Redfish eating top water flies in Loisiana.......

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

http://vimeo.com/33872683

Big Redfish chasing Charlie Bisharat's "Pole Dancers" and "Crease flies".

You really have to watch this video clip..........it is unreal.

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[mar]

Holy Jeebus!! Best topwater footage I've seen in awhile.
I'd give up my left nut to get some of that action :-)

Thanks for sharing that Bill.

[GreggW]

That is some pure fish porn. I want to go. :D

[Darian]

WOW!!! That really looks like a lot of fun. That trip's one for the bucket list for sure. :D

[jbird]

Bill, Do we know the best season for that fishery? looked a bit chilly. I may be down that way in June.

[Darian]

Jay,.... It seems that the best Red Fishin' posts come up around this time each year. So, I'm guessin' late fall and winter is the best season for the big guys. When I stayed down there in the summer as a kid, we caught lots of Red Fish but they were rarely larger than a few pounds.... :neutral:

As I recall, there was a thread on this BB last fall/winter about catching "Swamp Donkeys". Wasn't a video, tho. I'll see if I can find it.... :p

[coolrivertx]

It took a few trips before I finally hooked up, and my first tailing red was caught on top water as well. It was a little copper colored hard popper. Pretty cool when the reds come up out of the water to eat! Brett

[Clark]

I went down to Nawlins for a bacherlor party in April 2010. Two weeks before the oil spill. We had a blast catching redfish and black drum in shallow water. This is a great trip for west coasters looking to do something different.

I can't say enough about our guide Greg Dini http://www.flywaterexpeditions.com/Greg-Dini.html at Fly Water Expeditions . He is a super cool guy with a skiff that will make you drool, and he knows the local water extremely well. Like any guide worth his salt, he'll even take your photo with a wide angle lense so your fish looks bigger than it is! ;)

Pick a date that coincides with a music festival, buy a Southwest plane ticket, get a room, call Greg, and go!

Couple photos from my trip...

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac62/clarkb27/Swamp%20Donkeys/BLACKDRUM.jpg

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac62/clarkb27/Swamp%20Donkeys/Nawlins047.jpg

[jmccandless]

I've been Redfishin' in NOLA, south of Belle Chasse and these videos want me to go back ASAP!

I didn't get any Reds on the top but this footage is nuts!

[Black Cloud]

They can be caught year round except for the coldest months of Dec, Jan and Feb. Fall months are usually the best.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Bill, Do we know the best season for that fishery? looked a bit chilly. I may be down that way in June.

I think it is the spring and fall for general fly fishing for Redfish but they do go in the November for some big ones...