Grande Isle Trout
 

Hey any of you guys ever fished trout this time of the year in grande isle? Looks like i'll be staying at my uncle's camp in two weeks, since Vermillion Bay is done. Or if you know of some real cheap places to stay around Big Lake that'd be cool too, because personally I'd rather big lake.

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The trout fishing around grand isle is not so good....you have to go north,the trout are in the marsh. But if you hit the passes you can tie into some of the best bull red fishing right now.

i knew they'd be in the marsh and I def know about the reds lol Thats some frikin fun. I haven't got to enjoy that yet, but my dad, uncles, and cousins usually hit it every year. I was hoping somebody would have some spots that i could go try

I have fished some reefs right north of Grand Isle.
My brother in law has a camp at Tahiti East and we go North past the first island and you will see some PVC pipes up there. There are always a lot of boats there too.
Another reef is right East of the ship channel. There were PVC pipes around this reef also.
Then a couple miles North of the reef on the East side of the ship channel, there is a big reef with a tower on it.
Look close on this chart and you can see some of them.

http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/11358.shtml

I would find the crowd and do some Potlicking.
Potlicking is the norm over there. No kidding.

eman, should chime in

Big lake guest house are great places to stay on biglake. I could live in em!

that was already planned lol I hope we can find some birds or something. I think we might have a hard time there. Like i said I'd rather stay in a rinky dink hotel around big lake or 20-25 minutes away from there.

yeah eman! let me know something:p

you could try dularge,its good this time o year

still far for us... We are trying to save gas money while being able to fish everyday for a couple of days

Fishing G.I.
 

Ok I'll chime in.
As of last week one of my more reliable conections was still catching a few big trout in the SURF at elmers??? Also, If it was moi, I would trailer and fish leville instead of grand isle proper.
The trout have /are moving up into the marsh and the fishing should be better north of fourchon than around the island.
Also if i was going this weekend i would leave the boat at home as the wind is going to be pretty bad and i know lots of spots to catch trout , reds and flounder from the bank.

if you go i would try the marsh between lake pelourde and lake laurier lots of water moving through there usually...not sure about this time of year though

Thank you eman! We aren't necessarily just fishing grande isle, we are just sleeping there. I don't mind driving 30-40 minutes in the morning to go fishing. Any info like the names of bays, reefs, or coordinates of them would be helpful. We don't go there often at all. We'll usually go once during the heat of the summer and thats it. V. Bay is where we usually go that week, but its not looking good...:(

I have been fishing with Bob G. with Between the Banks. We fished Castete Island, 4 piles reef, and Northwest rigs. That is the names of the places I can remember out of Leeville.

if yo wanna know where these spots r i can show u on a map

leeville
 

This time of year Bob is fishing about a 1/2 mile from boudreauxs motel.
No need to run far, Just find the new drop offs into the deep water in the new canals.:smokin:

General area
 

It would be a long run from Grand Isle but you could catch Golden Meadow on your way down south. Catfish lake is usuallly good from now until early December. If you fish the lake, focus on the reefs (which are marked with PVC) on the north west shorline on the opposite end of bayou blue. The sulphur mine is also good but crowded. The canels around the suphur mine can pay off this time of year.

Lastly, you can get on a good bite in the leeville area which is managable from Grand Isle. Focus on north Baratira bay, there are tons of reefs in the area. If you can cross the bayou to the west, little like has birds this time of year.

I grew up fishing this area, the fish should be all over. I think you will have a hard time finding trout down south near the island this time of year in traditional summer spots, head north.

Good luck

I was thinkin about fishin those but i didnt know if they would be holding fish already

Barataria Bay
 

This is where I'd start fishing in Barataria Bay if Lake P wasn't so hot. At this time of year, the trout are moving into the marsh and north towards Lafitte. All of these spots are less than 20 minutes by boat from Grand Isle, and they have good shell bottoms or oyster reefs.

leeville
 

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