FRESHWATER	Bass	Sac-a-lait	Bream	Catfish
* Bayou Benoit	Fair	Good	Fair	Fair
* Charenton	Fair	Good	Fair	Fair
** Morgan City	Good	No Report	Fair	Fair
*** Spanish Lake	Poor	Poor	Fair	Good
Lake Dauterive-Fausse Pointe	Fair	No Report	No Report	Fair
Henderson Lake	Fair	Fair	Good	Fair
Toledo Bend	Fair	Fair	Good	Fair
SALTWATER	Speckled Trout	Redfish	Flouder	Offshore
****Cypremort Point	Fair	Good	Fair	No report
Cocodrie	Good	Good	Poor	Good
Grand Chenier	Fair	Good	Fair	Fair
Grand Isle	Fair	Good	Good	Good

 

 

* ATCHAFALAYA BASIN — Keith Price, Blue’s Archery owner at

Cajun Guns & Tackle, reports: BASS best around moving, deeper water heat

ramps up and overflow swamp falls … try G.A. Cut, Mud Cove Bypass, Beau Bayou

… mostly around deadfalls on shad-colored crank baits, june bug Sweet Beavers

and Baby Brush Hogs. BREAM, GOGGLE-EYE and CHINQUAPIN on crickets,

worms and artificials tipped with Crappie Nibbles in Oak Ridge, Beau Bayou,

Bayou Benoit, Phillips Canal, Mama’s Pond, Charenton Lake. SAC-A-LAIT mostly

on blue/white tube jigs and hair jigs, some on black/chartreuse, red/chartreuse and

pink/white tube jigs and hair jigs on a 1/32- or, even, 1/16-ounce leadhead in Beau

Bayou, Miller’s Chute, Grevemberg and Crew Boat Chute (best there with shiners).

 

** MORGAN CITY — Kevin Voisin, Atchafalaya Bail Bonds owner/St.

Mary Parish Councilman and BASSWeekend Series angler, reports: BASS, nonkeepers

plentiful (often 15 for every keeper) early and late and on overcast days

on watermelon/pearl plastic frogs on grass beds in Flat Lake … also on

chrome/blue Chug Bugs in and around scattered grass beds in Flat Lake … also on

shad-colored Bandit crank baits (200 series) and red shad plastic worms and chartreuse/

white spinnerbaits around points with moving water along Bayou Sorrel,

Little Bayou Jesse, Big Bayou Jesse … also try buzz baits, soft plastics and spinnerbaits

in Bayou Boutte, Orange Barrel Canal.

 

*** SPANISH LAKE — Jean Williams, Jean’s Bait Shop owner, reports:

BREAM, average 8-12, mostly on crickets, some on red worms, 12 inches deep

around rip-rap and brushy areas along shoreline. CATFISH, average 6, up to 12,

average 1 1/2 pounds, on worms, shrimp, shiners, chicken liver and cut bait mostly

around fishing piers and water control structure.

 

**** CYPREMORT POINT — Doug Gaspard, Dago’s Mobil & Grocery

owner, reports: SPECKLED TROUT, some limits, average 2-3 pounds,weather and

water conditions permitting, on chartreuse/red and purple/gold soft plastics on a

1/8-ounce leadhead at Tee Butte, Pavy’s Reef, Diamond Reef and Shell Keys. REDFISH,

many limits, on shrimp along shoreline of Weeks Bay, Marsh Island (The

Worm, north rocks of Lake Sand, Oyster Lake), Dry Reef and around reefs and

grass in Southwest Pass.

— Compiled by Don Shoopman