Finally, Back on the water
Bayou 'Yakin
by elibraud
3y ago
After feeling the call back to the marsh for months growing stronger and stronger, I finally decided that it was time to make it happen. That was a couple weeks ago, followed up by a second trip the following weekend. Back in the gap (2013), PAC was still kind of an underground kayak fishing location. It’s not that it was unknown, but many people would respond with a “where’s that?” if you told them you fished in Pointe Aux Chenes. At that time, Eddie and Lisa hadn’t established PAC Kayak yet, and our little group hadn’t started launching at PAC Marina yet. Instead, we would opt for the Island ..read more
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New (Old) Footage
Bayou 'Yakin
by elibraud
3y ago
Here’s a quick clip that I edited shortly after the last trip I took last year. A real quick sight-fishing catch and release. New reports coming soon ..read more
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About time for an update
Bayou 'Yakin
by elibraud
3y ago
So… it’s been a while. My last post recapped a trip I helped guide over a year ago for Pack & Paddle. We all know the rollercoaster that 2020 has been so far. It’s been eventful for me as well, just not so much on the fishing front. At least not in the realm of fishing that I’ve been accustomed to. I’ll start in June of last year… My last kayak fishing trip of 2019 in May. In June 2019, I had a bit of a wake-up call. Nothing major, no life threatening situations that usually follow that phrase. I just basically took inventory of what my priorities were in life, and felt that I wasn’t givin ..read more
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Louisiana Hooked: Pack & Paddle Guided Fishing Trip – 3/10/19
Bayou 'Yakin
by elibraud
3y ago
I had the pleasure of helping guide another kayak fishing trip for Pack & Paddle, which was held out of Point Aux Chenes at PAC Kayak Rentals. I CANNOT stress it enough, If you’ve never visited PAC Kayak Rentals, you’re missing out. It’s likely THE BEST kayak fishing centered location in the U.S. From the put-ins to the accommodations, from the hospitality to the actual fishing. If you’re a kayak angler and are visiting Louisiana, you’re doing yourself a disservice if you do not visit Eddie, Lisa, and the rest of the crew. Anyway, I arrived in PAC the night before the trip to insure that I ..read more
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UPDATE!
Bayou 'Yakin
by elibraud
3y ago
Sorry that it’s been a while. Things have been busy, and the weather’s been ugly – but it looks to be turning around now. At least I hope. I’ll have a couple of recent trip reports from the last two weeks coming out within the next week, but here’s some photos of my little bit of action since January. New Gear Started the year off by selling the last of my 13 Fishing reels. I had no issues with them, but was just ready to transition back to Shimano. I started using 13 reels when Shimano changed the body-style of the Curados, and I didn’t like it. I feel that with the Curado K & DC, they’r ..read more
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Back in PAC
Bayou 'Yakin
by elibraud
3y ago
Having three days off in a row doesn’t happen too often, and with the weather the way it’s been, I hadn’t been fishing in around 2 weeks. After staying home for the first two days, I was aching to get out on the water. Tracey allowed me to do so on Sunday morning so I headed to PAC. I still love fishing PAC. It’s probably still my favorite location, even with its increased popularity in the kayak community. Redbone’s first tournament of the year is coming up soon, so I wanted to prefish the area. Things started real slow. The skies were overcast and there was a chill on the little wind there w ..read more
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Starting 2019
Bayou 'Yakin
by elibraud
3y ago
So for my first 2019 trip, I got the uncommon pleasure of sharing the water with Karl (who I seldom get to fish with anymore), and my former co-workers, Mark & Stephen. On an uncharacteristically sunny & mostly windless day, we met up at Coco Marina to hopefully get some reds on the fly. My fly fishing skill level is still definitely at beginner, but I do now have two reds landed on fly, but out of a skiff. I had another two hooked that spit the hook. I’ve never landed a fish on fly from the kayak, so that was the goal this day. Ultimately, it wasn’t meant to be. But that doesn’t mean ..read more
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Redbone: Festivus 2018
Bayou 'Yakin
by elibraud
3y ago
I know. I’m a bit behind. We’ve recently started redecorating our house, so I’ve been doing a lot of painting. It’s fine, really, because the weather hasn’t allowed for much fishing lately. Anyway… Redbone Fishing Club’s last event of the year, which was rescheduled from being rained out, was the Festivus tourney. I think the format was for a trout and two reds. Unfortunately, it was so far back now, I can’t remember the tourney details. Main thing, I think I’d gotten a fifth place finish overall, and third in the Trout Calcutta. No money for me, but happy to have placed pretty well. At the ve ..read more
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Before the Front – Coco
Bayou 'Yakin
by elibraud
3y ago
I’m currently sitting in a Kia dealership in New Iberia waiting for my wife’s vehicle to be serviced, so I figured I should knock out this post real quick. It was a few days before this cold front blew through, so the temperature was still pretty comfortable outside. When I arrived at Coco Marina, I could see that the water was back to it’s normal level… still muddy, but that’s Cocodrie. I headed south from the marina and targeted a couple of open mud flats just off of the main channel. There were definitely more signs of life than my previous trip. Bait was scurrying and jumping out the water ..read more
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Ride The Bull – Unofficially
Bayou 'Yakin
by elibraud
3y ago
To finish off the month of October, I wanted to try something new. Well, kind of new. In 2013 I fished the famous Ride The Bull Kayak Rodeo for the first time. That experience can be found here. I fished it again in 2015. Neither time did I catch anything other than catfish and white trout. I also didn’t really know what to look for. Now, with a bit more experience and some coaching, I headed down to Grand Isle to target some massive reds again, this time with a game plan. I would be meeting up with Mark Carline, a co-P&P Guide and former co-worker, and his father and brother. We wou ..read more
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