BREAKWATERS, BRIDGE PILINGS, MARSH ISLANDS AND MUD FLATS— IT’S HARD TO DECIDE WHERE TO FISH
OUT OF GRAND ISLE, LOUISIANA. PHOTO: TIM OSBORNE
For artificial lures choose a Zara Spook for topwater action. It’s hard to beat soft plastic grubs (chartreuse and black), and gold spoons when the fish move deep. Fly guys should tie up poppers in bone or white and any pattern that looks like a shrimp. Kayak anglers can fish anywhere they can park along the road. One of the best spots is Elmer’s Island; the road that turns off LA1 and leads to endless beaches and bayous. To learn the ropes, contact Captain Danny Wray at Calmwater
Tours (225-721-8182;
www.calmwatercharters.net). He’ll set you up with a guided trip and give you the best advice for fishing the area.
DON’T MISS
Calmwater Tours has dolphin-watching trips, birding trips, Civil War fort tours and pirate trips—after all, Grand Isle was infamous pirate Jean Lafitte’s home territory. Any of Grand Isle’s restaurants are good, this is seafood central.
LOCAL INFO
Find more info on places to stay, weather conditions and special events at
www.grandisle.info.
At any moment, Ed Mashburn is likely to be found fishing from a kayak, building a wooden kayak or writing about kayak fishing. Look for his new book Bull Redfish on the Gulf Coast published through Amazon.
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PHOTO: BRENDAN BAYARD
PHOTO: KRISTEN WRAY
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