By 6:30 Thursday morning, my fishing team guide Capt. Ron "Ahab" Broadus and I had decided that with the weather the way it was, Thursday would be a dockside day. 

Frank Davis

Of course, as lagniappe, we quickly agreed that not until Saturday should serious fishermen returned to Delacroix and expect to catch mule trout out at the islands and redfish all over the inside.

“That’s been our story down here for a week or two now,” Capt. Ahab noted proudly.  “What you do is get up early in the morning, try to be on the actual fishing grounds at least by daylight, and rig up soft plastics for the specks and gold spoons for reds.  And that kind of activity has been the rule, not the exception.

“For example, Frank, yesterday we managed to get out to Stone Island in Black Bay right about 7 and caught 39 really big, monster trout right off the bat.  Then we headed back to the marsh points, tied on a couple of gold weedless spoons, and flat tore up the Poisson rouge!  We’ve been doing that consistently for a couple of weeks now!”

Capt. Ahab noted that fishermen should scout out the cleanest water they can find, especially water forming current lines on the outside and water swirling around marsh grass points on the inside.   Anyone keeping abreast of the water quality at Delacroix will tell you that this is the way to ensure a catch right now.

Lionel Serigne, who operates the back down ramp at the island, also suggests that anyone wanting to fish Saturday should probably get to the launch as early as possible.

“I got a hunch we’re gonna be putting boats in the water non-stop all morning long, especially after they see this report on TV and/or read about it on the Channel 4 web!  Last time you guys fished down here and got into the trout, we had a launch line so long you couldn’t even see the end of it!”

Now, if you know your way around Delacroix and Black Bay, which is a wide expanse of open water, and if you got the right kind of boat to negotiate that open water, then you’ll do fine getting out there and back with a ton of fish in your ice chest.  If, however, you aren’t familiar with the area and you’re reluctant to navigate it on your own, or if your boat is designed to handle “protected inside fishing only”, then you might want to call Capt. Ahab and book a charter with him on his boat.  It’s a safer way to go and your catch is practically guaranteed!

You can reach Ahab at 504-914-6063; but since we’re now moving into the early summer season his scheduled charters are going to fill up fast. And since his appointments are always on a “first come, first served” basis,   I suggest you put your dialing finger to work immediately!

Next week I’ll be back at Lafitte with Capt. Phil Robichaux.  It’s been rumored that he and his guys have been into the trout for some time now and. . .well, I just can’t let that go unnoticed.  I’d better check on it for myself firsthand. . .which is what I plan to do on the 22 ^nd!

So until next week, be safe and courteous out there.  Believe me, there are more than enough of “the big ones” to go around.  Tight lines and good times, y’all. . .

Frank Davis