Pontchartrain

["W"]

December 18, 2012

[PUREBAY2200]

Originally Posted by "W"

December 18, 2012

thats 1 fish.......... tatpontom said you can catch 100 and they will all b 5lb+

lets see that pic.....

["W"]

Originally Posted by PUREBAY2200

thats 1 fish.......... tatpontom said you can catch 100 and they will all b 5lb+

lets see that pic.....

Many anglers already know that the areas on the southern side of Lake Pontchartrain held some monster trout, but the lake seems to have more secrets than it lets on. Around the Seabrook bridge, Josh Hall has been taking the opportunity to catch what almost seems like an intruder, this far south.

Striped bass are a common saltwater fish on the east coast and many anglers fish them in the surf. But, while the fish swim in Louisiana's coastal waters, not many anglers specifically target stripers.
But Hall said there's no special tactics required to catch them. According to Hall, stripers are ambush predators and attack bait fish similarly to speckled trout. They also stick to current lines to gobble up any bait helplessly caught in the moving water, just like trout.

“This is the first time we’ve caught pure striped bass,” Hall said. “I’m not sure why they’re here but they are; we used to catch specks, white trout and reds around Seabrook, but now all we catch is specks, hybrid stripers and pure-bred striped bass.”

Hall said that right when the tide begins to rise is the best time to catch stripers. Hall will usually average around three stripers a night — his biggest so far being 12 ½ pounds.

“Any structure around Seabrook that breaks up that moving current seems to be good," Hall said. "We catch them along the shoreline around those bumpers in front of Seabrook, the new rocks and all along that shoreline. Just cast past the structure that you are fishing into the eddie that forms from the broken current; those fish are usually waiting.”

Hall believes stripers and trout are gathering around Seabrook because of the water temperature. It is not to cold because of the frequent warm spells between cold fronts, leading to average water temperatures of about 60 degrees. Consequentially, the fish aren’t moving around a whole lot but aren’t stuck on the bottom conserving energy, either, and are using structure around Seabrook as ambush points for easy meals.

“The stripers are pretty consistent at night,” Hall said, “We’ve been fishing them just like you would fish for a speckled trout — using a Matrix Shad or live shrimp, casting into that current line.”

[PUREBAY2200]

and how do we know thats lake p....josh fishes all over.....

[PUREBAY2200]

sorry..... josh is a kool dude and all...... but LSM post more BS then the national inquirer".

one guys opinion dont make it a fact.......

kinda like u saying big lake is harder to fish then lake p...... or that u can kick a 6'3" guy in the face with a standing roundhouse ......

["W"]

Originally Posted by PUREBAY2200

sorry..... josh is a kool dude and all...... but LSM post more BS then the national inquirer".

one guys opinion dont make it a fact.......

kinda like u saying big lake is harder to fish then lake p...... or that u can kick a 6'3" guy in the face with a standing roundhouse ......

dude your a moron....I just text Josh and this is his words


Yes, we have been catching a ton of stripers in Lake P and Seabrook area most from the bank .

[PUREBAY2200]

words.........lmao.... dude show proof.

ur proving ur stupidity....... show proof.... im headed off line till later....u have until 9-10 pm to find pics of limits of stripers from lake p.... in the past 2-5 years...... do that and ill shut up and tell tarpontom im sorry.

["W"]

Originally Posted by PUREBAY2200

words.........lmao.... dude show proof.

ur proving ur stupidity....... show proof.... im headed off line till later....u have until 9-10 pm to find pics of limits of stripers from lake p.... in the past 2-5 years...... do that and ill shut up and tell tarpontom im sorry.

Here you GO MORON.... IF you had a boat and could fish you would know!!!

["W"]

From 2009:

Yeah, there are stripers and tarpon in Pontchartrain. Let's take the latter first.
Generally, tarpon move into the lake during summer and stay until the first strong outgoing tides in Sept./Oct. They are most commonly found in a deep hole out from Lakeshore Airport and are caught (Mostly) on dead mullet fished on bottom. And typically, they are pretty big! Can you catch (Hook?) a lake-tarpon from the bank? Probably not, but never say never.
Now to stripers.
The Pontchartrain Basin was the westernmost part of the natural range of the striped bass. Habitat destruction and alteration destroyed the entire Louisiana population in the late 1950's, and subsequent stockings have been only very marginally successful.
The problem is the lack of cool water. High temperature is deadly to adult stripers, though smaller fish can and do survive in it. Indeed, I have caught a bunch of stripers to five pounds in the Mississippi River at Buras. However, I have seen exactly one 10-pounder, and since I was working on a striper project with the USF&WS, I was looking for them.
There are some decent-sized stripers in the Pontchartrain Basin, but during summer they primarily stay in the northshore rivers, moving into and through the lake occasionally during winter. So what I'm saying is fishing for the largest available stripers from the bank of Lake Pontchartrain is not a viable opportunity.
Try the Bogue Falaya - deep!!!- above Covington.
Sorry, but I am not a pessimist - I know.
And I hope you crappie-slayers will forgive my dissertation.

There are a ton of strippers in the Lake Ponchatrain area. You can find them on the north shore all the way down to the main population on the south shore

Pete

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by "W"

There are a ton of strippers in the Lake Ponchatrain area. You can find them on the north shore all the way down to the main population on the south shore

Pete

Why yes, yes there are

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

Why yes, yes there are

*****! This is so good ..

Here is a pic of Dub and the one he caught in Henderson last time we went together.

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[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Goooh

*****! This is so good ..

Here is a pic of Dub and the one he caught in Henderson last time we went together.

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haha

[youmyboyblue]

I'm not saying they don't have any, I just never caught any and I fish it pretty often. Off the subject: I have seen multiple paddlefish along the causeway so anything can be out there.

[mcjaredsandwich]

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[SULPHITE]

Originally Posted by mcjaredsandwich

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Lol!!

[bayouchub]

Originally Posted by mcjaredsandwich

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LMAO!!!

["W"]

LMAO


Edwards total time saltwater fishing = 25-30 days total

Now Lake P expert on fish !!!

Last time anyone said : Edwards is on the trout in lake P




Said No One Ever !!!

[Captain Brian]

I dont know about the causeway holding striper right now but from seabrook all the war to the new locks at the great wall I've been running across barfish nearly every trip.Stripe,white bass,hybrids.Fun to catch but that's about it.I have a hunch they showed up since the last spillway opening