Delacroix, LA

[MNfisher]

I arrived in Louisiana with my buddy Craig around 1 AM Tuesday night. We are fishing the AFWC in Delacroix on saturday, but we have been fishing for fun the first 2 days so far.

Yesterday we had absolutely no wind and the marsh was like glass. It was incredible, we were chasing tailing redfish in 6-10" of water. I caught fish that had their backs up to 2 inches out of the water! Day 1 tally between 3 guys, fishing 7:00-12. 34 redfish, 2 speckled trout, and 4 largemouth.

Day 2, today, we were greeted with 15-25 mph winds, it took a while to get them patterned, but we ended up catching 16 reds, 2 trout and a handful of bass between 2 guys in 5 hrs fishing.

Most reds have been averaging 25-27". We had a handful between 27-29".

Tomorrow we need to target different areas and saturday they are calling for a 25 mph NE wind, and it has been SE. It will be interesting tourney day since it will involve possibly as much as 15-20 miles of paddling to hit the checkpoints. Can't wait though!

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Mike

[Alphahawk]

Looks like you all are having a blast! Some beautiful looking fish.


Regards

[Travis C.]

Good luck in the tourney guys!

[Reel Tune]

Sounds like an epic trip no matter how the tournament goes, but good luck and I'm sure the both of you will represent Tennessee well.

[Heiny57]

End of the world marina? Katrina really changed that place.

Nice fish!!!!!

[tsuggs]

That's what I'm talkn bout!!!!

[Fish Whisperer]

Isn't catching a bass, redfish, and trout some kind of grand slam while fishing south Louisiana?


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[TNBronzeback]

Looks like a blast!
so educate me here, why are the reds so shallow? they scanning spawning grounds? chasing bait in the area this time of year? ive seen shows of guys doing the same thing with them so shallow, or is that how they are all year round?

[GO-OKFISHIN]

Sweet! Love fishing down there.

[MNfisher]

Thanks guys!
On our way to the tourney!
TNBronzeback, it's just how they live down here. Mostly shallow like that year round .


Mike

[lupanfreitag]

Nice fish!

[MNfisher]

With brutal 25 mph winds, a sideways rain for an hour. We were in our kayaks for 11 hours, paddled 13.6 miles, ran with our take on a cart for 1/3 mile, in which the cart exploded with 200 yds to go. We dragged them the rest of the way through a trailer park. We hit 4 out of 5 checkpoints, and places 3rd out of 51 teams!


Mike

[TerryD]

A big congrats to ya Mike!! Awesome finish!

[Alphahawk]

Good job Mike....combat fishing!


Regards

[Travis C.]

Awesome guys freakin awesome!

Congrats to you and Craig.

[XxthejuicexX]

Congrats guys! That is a hell of a day fishing.

[MNfisher]

Thanks! It was a great experience! I hope to do it every year!


Mike

[tcintn]

A big shout out to you both on your success.
Next year,NUMBER ONE.

[SAMBOLIE]

Mike, you certainly know how to live the good life. Glad you had a great time.

[StriperFan]

Looks like a blast!
so educate me here, why are the reds so shallow? they scanning spawning grounds? chasing bait in the area this time of year? ive seen shows of guys doing the same thing with them so shallow, or is that how they are all year round?
Funny thing is reds spawn offshore. May be why it is illegal to catch or even possess redfish in fed waters.

[StriperFan]

Oh yeah, Great job Mike!