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Why is Lake Ponchartrain so hard to fish?
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:29 pm
First, let me sat that I am a lake p newb. I've heard all the talk about how finicky a place it is. I consider myself a pretty decent fisherman.
Went out there today. It was calm, the tide was moving, the water was beautiful. Hit the trestles. Nothing. Hit the causeway. Missed one speck and foul hooked a 30 lb blue cat. Back to trestles. 1 flounder. We fished live shrimp, matrix shads, gulps. Couldn't boat a trout.
With the conditions like they were, we should have caught fish. It kills me that I couldn't catch a single fricking trout. What is the deal with this place?
Eta: there were thousands of ducks on the middle of the lake.
Went out there today. It was calm, the tide was moving, the water was beautiful. Hit the trestles. Nothing. Hit the causeway. Missed one speck and foul hooked a 30 lb blue cat. Back to trestles. 1 flounder. We fished live shrimp, matrix shads, gulps. Couldn't boat a trout.
With the conditions like they were, we should have caught fish. It kills me that I couldn't catch a single fricking trout. What is the deal with this place?
Eta: there were thousands of ducks on the middle of the lake.
This post was edited on 11/17/13 at 5:31 pm
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Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:34 pm to Motorboat
No telling with the trout in Lake P. The smallest thing could turn them off. They're really finicky.
The most trout I've ever caught in Lake P was in brown water. Not what you'd expect.
The most trout I've ever caught in Lake P was in brown water. Not what you'd expect.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:36 pm to DrTyger
We saw other boats bring in nice hauls of nice fish.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:36 pm to Motorboat
They don't attack the bait very aggressively. I miss many fish when I realize a few seconds later that it was a bite.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:38 pm to Nodust
Even on live shrimp?
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:39 pm to Motorboat
Bite is always very soft.
Just remember this phrase: it's free to set the hook.
Just remember this phrase: it's free to set the hook.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:41 pm to Motorboat
Always used plastic the times I went.
I'm not a good or experienced fisherman. So I just use what my neighbor tells me to. Normally go a few times a year.
I'm not a good or experienced fisherman. So I just use what my neighbor tells me to. Normally go a few times a year.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:42 pm to Motorboat
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Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:42 pm to Motorboat
That place just isn't worth it to me.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:43 pm to Rod Farva
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That place just isn't worth it to me.
See my above post.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:44 pm to Rod Farva
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That place just isn't worth it to me.
Yeah. I'm over it. I've never caught shite there in three trips over the past 10 years. Lake decade is dead to me too.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:46 pm to Motorboat
frick decade too.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:47 pm to Rod Farva
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frick decade too.
Why the hate Bro, Decade is rockin'.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:47 pm to Motorboat
You must be on a boat with someone who can show you what the technique and the bite looks like. This is about all I can tell you. May be going Friday. You wanna go?
Dumas' s catch today from the Causeway
Dumas' s catch today from the Causeway
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:50 pm to meauxjeaux2
They only show the pics of the good days.
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:51 pm to Crawdaddy
Yep...
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:51 pm to meauxjeaux2
I'd love to go. Let me see if I can get out of something though. I'm mad enough at em. I need your number. Btw, jls emailed me. We are friends now apparently.
Lsumotorboat at Gmail
Lsumotorboat at Gmail
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:52 pm to Crawdaddy
Where?
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:52 pm to Motorboat
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jls emailed me
Heard from chazmichael lately?
Posted on 11/17/13 at 5:53 pm to Rod Farva
Rod Farva, getting pretty old you OT'ing up the OB all thatime.
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