Mister Bigfish

Buy a chamber sealer

Yeah they aren’t gonna soak up a whole lot of seasoning. Maybe better to make some type of spiced butter to dip the meat in.

Thank you so much. We were able to get some clip art images online I think will get the job done for what I want.

Recs for any businesses in the BR area that have reasonable prices to make a custom image which I can take to have put onto a shirt. I just need the digital image and will handle the process of getting it onto a shirt. I have no idea what the pricing for this so it may not be practical.

This would be a fairly simple image, at least I think it would be. I’ll add that this will be for a cancer fundraiser benefit and I want to make shirts for all the volunteers that will help with the cook.

Any suggestions or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Really need a budget but here are a few tips


7 ft medium action spinning
3000 size spool

Preferred brands are Shimano and Daiwa for inshore. Penn is also quality. Pflueger and Okuma are good value.

Pair a rod and reel or combo with the above specs in your budget which I would say should be a minimum of $100-150 and you will be good to go.

As others have said

30 braid on most all my setups
Fluorocarbon or monofilament leader of varying sizes depending on the application.

Yes . . I am pretty sure there is water.

I kid I kid.

Didnt go all the way down to Hopedale but just fished the MRGO around. Chalmette and it seemed plenty high

It’s not sexy or fancy but for good simple food at a great price go check out Country Kitchen in Gonzales for lunch.

Try to find a 21-22 ft bay boat that’s on the lighter side if your budget allows. Blazer bay, Blue Wave, and, Pathfinder are a few that come to mind that are light for their size. Nautic Star also makes a 21 footer that is light but not their 22 footer.

This isn’t the best time of the year to target trout around GI. The trout will be in transition to the marshes. I’m not saying you can’t get on them but trips can be very inconsistent when compared to summer, spring, and even winter trips.

No

Get a wired one for the most power. I like the rapala heavy duty. I don’t like any of the cordless ones.

However the best cordless one is the Rapala R12. So if you must get cordless then that is the one I recommend.

I fish artificial 75% of the time however I have started bringing live bait with me on summertime trips as the water temperature elevates and the fish can get a little more resistant to the plastics. I have definitely had occurrences where the live bait makes a difference. On a trip this year they just wanted live croaker. About 5 boats began closing around us and apparently none of them had live bait as they weren’t catching all while creeping closer to us, like we had some kind of magic spot. We continued to catch until we had a limit. We tried throwing plastics but they wouldn’t touch em.

Non summer fishing I only use artificial.

Ronnie’s had them in their freezer last time I was in there. Gets my vote for BR.

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presume red is spicy and yellow is added lemon. I prefer lemon with my fish, is all else the same between the batters?

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No, they are not the same with different seasoning. Some have higher concentrations of corn meal and others have more corn flour.

I am not a huge fan of Louisiana blue bag. But I am probably in the minority.

Depends on what fish I am frying and what I will be doing with it.

For a delicate sweet fish like sacalait I prefer a batter with more corn four like Zatarains with lemon. However I only like using this in small batches. It doesn’t maintain its crunch in big batches.

For fish poboys or cooking for large groups of people I like a crunchier batter. For a crunchier batter with more corn meal I like Zatarains southern style or more recently Creative Cajun Cooking’s Back Porch Fish fry which has a good lemon flavor.

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never know when they are open

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