weeks bay 7-15-12
 

i fished weeks bay sunday. nothing but a sand trout in the boat. tossed back a 10in sandy, and a bunch of croaker. oh, and a lady fish. tried fishing the marshes and grass for reds and flatties, but nothing. but, on a promising note, there were alot of shrimp around. especially at the mouth of the iberia channel.

Thanks for the report

aaaahhhh! I can't wait for that place to turn on, it's time already!

Well, if you're judging by the movement of shrimp, they're all the way up in bayou Jack. so I think it should be turning on soon.

Waiting on the same thing. Last week the salinity was up to almost 9 now back down to 6.5. Hopefully some salt water will get pushed back in the bay this week.

my best trip this year was when the salinty was at 6.2ppt

6.5 is high for the bay... I bet the fish are there you just gotta figure em out

You guys are right.....
Plenty of salt for the bay. There are tons of birds working over small trout with a falling tide. Can't find the big girls yet under the birds. Decent size coming from well heads in the bay...nothing really big, all 14-16" size.

one of my best trips were last year with a salinity of 1.5ppt. Big fish too. But the fishing this year has been much different from past years.

Telling you that VBay folks is tight-lipped:) How many reports you see coming from there (very very few) yet how many boat trailers are in the parking lots everyday:grinpimp:

LOL! There are bunch of fishermen everyday, weather permitting. I find most are running out the Pass, fishing the reefs and Tiger Shoal. Not many are staying in the Bay itself. Those that make it out are catching fish,especially those using live bait. The handful that pound the bay is either hit or miss. Heard a speck tournament was won at the mouth of Fearman in W. Vermilion..some absurd weight of 50+ lbs....I didn't see them and don't know who caught them. I have a hard time believing that report myself...but it could be?

Duck butter, I heard redfish point. The guy that told me said it was a fact but who knows for sure.

I heard from a good source, that this is true and one of the winners was a game warden from the area. All 5lb. + trout.

You guys are probably right about the salinity in the bay. Something I will be paying attention to from now on though.

Nice! I was wondering about the 50 lbs if it was 25 fish or 10 fish thats crazy





but i heard Hell Hole!!!!!!!!!!!!

yea h e l l hole is closer to southwest pass so its more salty water there or dry reef its been a long time since i fished tha area but there alot of reefs around there. wont be long before they start moving in just gotta watch for the wind and choppy water unless have a big boat which isnt a problem from time to time dependin on which way the wind is coming from the worse time is when its blowin from south east or south west. them water wont let u out there in the open for sure.

Seems we're letting a real time monitor and computer dictate when we go fishing!!!!! BS!
You can't catch fish doing yoga in your living room. The only thing I pay attention to is forecast winds and the direction, thats my deciding factor on going.

Me too:) Best time to fish is anytime you can go. I am now a weekend warrior/office fisherman so can't go on the 'best' days but make do with what I got. Just like the reports on VBay above saying the trout are not there, they are not biting, don't waste your time, yet that one fella goes out and ready to give up and boom catches a 100:) Can't catch them at the house

I fish almost every weekend (missed one weekend in last 2 months), I just use the computer to dictate where I will be fishing. Don't see anything wrong with that. Def can't catch them in the office.

I have pictures of the fish, saw them first hand 10 fish 53lbs and last weekend same guy 2 fish weighed 12.3 I think. I fish with him often he has captain liscense so can't fish star.

Also Sunday guy in boat caught 7.4lber again no star ticket but I have pic of that, gotta get them on computer and I'll upload. Top is winning stringer and second picture is first fish in the stringer with 2 size 10 flip flops.

wow those are some nice size hawgs. good job to whoever tha guy is.

nice size fish

One's a game warden and the other is Charter Captain. I fish with him very reguarly he loves chasing big trout, but still not telling me exactly where the fish were caught, 2 more tournaments and he gonna put me on them!

That's the 2 winning fish from the Specks & Spots tourney?

Well, I knew it was true but pictures def make it real! Thats some hogs!

No I don't have picture of those 2 thats from the speck tournament the week before, same guy won the Specks and Spots though.

I saw the 2 fish that he weighed in!
2- 6.2# trout!
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Matt, do you think these fish were caught in the Bay or outside the pass? If I had to guess I'd say the well heads west of Dry Reef, in the bay, on live mullet....just a guess though:confused:

I heard in the bay, but who knows. My info source wasn't in the boat.

I'm starting to hit the bay regularly because its a convenient drive. I'm noticing the water is clearing this week. hopefully we don't get too many hard rains.

Heard he ran west out the pass and up the Calcashieu Ship Channel and caught these behind the weirs:rotfl: kidding, but thats a nice catch wherever he caught em. Would make a heck of a stringer mount:)

LOL..you sure it wasn't Joe's Cove?????

BTW all bull aside that is one heck of a stringer...for any area in South La. I tip my hat to those guys!

Then you need to take your uncle!!:D

I'd be lying to say for sure, he told me reefs then wellheads, then laughed and said couple more weeks I'll put you on them. I couldn't fish any tournaments with him this year so I'm out of the loop. One thing I can bet is there was live bait but doubt mullets.

das definately some big dudes there!!

Does anybody know if the bass fishing is any good during the times of year when the water is fresher in weeks bay?

Never fished weeks bay itself but bayous off shark bayou have been good in years passed, haven't tried in a long time, but some location canals north of intercostal are year round bass fisheries. They aren't big but fun.

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7.4 from Sunday

Nice fish!!!!

mount dat!!

Priceless pic and the fish is only a part of it.

nice hawg! lil boy must be proud to be holding it up like tha. gonna turn out to be a fine fisherman!

nice fish!





something has to be done now! too many big fish are coming out of vbay, the limit needs to be changed:rotfl:

I know someone they're letting in on the secret, I was at his house lastnight trying to bribe him, but all I hear is 2 more weeks!

Hey Matt I don't know why he's holding out, trout tournaments are over

Next weekend is Denise Breaux the Cancer Association, and he said its Keith's hole. I just wanna win a STAR boat. I guess he knows I'll be there often, ya know I fish 4 days a week lol.