Social Distancing
It wasn’t but 3 weeks ago that the term social distancing was unheard of. Now it’s used numerous times a day whether it be in a serious tone or joking.
Randall Foto made a fishing trip to Bayou Lacombe with some friends. They all climbed on board Foto’s 24 ft. Blazer Bay. “We were practicing social distancing…3 people on a 24 ft. boat means 8 ft. of space for everyone!” Randall jokes. The friends were using live shiners and ended up catching 7 bass and 7 sac-a-lait and a few perch. After the trip they cleaned the fish and fried them for dinner. “It was a wonderful fish fry and it was nice catching up with old friends,” he adds. Bonus Fish
Roger Sissac fishes the Carr Drive canals for perch and what he calls “Bonus Fish.” He’s been promising his friend Dale that he would bring her perch fishing but Dale was curious as to what the bonus fish was. Roger informed her that she would find out when she caught one. They started fishing some bulkheads and wharfs along the canal and after catching a few perch, Dale set the hook on what she thought was another perch but soon found out what the bonus fish was; a channel catfish! The couple fished for a few hours and ended the day with 15 perch and 7 catfish using live worms rigged 3 feet under a cork. ‘We caught a nice little mess of perch and catfish. I put them on the grill whole and they are delicious! It turned out to be a nice trip and she enjoyed herself,” says Roger Bowfin Bertucci Peter Bertucci of Madisonville has only been fishing the Tchefuncte River for 2 years and he already has caught numerous types of fish in the river. “I’ve caught perch, bass, catfish, sac-a-lait, garfish, and paddlefish but today I added another fish to the list,” Peter says. Bertucci was fishing with a floating frog and made a cast near the shoreline. “It attacked the frog right when it hit the water!” he says. The fish fought for a few minutes and when Peter reeled it closer he learned that the fish was a bowfin. Bowfin are more commonly know in the south as Choupique and are often found in still water areas with little current. They have the ability to breath through air or water and fishermen often spot them coming to the surface to gulp air. The fish are notorious fighters when hooked. “What an awesome fight and a very strong fish!” Peter adds. Tournament Results Pearl River Team Trails held its tournament on the East Pear River and it was the team of Brock Fallon and Korey Inscoe who won despite the high moving water. Fallon and Inscoe weighed in a 5-fish tournament limit of 14.13 lbs. Second place went to Roger Mitchell and Joe Picone who weighed in a 5-fish bag of 12.10 lbs. Donald Torregano and Kenny Martin took third place with an 11.15 lb. limit of fish. Bass Assassins held its tournament on the Tchefuncte River in which 14 anglers showed up to do battle on the river. The weather was warm and the water temps were on the rise. All signs pointed to a great day, however, when the anglers showed up to the scale it was apparent that it was a tough day. Eric Ciko brought in the heaviest bag weighing 13 lbs. 6 oz. Eric's bag was anchored by a 6 lbs. oz. kicker which won the big fish of the day. In second was Jared Norris with 2 fish totaling 6 lbs. Third went to John Mistric who weighed in 1 fish at 4 lbs. 10 oz. Upcoming Tournaments Liar's and Lunker's is holding its next tournament at Crawford's Landing on March 29th. For more information please contact Chad Hartzog at 985-502-3217. Bass Assassins is holding its next tournament on April 5th on the East Pearl River. For more information please contact Chris Basey at 985-707-7857. Pearl River Team Trails is holding its next tournament on the East Pearl River on April 11. For more information please contact Charles Dauzat at 985-960-6936. |
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