Saltgrass Lodge - Anyone been?

I've been...no complaints. Was on a business retreat with 3 other guys. We had the whole place to ourselves. Not sure if I would have enjoyed it as much if there were other people there. It's just a single house. It's big, but still. Owner took us fishing...it was good. He worked hard in tough conditions to find a lot of action. Food was very good.

went twice with bigger group on bus. trip.

place is nice.

Food is "pretty good"... some of it wasn't quite my style.

i thought the organization of the trip was kind of poor with all of the different charter captains taking the individual groups out. A bit hectic... some captains didn't know their head from their arse. Some had live bait some didn't. the cleaning of the game was pretty poor and unorganized, they all acted like it was none of their responsibilities so to speak. Owner was a nice good guy by all fronts though.

Does the owner have his own boats for charter of does he contract it out?

Thanks for the info fellas, pretty much spot on. The lodge is nice, didn’t blow me out of the water, as my wife said it needs a woman’s touch, but it was plenty nice and quiet. I will say that it’s setup for business entertainment, so small groups and couples are not what they target. Only clients were my wife and I and a guy from Georgia that brought his son to fish. The chef was lights out, great food and genuinely fun guy to hang around with. He shared his recipe for Cajun butter sauce on redfish and basically gave us a cooking class. Really nice guy and heck of a chef.

Now the fishing...incredible. We absolutely hammered the Reds. Guide was Dean, regular baw that worked up the road at the refinery. Dude knew how to fish. Lines in the water a little after 6 AM and the action was constant until we limited out at noon. We caught and released until we were slam out of shrimp. Ended the day with limits on reds, two big sheephead, huge flounder, 3 foot blacktip, and a lone speckled trout. Probably caught 50 damn catfish and ladyfish too.

We grabbed a shower when we got back and all the fish were cleaned, vacuum bagged and ready to go in my cooler so we could head out to catch the the game that evening in Baton Rouge. All in all great day.

It’s an amazing place to fish and could be a great small group lodge if they focused on that vice big groups...but I totally understand that’s where the money is. With that said, we had a blast and definitely look forward to heading to Venice again.

Glad you had a good time it’s a bunch of good guys. I can remember taking Dean on one of his first duck hunts years ago. Great guy has really learned the area and become a great guide.