upper Calcasieu Esturary

[Gerald]

I decided to see how the fishing was in the upper part of the area because I have heard some good reports.

I got out on the water after 8:30 AM. The small launch in Westlake had 6 trailers there so that was a good sign. I headed to Lake Charles but from the river I was looking into the sun and could not really see out into the lake.

As I was passing the Yacht club, I begain to see some Gulls out in the lake and one other boat. There was a post about a week ago that showed a "bunch" of Gulls on Big Lake. What I saw yesterday made the Big Lake picture look like a small group.

Unfortunately it was mostly Sailcats and some Lady fish. Several of the sailcats I caught were almost Trophy size....4+ lbs. But there were some Reds and Trout in the area. I caught the trout away from the areas of fast action feeding using a 3/8 oz jig to get the bait a little deeper. Sand eels caught a couple but curly tail grub seemed to work a little better with Chartruse color working better than glow/char.

The picture is just a small amout of the birds that were feeding. I est. there were several hundred Gulls that I could see.

I had to dodge some thunder storms and drove back to the launch in a down pour.