Well the spawn seems to be winding down here in southern Louisiana and fishing tidal bayous that empty into a salt water lake which is actually part of the Gulf of AMERICA can be interesting. At the same spot where I typically catch slab black crappie I caught a hybrid stripper, a bull bream, a small Kentucky bass, a 12” black slab and a 7” speckled trout. That’s right a species that typically lives in salt water. This is not the first time this has happened. Last few times when I caught salt water species however I only caught speckled trout no Sacalait. I guess I caught the salt water wedge moving up the bayou and the freshwater species haven’t headed north yet to escape the brackish wave headed north. The salt water is heavier than the fresh water and actually wedges itself along the bottom below the fresh water
Speckled trout look like a hungry pack of wolves on live scope. They are constantly moving and attack anything that comes close to the pack. I thought they were striped bass because striped bass behave similarly. Darting and striking anything that moves. However when I pitched into this school I pulled up a speckled trout. The location on the bayou is at least 2 miles from Lake Pontchartrain which is brackish to salty depending on the rain total around the area. All species were caught on the same 10 ft jig pole with a 1/32oz lead head and a BG red thunder 2” plastic.
Lesson learned today: You won’t know unless you go and if you go expect the unexpected. It’s wild out there.
No fish were hurt in the making of this report All released after photos taken.
BON TEMPS!!
