Thread: Thursday at Bayou Benoit

I made a solo trip to Bayou Benoit Thursday morning. I caught a decent sac au lait on my first cast and thinking that the bite was on, started to call a friend to come meet me. Glad I waited because while the day turned out ok, it took over a hour to catch my next fish. The early fish came from isolated structure about 7 feet down in water that was 14-20 feet deep. I had to move around a bit but picked up some good fish. Later, I found some fish along a bank on a deep drop off. Going back and forth along that bank accounted for about half my sac au lait. All but three or four fish were caught using a 1/32 and 1/24 silver and gray jig under a cork. All fish were caught north of the landing and on the East bank. The big fish in the picture is a gaspar goo, cooked in a tomato gravy, by the right Cajun, it is hard to beat. So, until Henderson or the South Basin heats up, Bayou Benoit is worth looking in to......BC

Fine bunch of fish. I started to go that way the same day but opted for a new spot. Looks like I went the wrong way.