We did our annual Chandeleur trip last week for the 11th year in a row. Fishing went from bad, to AWESOME, to good in a 3-day span.
1st day- We only fished a half day and caught 7 keeper trout between 6 of us (lots of dinks). We also came across a school of reds and all of us managed to land some nice ones ranging from 30" - 35" with one going right at 40".
2nd day- We went to the same spot and wore them out til about 9:30 AM when a storm chased us back to the boat (where we may or may not have drank a few beers riding out the rain). After the rain and wind died down, we went back out and finished our 150 trout limit and were done and back at the harbor by 3:30 PM. Most trout ranged from 14" - 19"
3rd day- We went to the same spot again but had expectations to get pushed out pretty early due to projected weather forecast including heavy winds and lots of rain. Lucky for us, none of that came true and we were able to have a favorable day. With everybody having shoulder aches from the previous day of catching and not wanting to clean that many fish again, we opted to only keep the bigger trout. We ended up with 50 trout with most going over 15" and a few right at 20".
All fish were caught wading with soft plastics (don't let the shrimp soakers steer you otherwise). I didn't bother throwing top waters since one of the other guys threw one for 2 hours and only caught 1 dink trout.
To sum it all up, we ended the trip with just over 200 trout and an unlimited supply of great memories.
1st day- We only fished a half day and caught 7 keeper trout between 6 of us (lots of dinks). We also came across a school of reds and all of us managed to land some nice ones ranging from 30" - 35" with one going right at 40".
2nd day- We went to the same spot and wore them out til about 9:30 AM when a storm chased us back to the boat (where we may or may not have drank a few beers riding out the rain). After the rain and wind died down, we went back out and finished our 150 trout limit and were done and back at the harbor by 3:30 PM. Most trout ranged from 14" - 19"
3rd day- We went to the same spot again but had expectations to get pushed out pretty early due to projected weather forecast including heavy winds and lots of rain. Lucky for us, none of that came true and we were able to have a favorable day. With everybody having shoulder aches from the previous day of catching and not wanting to clean that many fish again, we opted to only keep the bigger trout. We ended up with 50 trout with most going over 15" and a few right at 20".
All fish were caught wading with soft plastics (don't let the shrimp soakers steer you otherwise). I didn't bother throwing top waters since one of the other guys threw one for 2 hours and only caught 1 dink trout.
To sum it all up, we ended the trip with just over 200 trout and an unlimited supply of great memories.
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