Me and a buddy went fishing this weekend in the Decade area...tried my usual spots, but conditions aren't right right now so they yielded no results.

Guy at the marina told us they were killing the spec in Mechant, but I am unfamiliar with the area (to an extent) and had never been in Mechant.

Long story short, I got a little brave and decided to head to Mechant through Raccourci and after multiple scares in <1.5' of water made it (followed all the other boats after making the mistake of going slightly right in Raccourci

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We saw a ton of boats fishing the entrace of Raccourci Bayou (coming from Decade), what are people fishing for right there? I assumed red/drum since it gets really deep...but saw a lot of people fishing artificial (no carolina-type rigs).

Also, how do people normally fish the spec in Mechant? Same as Decade? Just drift around and throw live bait or swim baits? Seemed like most people were fishing the banks near Goose Bay.

Any tips for the area are appreciated! I need a good spot for this time of year. I've got winter and summer covered for the most part.

This post was edited on 3/26/12 at 5:00 pm

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Posted by dpd901

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Posted on 3/26/12 at 5:21 pm to jordan21210

The mouth of Raccourci is one of the most popular spots in Mechant. Most people are fishing specs there. They aren't fishing the deep water, but the flats around it. The most popular method is tightlining Bayou Chub Minnows in Purple/Chartruese (Go Tigers!) or Avacado/Red Flake. Speckulizers are also popular if you prefer fishing under a cork. Troll the banks focusing on cuts, and the mouths of bayous, etc for specs and reds... If you can find them, Lo Deuce (Little Duece) and Deer Bayou are popular spots also. There is allegedly a sand bar in Mechant that holds a lot of trout, but I don't know where the hell it is. On the sister lake side, there are more oyster reefs that people focus on, but the methods are the same.

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Posted by The Sportsman

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Posted on 3/26/12 at 5:24 pm to jordan21210

Watch and learn. There's a lot of different schools of trout swimming around that lake. North side usually has pretty water but I've caught trout all over the lake. Nothing to brag about size wise. Just like any other lake.. Fish the reefs, points and where canals dump into the lake. Be careful running into the lake from the raccourci... If u don't hit it right at low tide you'll smoke a reef

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Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt

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Posted on 3/26/12 at 10:13 pm to jordan21210

I have never had a bad trip to lake decade

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Posted by The Sportsman

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Posted on 3/27/12 at 6:44 am to jordan21210

Coming from bayou decade you run across lake Paige into eagle lake and into goose bay. The cut bt eagle lake and goose bay is deep but once you get into goose bay it gets shallow fast. Get on plane in the cut and haul arse across. Never a good idea to run across there on a north wind low tide day. Seent a many of people high n dry. If you are running the raccourci from bayou decade just follow the white pipes across. Never had any issues. That lake is only a couple feet deep anyway. Like topwater said... You can catch some decent fish on top this time of year (anywhere, not just mechant). I'm ready for em to move offshore... This bass spawn was early this year

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Posted by The Sportsman

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Posted on 3/27/12 at 7:06 am to jordan21210

We usually put in at jugs and run bayou dularge to caillou and south through grand bayou dularge. But yes, coming from bayou decade you would need to go that way. Just make sure u have a big enough boat and watch the weather