(9 posts) Yellowfin tuna fishing out of Grand Isle Louisiana The fishing has been incredible this year. We did 2 overnight trips and filled both fish boxes and had to use the customers drink cooler to get the last few fish iced down. There was a rip 100 yards wide with lots of chicken dolphin we only spent a few minutes there it was still forming up. It should be a great year. We only have a few days left in May and June on the catamaran. I'm headed to Destin Tomorrow to pick up a 60 Hatteras that I will be chartering this summer and a 60 Bertram. Both boats will be ready to fish in a week. I will post more pictures when we get back. I will be offering 12 hour trips up to 72 hour trips. Lunch and dinner will be provided. Give us a call for a trip of a lifetime. www.fishcommander.com
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Ponds provide youngsters a close-to-home environment to develop their fly casting and fly selection skills.With the mild winter we?ve had, the coastal ponds are getting thick with grass. The grass helps to maintain clarity, so reds can be easily sighted. Getting a fly through heavy moss is the problem. Consider a bendback style fly. The Prince of Tides has a body made of gold braid covered with epoxy or overwrapped with mono, for extra flash. The Bendback Mullet has a woolhead that pushes water, such that it alerts the fish to its presence. In areas where there?s no or little grass, dark-colored spoon flies remain a good option this month. Foil pencil poppers in purple or gold are also killers as long as the water stays clear.Bass are on the spawning beds. Use a long leader, and cast a leech pattern or a sqwirm worm just slightly past the fish, then twitch it slowly across the bed. The result is often a strike. Please release these bass as they are in the process of creating our future.The first solid bream catches will take place this month in the southern parishes. Two of the best places to fly fish for bluegill in Louisiana is Lake Cataouche near Westwego and Bayou Black near Houma. A slow falling fly like a chartreuse ligon works great in the grass beds. Millers Lake near Ville Platte produces big chinquapin in early spring. Try a black and chartreuse cap spider, and avoid using a strike indicator. The water in Millers is way too clear and indicators tend to distract the fish.
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