Calcasieu River Bass Fishing Reports

Wildcat26 · July 05, 2005, 08:49:28 AM

Went up river from White Oaks Monday. Water was up a couple of feet from all the rain to the north this weekend. Jet ski's and party boats everywhere. Ran up to Barnes Creek area to get away from some of the traffic. Water was even higher and dirtier. Fishing was terrible, I did not catch a fish.

Rickoos · July 05, 2005, 11:55:05 AM

wildcat,

did you try a frog........

Ricky

Jared LeBlue · July 05, 2005, 02:07:52 PM

We picked up over 3 inches of rain Sunday morning, so I can imagine the river was muddy up North.

Wildcat26 · July 05, 2005, 02:27:20 PM

Did not try a frog. Probably could have caught some on a biscuit but I ate them all.

Rickoos · July 05, 2005, 03:51:49 PM

Poor you,

but then there is nothing wrong with having a full belly if the bass aren't biting........

as the case with merila & I sunday afternoon in the swamp........ after the storms blew through.......

Ricky

Jared LeBlue · July 09, 2005, 01:00:57 PM

Here's the July outlook for the Calcasieu River,

June was tough on the river, not many good reports but I will attribute that to the recent drought. We started getting afternoon rain showers toward the end of the month with some very heavy rains up North. Those rains muddied things up on the Northern end but if we don't get any more 3 inch rain falls it will clear up pretty quick. With the afternoon showers here and there the fishing should really pick up. Crankbaits and buzz baits will do well this month just about anywhere on the river. On the South end and the west fork top water baits can pick up some early in the morning. Rattle traps on points can also do some good. If conditions get tough fish the outside deep bends with a texas rigged plastic worm. Jigs can be good on structure right off the dropoffs.
For bream try fishing 5ft or deeper. You will be able to catch some up shallow but most of those will be small. Night crawlers are always a good choice for bream on the river. You can pick some up on beatle spins or little tube jigs around the lilly pads and cypress trees.
White perch fishing will slow down considerably this month. Go deep and fish slow. Fish tube jigs in deep water cover. Shiners will work but keeping them alive may be a chore.

Jared LeBlue · August 02, 2005, 07:02:39 PM

Made a trip to the Calcasieu River and ten seemed to be the magic number. We caught 10 bass and I caught a 10lb3oz stipped bass. The trip was good until I got back to my truck only to find some jerk broke in a stole my radio. Other than that incident Zuk and I had a great trip.

Wildcat26 · August 03, 2005, 08:25:07 AM

Where did you catch the strip and where did you park?

Jared LeBlue · August 03, 2005, 10:03:12 AM

Caught the stripped bass in Dan's Bay. I parked at the public launch out of Moss Bluff.

Wildcat26 · August 03, 2005, 11:02:15 AM

That upsets me. A few years ago I launched there and when I returned to my truck I found someone had stripped all the chrome off of my truck. They had all so cracked a window in an attempt to get in but must have been scared off before they got into the truck. I know how mad I was at the time, I am sure you would like to shoot someone.

Brush Hawg · August 03, 2005, 11:17:00 AM

That stinks Jared. Glad you caught fish at least. I parked there last week myself. Guess I was lucky. I had my golf clubs in my truck too.

Jared LeBlue · August 07, 2005, 06:01:38 PM

Just got back from fishing the Calcasieu River Big Bass Bonanza. It wasn't quite as big as it has been in the past few years, there were only a little over 500 anglers this year. Fishing was tough, I boated two fish on Saturday but one of them took a 2nd place bass of the hour and 21st place over all. I caught more fish today but none of them were big enough to score me any cash. Several members from the Lock Jaw Bass club did well. Sean Richard, Charles Lemons, and Brityn Meche all took some money home for placing in the bass of the hour and Brityn also took 18th over all. It took a fish a little bigger than four lbs to win the whole thing and the top five places were close with all of them having fish a little better than 4lbs.

Brush Hawg · August 14, 2005, 08:45:22 AM

Fished the Calcasieu tournament yesterday and it was tough. We caught five keepers by 10 am and then just a couple of dinks. I caught my fish on a watermelon red craw worm and baitfish colored fluke. Jimmy caught his on watermelon red fluke and a chrome and blue crankbait. We only brought in 4.5 lbs to the scales but it was enough to win. We fished the Indian Bayou area hoping to capitalize on the released fish from last week's Bonanza. We didn't catch any of those good fish but did just good enought to win. LOCKJAW!!!

