Post by kayakpete on Nov 29, 2023 16:28:50 GMT -5
This is for the 2-3 kayakers from FL SPortsman who requested an update on my request for info re: Venice, LA. I haven't seen them here, hope they're still around.
I drove down to Looziana in October to kayak for reds. I fished an area 2-3 miles NW of Venice with "launches" just off the highway. Mostly skinny water, ran aground a couple times, dead cypress, several reedy islands, only saw 1 gator, remote, saw no one else on the water for 3 days.
Best spot was between 2 islands, about 10' apart, about 2-3' depth, with a ripping current. I anchored and cast a popper float with shrimp about 20x at the exact same spot and caught 11 reds in about a half hour.
I'd never fished a popper float like this before -- cast it, reel in slack, open bail, let it sit, when it dips wait 5 seconds to close the bail, reel in.
It's like a whole nother country down there. Very different part of the country. Now that I've done it, I don't think I necessarily need to go back, but it was very satisfying fishing and I'd recommend it.
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I drove down to Looziana in October to kayak for reds. I fished an area 2-3 miles NW of Venice with "launches" just off the highway. Mostly skinny water, ran aground a couple times, dead cypress, several reedy islands, only saw 1 gator, remote, saw no one else on the water for 3 days.
Best spot was between 2 islands, about 10' apart, about 2-3' depth, with a ripping current. I anchored and cast a popper float with shrimp about 20x at the exact same spot and caught 11 reds in about a half hour.
I'd never fished a popper float like this before -- cast it, reel in slack, open bail, let it sit, when it dips wait 5 seconds to close the bail, reel in.
It's like a whole nother country down there. Very different part of the country. Now that I've done it, I don't think I necessarily need to go back, but it was very satisfying fishing and I'd recommend it.
