The Path Less Followed

Years ago I used to love bass fishing but redfish have become my newest addiction. There is nothing like a redfish in inches of water with its back out and busting a topwater. That's another story though.

Yesterday I took my boys out for a ride in the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco, La. This is the spillway for the Mississippi River to flood to Lake Pontchartrain when the river is at flood stage. My young boys like to go mud riding so this is a good place. The thing they do not know is daddy used to do a lot of bass fishing out here and catch some very nice bass to boot. One problem, you need 4x4 to get to the ponds that has no pressure. Doing this your rewards are very high. So, taking my kids for an offroad trip turned into a scouting trip. We found ponds that were perfect for bass. Plenty trees, grass, clear as glass water, and bait. These ponds we found had no fishing pressure as when trails ended to you made your own to go there.

Next blog may be about bass fishing the spillway but with my redfish addiction you never know.

As you can tell from the pictures we did have fun getting to these ponds. I love every minute with my children and taking them out in the outdoors is a must.

Magnolia Days

One of my favorite spots to fish in the past was a place many kayakers knew as Magnolia. Too many this was the marsh to fill your box with redfish before the sun was high and a very close paddle. I have been out to Magnolia so many times to get a limit of redfish within an hour of being on the water it is unbelievable.

Magnolia is a rich marsh area that was always known for holding plenty fat redfish. There are many trips that when you would paddle into a pond you could just look at tailing redfish everywhere. Maybe it was the clean water, grass, low boat pressure, not sure but Magnolia was a redfish magnet.

The header picture is from a sunrise one morning as I was just sitting enjoying a cup of coffee and living the life. This was a place where ospreys caught their fish, alligators basked, otters played, and nutria a and raccoons shared the banks. This was a great place to sit back and enjoy life for what it is. A place to clear your head after a long week of work and bend a rod.

Over the years I have met new friends and also taught new kayakers the addiction of the sport here. Since the last hurricane the marsh in the area was torn up badly and hard to get into now but hopefully in the future I will be back in the place we love.

Until then here are some pictures of bent rods in ole Mag!

Time for Change

In the many years of kayak fishing I have always loved telling the stories of my trips. Good and bad the stories were told as they are always experiences that were either enjoyed or to be learned from. Over the years I have been posting on Facebook, Twitter, and numerous kayak fishing websites all over the Internet. Well, it is finally time for this man to start blogging!

I will make sure to tell my adventures of kayak fishing the Southern Paradise of Louisiana. You will also find kayak fishing tips, what lures to use and when, kayak rigging, tournaments, demo days, etc.

My blog will be a great resource for the beginner or a seasoned kayak fisherman.

Thank you for subscribing to my blog and I hope you enjoy!

Barrett Jones
(Swamppro)