Late june

Last two trips : Saturday before Tropical storm Debbie in 25mph winds Alan,Art, and farther Sam Ragsdale from Atlanta Georgia had great time catching up a limit of reds along with a few trout drums and flounder. Last time Alan came down the wind was blowing so he is used to it. But we put together a good box of fish on a tough day right ahead of Tropical storm Debbie. Yesterday Thursday, First time out since Debbie Took my son Jacob and nephew Jordan and Brett fishing the wind was down I wanted to get out to the bay and look for some trout. The first stop all 4 rods bowed ove,r put 20 specks in quick. Next stop Drags screaming REDFISH on. Picked up a few trout and flounder and some nice reds ,box looking good. Made a few moves caught some more trout and called it day early before it got too hot THE WINDS HAVE CALMED AND THE TROUT ARE OUT THERE. I HAVE SEVERAL OPEN DATES IN JULY AND AUGUST. ITS HOT BUT SO IS THE FISHING. CAPT. GENE DUGAS RATHER BE FISHING ADV. www.ratherbe-fishing.com 985-640-0569

LATE MAY FISHING REPORT

LATE MAY REPORT: Had some really good trips this past week speckled trout ,redfish , and drum. The wind has still been giving us some trouble blowing in the mornings limiting where we can fish but the fish are there and set into summer patterns. June should have some calmer winds and bigger trout too. MONDAY: Dan Hare and Group of 4 on board wind blowing and black Bay rough and dirty things looked bleak for awhile until we found some cleaner water along the shoreline of black bay. The bite was slow but steady we worked the shoreline and filled the box with trout,reds,and drum. THE CATCH: 60 trout,3 reds,10 drum.

TEUSDAY: Paul and Ricky had a great morning they limited out with the trout early. It got real hot quick so we hit a few reds and one big drum on the way in and called it a day. CATCH 50-trout WEDNESDAY: Jodie Mazerat and group on board. Tough day the fish just did not want to bite. The tide barely moved all morning making it a slow day but we hung in there and stayed on the moved and finished with a decent catch. After talking to a few other guides who were out that day we did pretty good. CATCH 38 trout, 3 bull reds,1 drum,1 flounder

FRIDAY: Romero group on board which is always a good time. Started out in Black bay water was dirty and wind blowing again. Went to the east and found cleaner water and speckled trout we hit 3 area’s and had 88 trout but the rod was bent the whole morning about a 3to1 catch keep ratio. Left the trout biting and hit 3 spots and put 7 reds and 6 drum on top to finish out the day.

THE FISHING IS IN FULL SWING AND WILL ONLY GET BETTER IN JUNE, SO CALL ME AND BOOK ATRIP ANF GET IN ON THE CATCHING AND FUN. CAPT. GENE DUGAS 985-640-0569 RATHER BE FISHING ADVENTURES www.ratherbe-fishing.com

MAY FISHING IS HOT!

MAY FISHING REPORT! May has started off with a bang we started getting live shrimp the first week of May and the speckled trout and Red fish have been eating them up. The weather is up and down but the winds have calmed down a good bit allowing us to fish the open bays and lakes where the speckled trout have moved to for the summer. The fishing has been great with full boxes of fish just about every trip. I look for the speckled trout and red fishing to stay strong and only get better as we set into a solid summertime pattern. Now is the time to get in on the summer fishing and fun.

April Fishing Report

We have had some tough weather and lots of wind to deal with this April but the fishing is good and when the the weather coperates the fish do too. On the windy days we have been limited to fishing redfish in the protected area's aand with good success. When the winds have been down the speckled trout fishing has been pretty good in the open lakes and deep passes. No live bait until next month so artificail titelined and under corks have been doing the job. May is just around the corner and taht is when things relly heat up and will just get better as the summer goes on.

SPRING FISHING STARTS UP IN HOPEDALE LA.

Yesterday Gary Stewart and Mike Naylor started off their fishing season off with a bang. The weather was beautiful all ,morning light breeze just enough to keep the bugs off. We started right off with some school trout under some birds to get us going. The bigger trout were on the shorelines and points with moving water. Chartreuse plastic and live minnows did the trick. The bite was not fast and you had to stay on the move but the guy’s had their limit of nice trout and 3 big reds for their first trip this season.
THE TROUT ARE STARTING TO BITE AND SHOULD ONLY GET BETTER!
CAPT GENE DUGAS
RATHER BE FISHING & HUNTING ADVENTURES
www.ratherbe-fishing.com 985-640-0569

2011 ends with Bang!

Holiday Hunting and Fishing
We have had some blasting and casting going over the Hoildays. Some great hunts with my kids and their friends and some clients to. The ducks have been pretty steady mostly all greys with some teal and spoonies along with couple scaup mixed in. Speckled trout biting good to on the good weather days.

A few days left open this season!

CAPT GENE DUGAS 985-640-0569
www.ratherbe-fishing.com

December Hunting and Fishing report!

The fishing has been great with the cooler temps the speckled trout and redfish have moved into the marsh and winter patterns. The duck season has been great so far and december is right on track. Th seasoned reopened on Dec 17 th and we have had great hunts so far with plenty of grey ducks and some teal and scaup mixed in.

CAPT GENE DUGAS 985-640-0569
www.ratherbe-fishing.co