Lake Ponchartrain this evening - Southshore

[jallen355]

Anybody want to give it a shot? :buttrock:

Thinking of a Bonnabel launch and fishing between there and West End or on the backside between the launch and the Causeway. Wouldn't mind some company. If I go solo, I'll prolly take the big boat and hit the Causeway a few miles out.

[dave1sg03]

jallen,
Last time I was out that way the Bonnable launch was closed because of the construction. Treasure chest launch was open as well as the old west end.

[jallen355]

As far as the Kenner launch, I looked up some info and "supposedly", it is closed from 6:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. for dredging. I'm "assuming" you can launch after 6:30 p.m. Beings it's Friday, I'm hoping to crews quit early and I can get out after 5:00 if I luanhed there.

As for Bonnabel, I understand they are doing some construction there, but have a "short cut" to get around it. I guess I'll find out one way or another.

My plan is still spinning in my mind, but if I take the big boat, now I am thinking I might fish from the Parish line canal out to the west and then maybe hit the rigs out that way on the way back.

[ReelThrill]

Are you gonna fish from the yak or the big boat?

[Reel Rebel]

They are doing construction at Bonnabel, but you can access the launch. They have created a temporary entrance to the area.

[jallen355]

Fishin' from the big boat. Going to launch @Williams around 6:00 and hit the rigs out that way and the flats past the parish line canal.

[jallen355]

Williams was closed @5:30. Dredge barge was blocking the entrance. Kenner cop had no detail, but the signs posted only said..."Closed Mon-Fri until further notice"....

Launched at Bonnabel. Headed straight out to the first hump (8 miles???). Stopped about a mile or less before and started trolling north. Busted a speck while coming out from under the first crossover before the first hump and spun the boat around to go back to the same piling.

At that point I was heading back into the waves and took 3 or 4 over the bow while making the second cast at the same piling that netted the first speck.

While trying to get the boat pointed in an attitude condusive to survival, I gave up on that second cast and reeled it hurridly in only to find my Opening Night Deadly Dudley "tail-hooked"........ Yup.... I was on 'em. Problem was, I was out of the good graces of the Lady P and quickly running out of daylight considering it was going to be a long "putt" back against the steadily increasing waves/wind to water conducive enough to plainng out the bow and heading back to the launch.

Oh well. I cracked the code. If only for a moment... I found them in the "P". I know they were there and I know I could've busted their a$$ if'n I had more boat. Yea, yea, yea.... If "if" were a skiff, and all that...

On another note. I saw three yaks out this evening. Saw a pair of them fishing between Bonnabel Boat launch and West End. I saw them back at the lauch. Was a green Cobra Tandem and a yellow Ocen Kayak.

The other was a Pelican which I saw a mile or so out on the bridge on my way in. Pretty commendable if I do say so... quite a paddle for a Castaway 116. I tryed to talk to him, but I think he was jamming on his ipod and all I git was that he had caught 1 flounder. I was impressed with his ambition to have been out there to begin with. I later saw him paddling in and thought about asking him if he would have like a ride in, but he was "strokin'....

Did not get a chance to talk to any of them back at the launch as it was rush hour at dusk with everybody picking up.

So... Who were you guys?????

[swamppro]

Williams is open on weekends only right now