.
Or try tickfaw river any canal.
May be a bit early for river bream. Use shiners in the very backs of the canals may get a crappie bite if you use 2-3 poles with 6lb line and corks.
Or try tickfaw river any canal.
May be a bit early for river bream. Use shiners in the very backs of the canals may get a crappie bite if you use 2-3 poles with 6lb line and corks.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 3:19 pm to threeputt23
Bayou Barbary used to be a great place for slow moving and a fly rod.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 3:33 pm to threeputt23
Crickets in Bayou Chene Blanc or Bayou Barbary always produce if water isn’t chocolate milk colored from heavy rains. The dead end canals are where I’d try first. Good luck and leave some for seed.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 5:56 pm to Shexter
White popper on the fly rod is pretty damn fun.
Posted on 3/8/25 at 3:48 am to dstone12
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White popper on the fly rod is pretty damn fun.
Especially when the caterpillars start to fall. Usually late march/early April.
Posted on 3/8/25 at 6:06 am to dstone12
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White popper on the fly rod is pretty damn fun.
Do you remember a fly called the Accardo Bug? I used to tie them to the end of my Zebco and would slay the perch underneath willow trees.
Posted on 3/8/25 at 6:10 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
That’s it. Pale chartreuse is good as well.
Posted on 3/8/25 at 6:27 am to dstone12
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That’s it. Pale chartreuse is good as well.
Yep.
I've probably caught more fish on this exact lure than anything else:
Posted on 3/8/25 at 7:54 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Tie a “bream killer “ under that popping bug. One of my old friends would fly fish with that combo in the spillway. He’d outfish us with that regularly .
The next thing I’d try is a black and chartreuse beetle spin. We caught lots of goggle eyes on that one.
The next thing I’d try is a black and chartreuse beetle spin. We caught lots of goggle eyes on that one.
Posted on 3/8/25 at 8:22 am to threeputt23
I big bluegill or shell cracker on a fly rod is VEEEERY under rated fishing.
Posted on 3/9/25 at 8:20 am to threeputt23
Get a kayak and go have some fun. Exploring and finding beds is half the fun! Sacs are still spawning right now in most rivers in south Louisiana.
Posted on 3/10/25 at 7:40 am to lsuson
Is there any place in these areas for shore fishing?
My 8yr old daughter wants me to take her fishing. Looking to catch and release with her. More of just getting out with her and having her enjoying fishing.
My 8yr old daughter wants me to take her fishing. Looking to catch and release with her. More of just getting out with her and having her enjoying fishing.
Posted on 3/10/25 at 8:56 am to threeputt23
Fly fishing on the Amite in April and early May is some of the most fun you can have fishing. You can get on holes where you catch 15-20 bream off one tree when the worms are falling. I use a double rig, which consist of a top floater and then a sinking trailer tied about 18” below the floating popper. The popper acts like a cork for the trailer bait. Catching a double is a lot of fun too.
You can put in at Pete’s landing on Bayou Barbary and run all over. Bayou Barbary itself holds a lot of fish, but usually smaller in size. On the Amite you just find gum trees in 2-3’ of water and hold on.
You can put in at Pete’s landing on Bayou Barbary and run all over. Bayou Barbary itself holds a lot of fish, but usually smaller in size. On the Amite you just find gum trees in 2-3’ of water and hold on.
Posted on 3/10/25 at 8:57 am to mchias1
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My 8yr old daughter wants me to take her fishing.
Waddill Wildlife Refuge on Flannery Road in BR is about as easy as it gets for the first fishing trip. You won't catch any wall hangers, and it's catch & release. Kids still have a great time though. It's free and they have 3 ponds they can fish out of. Bring some crickets or worms and make a day of it.
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Activities and Amenities
Two ponds for fishing
Nature trails (please note that one or more of the trails may be closed due to ongoing maintenance to repair damage from the 2016 flood)
Air rifle range
Archery ranges
Swamp habitat
Sand bar on the Comite River
Picnic facilities
Large pavilion with screened outdoor kitchen (stove/sink/BBQ pit)
Small pavilion with fire pit and handwashing station
Classroom with ceiling projector and DVD player
Restrooms
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Hours
Tuesday-Saturday, 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
All visitors must sign in at the welcome kiosk upon arrival.
This post was edited on 3/10/25 at 9:01 am
Posted on 3/10/25 at 9:06 am to pdubya76
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Tie a “bream killer “ under that popping bug.
When the bream are bedding this rig will give you about the most fun you'll ever have fly fishing.
Posted on 3/10/25 at 9:07 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:the bream in the course ponds at covington country club would hit those so hard they'd knock the paint off
Accardo Bug
here's a reasonable facsimile
LINK
Posted on 3/10/25 at 2:56 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
That chartreuse one is the killer. Trim the legs about half....they grab the legs and miss the hook. For some sure enough killer bream fishing tie a Betts Bee about a foot behind the popping bug. The bug will hit the water, the bee will continue to roll over and kiss the water, sit on the tension for a mili second and start sinking slowly. The little ones will rush up to the bug and stare at it and the big titty bream will smack that sinking bee with a relish. The only problem is they will have it halfway down their alimentary canal immediately and its damned hard to retrieve it without tearing it up. This is hopper and dropper bream fishing....who says trout are more sophisticated than big old titty bream???
Posted on 3/10/25 at 3:06 pm to bamarep
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I big bluegill or shell cracker on a fly rod is VEEEERY under rated fishing.
Seriously truly BIG bream, be they shellcrackers, bluegill, redbreast, stumpknockers, warmouth, whatever species it is, truly big bream are as selective and hard to entice to bit as any gamefish species. The reason so many of us in the south do not think so is because we are blessed with excellent bream fishing where 8-100z bream are very common and very easy to catch. 1 pound bream are rarer anywhere (lots of people have caught lots of big bream without ever seeing a bluegill that actually weighs 16 ounces) and when they start pushing a pound and a half and 2 pound they are as selective and hard to catch as permit on the flats (permit on a reef are easier to catch than 6 ounce bream). I am vey fortunate to live in what is arguably the best big bream fishing area in the US....between Augusta Georgia, Savannah and Charleston to Columbia there are rivers full of BIG...truly BIG....bream.....pound and a half bluegill and 2 pound shellcrackers are thick....and redbreasts pushing a pound are pretty common in some of these rivers. Consistently catching them that size in this area is not difficult but we are blessed....its perfect habitat for them and they have plenty of predators keeping them in check....they are tough and selective.
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