Chasing Big Wakes in Lafitte!

I try and do some exploring in Lafitte, have a tough day finding fish but still manage to catch a couple of reds!
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[@TylerL_]

Thanks for trying out Lafitte! Great video as always!

[@marshesandhills]

For sure, I enjoyed Lafitte - it was a really cool area to fish and way different than anywhere else I've gone. I'm definitely going to go back this fall when everything starts moving in! Thank you!

[@robbie7067]

Same here with the Roseau cane. No better no worse. Enjoying the videos. Well Done,especially the occasional cajun music

[@marshesandhills]

Glad I'm not the only one! Thank you!

[@nolaliving5564]

Just my thoughts bro, stand on an ice chest and make longer distance casts. you were on top the fish for the most part. Still a great video and better then my first sight fishing trip out of lafitte

[@marshesandhills]

Thanks for watching! Yeah I typically stand up on a cooler, not sure why I wasn’t in this particular video to be honest haha

[@bigjspec]

Dude U sure worked for those fish. With heat and 5 dollars gas tough day but U gave it a good try.

[@marshesandhills]

Ha for sure, luckily I was able to grind a few out. I think I'll have to give Lafitte another try in the future for sure to figure it out!

[@mark4m557]

I spent a lot of my childhood in Lafitte. There’s a spot out there where a camp was located on top of a rusted out barge. I think the camp and barge are gone, but you can damn near use a dip net to catch red fish. I was casting around 4-3ft away from a piling, and pull a red fish up a few seconds later. I went out on a shrimp boat 8 years ago, and found they were still striving.

[@braxtondouglas1919]

I caught a 40 pound red fish a few months ago and it was about 39 inches ling

[@marshesandhills]

That’s awesome, I’ve never caught a red that big. I bet that was a heck of a fight!

[@braxtondouglas1919]

It was

[@joshuaverdin2160]

Awesome video brother

[@thevolunteerfisherman8575]

Great footage. I will be visiting next weekend for a week stay in Barataria. Going to fish The Pen a lot while I am there. Any suggestions on baits to throw? I will be searching for Largemouth and Redfish. Hoping to get a lot of good content for my channel. Looks like The Pen is a pretty shallow pool. Is it safe to run across or just idle? New sub for your channel as well.

[@marshesandhills]

Thank you! My favorite lure to throw for both bass and reds is a spinner bait paired with a paddle tail. Can’t go wrong with Sev7n, matrix Shad, or h&h. Most of the time the water is darker on that side so I would throw something fairly dark with a chartreuse tail. I personally haven’t run into any issues running across the pen - can’t say there aren’t any obstructions out there though. I’ve run across it both on the northern end and the southern end. The one thing I would be careful with is around the sides, the marsh has definitely eroded away so you may find a lot shallower water on the edges, particularly on the eastern edge. Good luck!

[@thevolunteerfisherman8575]

@@marshesandhills Thanks a ton! Tight Lines!

[@Sev7noutdoors]

Nice video man let's link up and get on some reds. We can do a video together 🤟

[@marshesandhills]

Heck yeah man, let’s tear them up

[@Sev7noutdoors]

@@marshesandhills hit me up on ig or fb and we set it up

[@bluexpress242]

We’re you fishin the pen?

[@marshesandhills]

No I almost went that direction but I was fishing around Three Bayou Bay and Bay Dos Gris for a good bit of the day.

[@bluexpress242]

@@marshesandhills I fish the Pen area when I fish Laffite. I watch the video when you got stuck I couldn’t hear where you launch out of. Thx