Shore Thing Fishing Report, 3/29/23

March 29, 2023

Spring fishing continues to heat up, meaning lots of happy anglers for local charter captains!

- by Sonny Schindler, Shore Thing Fishing Charters ​ ​

The water has been getting cleaner and saltier. I’m happy to say that the fishing has been getting better and better. The speckled trout are still scattered, but it seems we are bringing in more every couple of days.

The majority of what we are seeing in the LA Marsh has been redfish and sheepshead. 

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Zack Lewis from New York with a giant black drum near Bayou Caddy.

Some days, our boats find gin-clear water and can spot and cast to redfish. The big bull reds have been rather plentiful on the eastern side of the marsh.

Big flounder for a lucky angler fishing with Capt Paul Leoni out of Pass Christian.

We had one trip to the western side of the marsh. The ponds are full of that freshwater grass. The reds are in them, but the grass is so thick it’s difficult to fish.
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Blake Millet from Utah with a sheepshead from Bay St. Louis.

​The near-shore fishing has been stellar. The black drum have been great, with the smaller, tasty ones on reefs and bridges. There are still huge black drum mixed in as well. Live or dead shrimp have been working well on them.

Les Lewis from New Orleans with a great redfish near Lake Borgne.

It seems like moving water has offered better fishing. We still see sheepshead, redfish, white trout, and a few speckled trout. Hopefully, the weather will play nice, because things are about to get great!
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