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Any Tarpon reports from Lake P or Borgne?
Posted on 7/11/18 at 9:04 am
Posted on 7/11/18 at 9:04 am
Anyone see any rolling in either Lake yet?
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Posted on 7/11/18 at 9:15 am to MrLSU
Do tarpon still pop up in Lake P? I thought that would have ended with the Levee locks and daming of MRGO
Posted on 7/11/18 at 9:28 am to Saskwatch
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Do tarpon still pop up in Lake P
The absolutely still have tarpon show up in Lake P during the summer months. In fact every year I feel like Todd Masson or some local outdoors guy does another story on people seeing and catching them in the lake.
Lake should start loading up with jack crevalle soon too.
This post was edited on 7/11/18 at 9:32 am
Posted on 7/11/18 at 9:39 am to Saskwatch
quote:
Do tarpon still pop up in Lake P? I thought that would have ended with the Levee locks and daming of MRGO
Tarpon have been in the Lake well before the MRGO so yes they are definitely in the Lake.
Posted on 7/11/18 at 9:48 am to MrLSU
Glad to hear. I would run into some every now and then on the MS coast and islands/marshes south
These bastages are fun on a fly rod.
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jack crevalle
These bastages are fun on a fly rod.
This post was edited on 7/11/18 at 11:07 am
Posted on 7/11/18 at 10:29 am to MrLSU
quote:state record that stood for many years came from Lake P..... and it was caught before the MRGO was opened....
quote:
Do tarpon still pop up in Lake P? I thought that would have ended with the Levee locks and daming of MRGO
Tarpon have been in the Lake well before the MRGO so yes they are definitely in the Lake.
they still show up.....and in numbers too.. contrary to what some mis informed people think/claim - they do not go inshore to spawn.... saw a really healthy one free jump in lake borgne last year. they are not in the "holes" people used to refer to.... and even back then they weren't in "deep" holes.. they were near those areas because of bait... august and sept.. is when they start showing up though... tropical system comes near our area game over.. they usually don't make it back inshore after that... they retreat to deeper water when storms come.. back when gill nets were still legal - we saw one near martellos castle in a gill net dead that was easy 180 lbs. I think there are more tarpon in the lake p basin than there are now than at any time since the early 70s.... just significantly fewer people fishing for them.
This post was edited on 7/11/18 at 10:30 am
Posted on 7/11/18 at 10:31 am to MrLSU
quote:have not gotten any reports yet. rule of thumb once the jacks show up en mass
Anyone see any rolling in either Lake yet?
..... they are right behind them
Posted on 7/11/18 at 10:37 am to choupiquesushi
I bet a large live mullet free lined on a circle hook is money if you can locate schools.
Posted on 7/11/18 at 11:02 am to choupiquesushi
Choup where do you fish for them in the Lake? By the holes or the bridges?
Posted on 7/11/18 at 12:06 pm to lsuson
We love our mullet schools down around St Pete also. We have much better luck with Ladyfish as bait than mullet when it comes to Tarpon.
Posted on 7/11/18 at 1:08 pm to MrLSU
quote:the holes are long gone....
Choup where do you fish for them in the Lake? By the holes or the bridges?
bet bets always have been places where depth changes and current lines meet.... I have only seen two west of sea brook.. all on eastern side of lake.
Posted on 7/11/18 at 1:11 pm to choupiquesushi
How successful are the guides? What type of shot do you have if you hire someone around here?
Posted on 7/11/18 at 1:48 pm to DownSouthDave
quote:Chouest and Barkhurst are very successful in gulf once they get here in good numbers....
How successful are the guides? What type of shot do you have if you hire someone around here?
in Lake P - I am not aware of any guides... One of the few still chasing them there keeps where he catches them and how many a pretty good secret.(he has not caught any yet this year)
Posted on 7/11/18 at 1:56 pm to choupiquesushi
Any personal experience with either of those two? It is something i've always wanted to check out.
Posted on 7/11/18 at 2:20 pm to DownSouthDave
That's why I mentioned them......
Posted on 7/11/18 at 3:39 pm to DownSouthDave
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Any personal experience with either of those two? It is something i've always wanted to check out.
Fished with coon a few times. He is the go to guy for tarpon fishing out of Grand Isle. He may be the only one who does it full time for the season.
BTW dont expect a fancy boat or reels but you will have the best chance for catching a tarpon.
Posted on 7/11/18 at 3:43 pm to snapper26
What do those trips run, roughly?
Posted on 7/11/18 at 3:44 pm to snapper26
How much are the trips? A tarpon is number one on my bucket list of fish to catch in the immediate future
Posted on 7/11/18 at 3:56 pm to snapper26
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