Chocolate Bayou on Tuesday

[kcross]

Thinking of taking off work and fishing the bayou on Tuesday. I will launch at Lute's in my yak so my question is are they catching fish in the bayou with this warm up and should I go up or down the bayou?

[mgstei1]

IMHO from Lutes to 2004 bridge in the channel down from the bubble barrier the water will be slightly warmer and deeper.
Tidal movement looks like it will be slightly incoming till dark. I prefer outgoing.
I haven't been since JAN so you may want to ask Cody at Lutes.

[castaway300]

up the bayou....

[awendel]

I live on the bayou about a 15 min boat ride up from Lutes. Saturday the water was looking good. I could see bottom all along the shore line. Daughter caught lots of croakers and sheepheads using dead shrimp on bottom. Then Sunday afternoon the water turned a yucky caramel looking color on the incoming tide. Had little spots about 6" or 8" in diameter that looked like oil sheen areas all over the surface. Don't know if it's still off color today. I'll have to look when I get home this evening.

[mgstei1]

The fish are there!!
Sluggish and deep!!
Just gotta get out and go!!

[dbarham]

NFIC!!!

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[Gulfcoast13]

DB has the answer.

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[plugger]

Croaker ? Really ? I thought croaker wouldn't be around this time of year . Now I know .

[H.Maier]

I love that bayou. What you mean an oily sheen on the water. Plants letting chit slip again?

[dbarham]

NFIC!!!

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[awendel]

Man I hope that's a croaker That's all I've ever known them by. He sure was croaking when I was taking him off the hook.

I love that bayou. What you mean an oily sheen on the water. Plants letting chit slip again?

Yep. I bet that's it. That's why there is NFIC.

I think something stirred up the bottom down from me. Water looks fine now. Mullet jumping all over the place.

[Gulfcoast13]

Yup... smallmouth bass for sure.

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[awendel]

That's a smallmouth bass. I've never ever been bass fishing in all my life so I couldn't tell you one from another. Never knew they liked frozen shrimp on the bottom.

[Gulfcoast13]

That's a smallmouth bass. I've never ever been bass fishing in all my life so I couldn't tell you one from another. Never knew they liked frozen shrimp on the bottom.

I was just kidding bud. That back fired!

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[awendel]

What's even funnier is a friend of mine said he catches small mouth bass up around this part of the bayou. I may have to stock up on some fresh water lures.