BIG PAPA · August 14, 2005, 09:58:48 AM

LOCKJAW Way to go guys!
The more tourneys you guys win the better TCTC looks when we kick your BUTTS again

papa

Jared LeBlue · August 14, 2005, 07:51:21 PM

Fishing was aweful on the river this past weekend. I fished the Lock Jaw Club tournament this weekend and it was tough for everybody. Johnathon and I caught 10 fish and out of that I had zero keepers and Johnathon had three. The weights for the tournament were low and not many fish were brought to the scale. Brush Hawg posted the results under the Lock Jaw page.

Wildcat26 · August 22, 2005, 08:45:19 AM

With all the heat I did not think the fish would be active but I had a couple of hours so I launched at(6:00PM) Saturday(20th) at White Oak an ran north. As I was running about a mile north of Bayou Serpent when I noticed what looked like a dark cloud in the water. I pulled over and found about a hundred yard area that was filled with bait fish. Had to be a million or more of them. Every few minutes bass would bust them. I started chunking a crank bait. Got a few hits but no hook-up. Changed to a Torpedo and starting catching. I saw fish up to 2' 1/2 lbs busting the bait fish but I could only hook the small ones. From 6 to 12 inches. After an hour it started slowing down so I decided to hit a few favorite spots and head for the house. First two spots I did not even get a hit. At the third spot I got a hook up. It felt like a decent fish, pound or so, I was reeling it in when all of a sudden it dove deep and bent my rod over, the fight was on. Fish would run deep and go under the boat I would work it out and it would do it again. Great fight.

Finally got it up to the surface to find not one but two bass on my crank bait. One a large Kentucky(1 1/2lb) and a slightly larger largemouth. Let me tell you two fish fight harder than one fish of the same weight. I guess more surface are to push water with.

A couple fishing near by came over and took pictures with my camera of the two fish hanging from the same bait. If I ever finish this roll and get it developed I will post the pictures.

Tried the hole again and caught a 12 incher then had to head for the house, granddaughers where spending the night.

Jared LeBlue · August 22, 2005, 12:32:27 PM

Not a bad afternoon trip Wildcat. I've been seeing large groups of shad on the river for the past month. Down South they have been schooling pretty good. Most of these schoolers are small but fun to catch.

Wildcat26 · August 22, 2005, 02:52:16 PM

Fishing schoolies are fun. But I have not caught a decent bass out of a school in years.

Jared LeBlue · September 19, 2005, 09:39:56 AM

Brought the flag to the Calcasieu River this past Sunday. Zuk and I fished from about 3pm to dark. We caught 5 bass and 1 goggle eye. All the fish came on soft plastics. The water on the river is low and clear right now, but the water temps were still in the upper 80s. When that temp gets down to the 70s the fishing should pick up.

Wildcat26 · September 19, 2005, 09:49:51 AM

I went to the lower, below 171, river last Thursday evening. Found a strong incoming tide and knew the fishing would be lousy. Fished for 1 hr and 15 min without a bite so I quit.

Jared LeBlue · September 19, 2005, 09:52:45 AM

We went North of Stack Pole and there was no current up there. Normally you have to fight the current way up there. I guess with drought we have been in there is no water moving from up north to make a current.

Wildcat26 · September 19, 2005, 09:56:57 AM

Where is Stack Pole?

Jared LeBlue · September 19, 2005, 09:59:26 AM

It is a couple of bends up from Hecker. The river makes a turn to the left but if you stay straight you will be in Stack Pole bay.

Wildcat26 · September 19, 2005, 10:04:47 AM

Got it. The river is about as clear as you will ever see it and darn low. This weekend should take care of both situations.

Wildcat26 · October 10, 2005, 02:31:18 PM

Had to take a break from the hurricane clean up and see how the river did.
There are a lot of trees down but more fell away form the river than into it. However there still are plenty of new trees down in the river. Lots of knew hiding places, should make fishing better in a year or two.

A lot the cuts off the river that you use to be able to get boats up are not passable any more.

Lot of camp and house boat damage, saw a couple of big boats people moved up the river for safety that were sunk. I hope all that mess gets cleaned up.