Louisiana Fishin'

[Bass_Fanatic]

Buhlow is a relatively shallow lake with alot of grass and pads. It can be tough at times, but there are big fish in there. Seems like every year there is at least one double digit fish come out of there. I've had my best luck out there with rattletraps ripped through the grass or senkos. Its a weird lake to fish, no countor changes and has no cover. Good luck man. If I ever get my boat back Im going to bring you one day lol. That stupid thing still isnt fixed. I've been fishing with my dad out of my dad's boat since May.

[WookieeJedi]

The Cane River stripers are doing next to nothing. They will hit very small blades and rat-l-traps trolled slowly on the bottom. Not worth the drive. I'm hoping this rain lately will pick things up everywhere. It has been tough.

[Bass_Fanatic]

I caught some good fish yesterday on Saline Lake of a white Spro frog. They were just killing that thing. My best 5 went 16lbs. I wish I could have went today, but couldnt find anyone to go with, so I stayed at home.

[fishnla]

Our club is cancelling our last tournament of year at sabine river and replacing it with another location. Two places on my mind are Henderson and Bayou Black near Houma. What are yalls thought or maybe other ideas of places bout two hours from Jennings?

[cajun ben]

Can help in central La. Saline/Larto Red River pool 2& 3.Also some of the smaller lakes

[fishnla]

Red River Pools 3,4,or 5

All three pools seem to be pretty good, but just curious what yall think. It might make me change where we hold a tournament for our club. As of right now I'm thinking just keep it closer to home and launch in pool 3. If ya'll come back with more info we might go to pool 4 and let everyone lock over either way. Thanks in advance for ya'lls help.

Side note: I've never been to any part of the Red so I really don't know a whole lot other than that pools 1 and 2 don't hold a candle to the others.

[Bass_Fanatic]

Pool 3 has good fishing at times...but it doesnt compare to 4 and 5. If you fish pool 3, I would recommend launching out of Midway in St. Maurice. It is close enough to Montgomery and Colfax, yet close enough to lock through to pool 4 if you want. The St. Maurice oxbow is great fishing at times too. BUT, the lower end of pool 4 is awesome!! The Jungle and Sullivans are two of the best places on the entire river. Heck, you see alot of Elite guys running all the way down there from Pool 5 in the Classic, you dont see any of them lock through to pool 3 though lol, at least not any of the top guys.

[fishnla]

K thanks. I've never been on any part of the river so I've been trying to get info online and its hard to find on an area as confusing as this on. And yes I looked at that about the elites, and a couple did lock down to 3 (Greg Hackney and no he didn't do good at all), but I figured it was more to do with time cause if they they lock all the way down there they only had 2 hours fishing.

[Bass_Fanatic]

Timing was one reason for not locking into Pool 3...but trust me, the further north you go, the better the fishing. Pool 3 has very little grass in it. Pool 4 has quite a bit of grass, and Pool 5 is LOADED with grass. I won our club tournament in Pool 5 in July with 17.5lbs...thats a sack for anywhere on the river in the summer. We fished Pool 2 back in June and I came in 4th with only 5.15lbs. Only had one person in our 50 man club with over 10lbs that day! Heck, I was in Pool 3 two weeks ago fishing the ALBC top 25 qualifier and we came in 4th with only 2.5lbs lol. The winner had 11lbs out of Pool 4. The river can give up alot of numbers, but big fish can be hard to find.

[fishnla]

Yeah we had already decided that we would not be going to pools 1 & 2, but thanks for the information on the other three pools, that could help to have a better tournament next season.

[fishnla]

Anyone have any news about chicot since they started releasing water?

[natalex1208]

Well we moved to Covington, La in July. I have been extremely busy with the move and my new job. If anyone has any info about clubs in the area I would like to know about them. Also any information on fishing the area would be greatly appreciated.

I hope to get out a time or two in the next few months and contribute to the thread.

[Silas]

Just found this section today.

Seems I live about 20 miles from Cajun Flipper, in Springfield, Louisiana.

I fish the Natalbany River (actually it's really a small bayou!)

Most bass here are small and hit smaller baits. Went out the last 3 days and was catching small bass on a Rick Clunn Chartreuse Squarebill deep diver. About 4 ft deep off points.

A front is coming in tonight so this morning I used shaky head worms and caught a few. Also some on Rage tail Craw on Moaner hooks.

After front today, nothing will be biting for a few days.

Best times to fish the Natalbany are with a WEST wind and falling tide from Lake Maurepas. EAST wind is the worst.....water backs up from the lake, goes into woods, and makes fishing tough.