Chandeleur Island Trip

[fishon]

Not getting much done at work today. Ready to roll.

[SaltwaterSlick]

Good luck!! Wish I was goin'! I'll be following this thread expectin' to see lots of pics! Best trip I ever had was when I took my son with the group for his High School Graduation gift from dad... I've got a 1 hour video of just fights with big red fish and my son doing battle with them... He was wore smooth out. Most were too big to keep, but about every 4th or 5th fish was a slot red or BIG trout... just enough to keep us in that spot... along the spoil banks of the old ship channel East of Breton.

[Stolle]

Here are a couple from my brothers trip last year.

[Cajun Blake]

Can't wait for more pixels Stolle .... Best of luck and hammer them fish


IMO , the Chandeleurs are 1 of the top 5 fishing experiences in the world

[Clint]

I have to do this sometime.

[TexasCanesFan]

Ok...this thread has me interested. I have fished Venice several times, but this sounds like a whole different experience.

Water is probably warm enough now that the sharks will likely be showing up too... shouldn't be a problem, but if you get into a big school of trout, you'll probably start to lose fish to the sharks off your stringers....

I will admit that this part makes me a tad bit nervous.

[fishon]

We started fishing Venice in 2002. If the Islander would not have sank, we may still be going out of there. Moved to Hackberry for a few years after that and finally settled on the Southern Way ouf of Gulf Port for the last 3 years. There are several boats that run out of that area and I've never heard a bad thing about any of them. The captains and the deck hands are first class and take care of everything. All you have to do is show up and they take care of the rest. Definitely worth putting a group of guys together and making it an annual trip.

[Skipshot]

I dug up a few pictures from 2002-2005. Some are little rough being that they were taken with disposable waterproofs







A Michelle sighting!



Big winner!



The surf was on that morning!

[Skipshot]

Missed one.

[Hvac]

Last year!!

[Clint]

GJ, I think maybe you and I should go to the cabin in a few weeks and just leave the Stolle's at home.

They're getting in may to much good fishing.

[Stolle]

Good pictures GJ! I was bulked up to say the least Good reminder to stick to my diet.

GJ, I think maybe you and I should go to the cabin in a few weeks and just leave the Stolle's at home.

They're getting in may to much good fishing.

Try it! The Shoalwater knows how to get there

[bboswell]

Rough crowd you chose to fish with...

[Clint]

[junior]

Good Luck, sounds like a fun trip!