barnes.b7171@gmail.com Benjamin John Barnes 225-235-3127 22′ Stratos Bay Boat with 225 Johnson/Evinrude ocean pro. My name is Ben Barnes. I’m from Denham Springs Louisiana and have over 20 years experience fishing South East Louisiana. My main focus is the Lake Ponchartrain area, but also venture to Venice and Grand Isle as well. My reports can…
This year promises to be another great year for boating and RVing along the Gulf Coast. This year’s show features a great selection of the 2012 model of boats, motors, personal watercraft, RVs, campers and marine and RV accessories. This show is the best place to see all of the new models in one place for…
With the recent record warm temps for the end of January its like the fish have been confused as trout and red fishing has been inconstant. Water temps for the end of January have spiked into the high 60’s. I personally have never seen water temps reach that high during the peak of the winter. …
Great week of fishing this week off the Chef. We fished canals and bayous off the Chef all week using the Midnight Mullet MATRIX Shad on the 5/16oz Golden Eye. Every day we caught a limit of reds with a box full of trout and we would always catch a few bass close to the…
Happy New Year to all!!! With winter in full force now and water temps about bottomed out, don’t be afraid to keep up the chase. The reds will go crazy on low water days so look for them off the marshes of Alligator Point. Search canals holding 5+ foot of water and grass vegetation. On…
Merry Christmas to all!!! Bass, Bass and more Bass. Simply pick up some Matrix Spinners and focus on the marsh canals off Lake P such as Salt Bayou and Irish Bayou for amazing bass action. Trout and Redfish action has been fair but the Bass is second to none right now.
If you read the previous tip of the week well its about the same. The Lake has been slow and we have been making boat runs of atleast 10 miles from DockSide to fill our coolers. The By-Pass Canal off the Chef is holding reds and the Trout action around the “Great Wall of Chalmette”…
With water temps steadily dropping and fish moving the deeper waters, focus your efforts in areas that are surrounded with water depths of 30 plus foot. These deeper water depths allow the fish to survive when hard freezes come through in the winter. They will move to the shallows on the warmer winter days to…
