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From Marsh and Bayou February 2025 Kayak fishing has gained popularity over the last decade. Some will, some won't, here's why.The number one reason people get into kayak fishing is the relatively low entry cost of the sport. In my case, I was road fishing on LA1 and could see feeding fish, but couldn't reach them. Driving home in frustration, I called my wife and told her $1000 of a bonus I expected was going towards a kayak. That $1000 got me a pretty sweet used kayak and a roof [...]

I'm constantly surprised to see people with nothing but popping corks on every rod. Then I see them at the fish cleaning table gawking at my catch. What did you catch them on is the first question, and I usually answer and sometimes even show them, only to see them loaded up with corks again. Don't think I don't keep a rod rigged with a popping cork ready at all times, but it's not the only solution. By the way I'm a degenerate trout fisherman. Ya heard?Topwater, specifically a white [...]

Any BCKFC event always starts with the prefish. Bad. Then everyone cleans up, hooks up and goes to dinner, well, at least 11 of us who were spending the night Friday. Then the officers met in the lobby of the luxurious Galliano Inn to sort and bag baits. At 7PM, as scheduled, contestants began receiving bags, scurrying off to behold their treasures, or doom. Opinions Vary.This year, H&H Tackle was our major donor with all 4 jigheads. Topwater Co supplied a topwater bait and bag of clips. Tail Chaser provided [...]

Lots of planning and discussions happen for months before Paddlepalooza. Al Chee was on it!Beside the being on the board thing, each participant must make accommodations, prep and load gear, and plan. Planning fishing trips in 20-30 mph winds is usually as easy as staying home, but not this weekend.My search for clear water started in Golden Meadow at 515 Friday morning. Thanks to MotoGhost, I did almost 15 miles searching for trout green water, which was nowhere to be found. Loaded up and headed south. I launched on the [...]

Kayak fishing in January? Better be hardcore to fish with us! Due to Polar Vortex(extreme cold front), entrants were allowed to vote to reschedule or modify the format to allow bank fishing, huge boundaries and multiple launches instead of our normal shotgun launch. Baits were still limited to those provided by club, though difficult to enforce with angles spread out over many, many miles.I did not pre-fish Friday because I knew conditions would be radically different Saturday, but did arrive in time to dine and hang with some of the [...]

FridaySlept in till 4, as fall is here and sun coming up later. Stopped at State Oil for defication break and ice an ran into Lance Burgess, exchange pleasantries, of course. Ran into horrible traffic caused by construction shift change and a wreck. Planned on launching at Joshua's but first light met me at Port Sulphur. Well, the championship is near so needed to do some scouting anyway. Went in a direction I'd never been and found some interesting areas. Caught tons of rat reds, baby trout, white trout all [...]

So I’m not really a fan of fishing Terrebonne Parish as I've never had great success there. 2023 was the first time in several year's that I hadn't qualified for the BCKFC Championship by Trout Challenge. I told friends that I didn’t care, which is true, and I probably wouldn't fish Rumble unless redfish were calling my name all day. I pre-fished hard in 4 locations, never finding good conditions or the kind of fish needed to win. AOY Standings were published the week before the tournament and I was [...]

Got in bed Friday night around 8 to prepare for a long day of fishing. My son and his friends woke me up at 1030 whooping it up on the patio, lovely. Took me at least an hour to get back to sleep.SaturdayRolled out around 3 with full cup of coffee, on a mission. Iced down with SloMelt and launched at 530 and ran into Steve Lessard about 300 yards from the launch, who already had an 18.5" trout.  Fabulous. After exchanging pleasantries,  I moved to my first spot, nada. [...]