Excellent fishing out of the Delacroix marsh today. My guests wanted a mixed bag of fish, so we started out at the inside 12-20' deep holes. It was foggy on the bayou this AM. Not much wind or water movement early and the gnats were out in force. We worked these holes with artificial cocahoes on 1/4 and 3/8 ounce jigheads. The hot color was smoke with a red tail. The trout were 12-20", but most in the 14-16" class. The fish were glued to the bottom and wanted a slow twitch along the bottom. The action was steady with a fish every 2-3 casts. My guest did a great job of mastering the winter time twitch.
I kept hearing about redfish, so we left the trout biting only a few short and headed to the outer bays in search of reds. I hit a windward cove and instantly got onto redfish 18-25". These fish wanted live cocahoes 2-3' under corks. I pickied up a few throwing the same artificial cocahoes. We ran out of cocahoes and called it a day, I got the last of the bait this morning. All in all, a great day on the water! The fish are still in the deep winter time holes in good numbers. Don't pass them all up or your way to the outside! good luck out there this week!
Captain Jeff J. Dauzat
Fin and Feather Guide Service
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