Hi everyone, I'm a newbie

**Captain Michael Buffington** · 09-04-2009 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Tenacious

Lake P on the map!!

takin over! Take the redneck vs. yankee challenge in October and the skies the limit. REDNECKS AND COONASSES UNITE!

Mike

**Tenacious** · 09-04-2009 09:53 PM

HAHAHA Good one!!!

**Catcher's Mitt** · 09-05-2009 06:13 PM

the "train" has some interesting history and facts, of which i am not well versed. but here is one. the longest bridge in the world crosses it. the causeway that crosses from Mandeville to N.O. is around 32 miles long. for years they dredged clam shells from the bottom of the lake and also there was a lot of industrial discharge into it. it was the proverbial cesspool. sometime in the late 80's most of this came to a halt. the train is starting to come back to it's prime. in the 40's and 50's it was one of the best fisheries in the nation.

it would be a world class fishery by now if it weren't for Katrina. in the next 3 years you will know about and be planning a trip there to catch the biggest trout and tarpon in the country.

before Katrina i went fishing at the Seabrook area. it is at the Lakeshore airport. it was at night. i had the lights on.....the water depth was 14 feet. after about an hour the depth on the sounder said 7 feet. you could see a shimmering under the water. i threw out a 7' cast net and had to have help pulling it out of the water. it had a 3' ball of 2.5 to 3" croakers in it.

we tried to fish, but you would cast out and your line would thump from all the bait swimming in the line!!!!

there have been many trout over 10 lbs caught out of the lake in the last 5 years. the only thing keeping this from being the best place in the world to catch speckled trout is that it is huge and the bottom is almost featureless. there have been some projests lately to put out reef balls. there are about 7 in place now.

to find it on the map......look at the huge lake to the north of New Orleans.

**Captain Michael Buffington** · 09-05-2009 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by Catcher's Mitt

the "train" has some interesting history and facts, of which i am not well versed. but here is one. the longest bridge in the world crosses it. the causeway that crosses from Mandeville to N.O. is around 32 miles long. for years they dredged clam shells from the bottom of the lake and also there was a lot of industrial discharge into it. it was the proverbial cesspool. sometime in the late 80's most of this came to a halt. the train is starting to come back to it's prime. in the 40's and 50's it was one of the best fisheries in the nation.

it would be a world class fishery by now if it weren't for Katrina. in the next 3 years you will know about and be planning a trip there to catch the biggest trout and tarpon in the country.

before Katrina i went fishing at the Seabrook area. it is at the Lakeshore airport. it was at night. i had the lights on.....the water depth was 14 feet. after about an hour the depth on the sounder said 7 feet. you could see a shimmering under the water. i threw out a 7' cast net and had to have help pulling it out of the water. it had a 3' ball of 2.5 to 3" croakers in it.

we tried to fish, but you would cast out and your line would thump from all the bait swimming in the line!!!!

there have been many trout over 10 lbs caught out of the lake in the last 5 years. the only thing keeping this from being the best place in the world to catch speckled trout is that it is huge and the bottom is almost featureless. there have been some projests lately to put out reef balls. there are about 7 in place now.

to find it on the map......look at the huge lake to the north of New Orleans.

I've never fished the lake but I look forward to chasin' poons with you Mark. I know some 200lbers have come out of there

Mike

**Tenacious** · 09-05-2009 07:32 PM

So how did you get your screen name?

**Catcher's Mitt** · 09-07-2009 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by Tenacious

So how did you get your screen name?

Hi Tenacious

It is the trade mark of my invention.

**Catcher's Mitt** · 09-07-2009 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by RABBITFISH

Welcome aboard!

Where do you fish at night? I used to love doing that with my family, but Katrina took away the place where we used to fish at......
Fishing at night in the lake was awsome.....
Sure miss it...
Tell us more....

Calcasieu lake, Pontchatrain and Grand isle mostly. i have 2, 400 watt high pressure sodium on the back and a 400 watt metal haylide on the side. i run them with a 2000w honda. the small inverter style. My buddy has 4 1500 watt metal hylide on his 24' kenner. I fish with him a good bit on Big Lake (calcasieu lake) his rig really lights it up. he has the big honda inverter, i think it is 6500 watts. he started the night fihsing craze on Big Lake. the Night Stalker used by Hackberry Rod and Gun Charter was his boat that he sold to them. he has another one that was even bigger than that one. he took it out before Katrina and has never brought it back. we have been talking about putting it at Grand Isle.

it is a lot of fun. it is way cooler at night and you see lots of cool things. when we were at Grand Isle in July a sea turtle swam by. there are alway varous minnows, needle fish and the occasional crabs. when you get a school of hardheads (small) and ribbon fish in the lights...you know you are going to maul the trout. the hard heads feeding in the current are one of the coolest things you will see. they look totally different in the water. there fins are flowing and they are undulating....looks like somthing you would see in an aquarium.