Thread: Union oil area

i just looked and the solunar forecast, and it looks incredible for Friday. i definitely will have to make a trip after work, so if you happen to be out there at about 1ish we might run into each other.

Originally Posted by prefers shiners

I will be there tomorrow.....launching at either Attakapas or Doirons....

Wife couldn't make it so I decided to go to Henderson today......spent 2 hours trying to cross the river and get out of Baton Rouge......didn't happen......6 big trucks had wrecked at 3 AM shutting down I10......came back home.....too late to head south.....

Friday looks like the wind will be up but Thursday looks better.
"gene"

Boy ya'll really bringing back the memories. I grew up fishing the union oil canals back in the 70's and 80's. My parent's owned the marina in Amelia back then and I'd skip school and fish every chance I could. Used to be able to launch at a small dock on the Union oil grounds back then back off of hwy663. Haven't been in that area in nearly 30 years... Sure do miss fishing the black water.

Cobayashi, Linda and I took a little ride over to the new boat launch. Of course we dragged the boat. The launch is very nice but as you say a little steep. I had no trouble launching and the parking lot is huge. Picking up the boat was a little problem since I had to back so far down the ramp Linda couldn't hook the strap to the bow and snug it down without standing in the water. I had to climb over the bow and stand on the trailer to keep from getting my feet wet. Other than that I like it very much. I sure shortens the boat ride, 6 minutes to Union and 7 1/2 to Christmas tree canal and 9 minutes to Persimmon pass. We did a bunch of running around while checking out the canals on my phones satellite view. Many of the canals are not on my GPS but now I have tracks to all I visited today and I will add more as I make more trips. The fishing was off and no one seems to be catching anything. We lucked out and caught 2 sac-au-lait and brought home 4 nice bluegills to go with them for lunch tomorrow.Very nice day on the water until the wind picked up around noon.
"gene"

Thanks for the report PPG....I might go there Monday....bluebird day or not....

Yeah the launch is really nice, i have to back further to launch then to pickup. If you dont mind me asking what colors were you using? Last friday they wanted a minnow color, blue thunder, i had a blue/ silver w/ chartreuse tail and the chichapin and gills were tearing it up, once I switched caught a couple slabs in about 20 mins. I'm dragging the boat to work tomorrow and going check em out. I may end up going Monday to get my dad out the house, may end up seeing you out there PS. I have a friend that's like a god when it comes to sac's, he gave me a couple of ideas for that area. I'll report back my findings.

Originally Posted by Cobayashi

I may end up going Monday to get my dad out the house, may end up seeing you out there PS.

Look for me in this boat....that's Doirons launch....