SPORTSMANS PARADISE OUTDOORS FISHING
Capt. Ron Ph#225-445-1019 Capt. Ron email - hope19@cox.net
www.spoutdoors.com
Hello fellow anglers. What a great fishing trip with a couple of nice families in from Slidell to catch a few fish where they used to fish prior to hurricane Katrina. Mr Allen and his friend Mr David and Allen’s two sons and Davids 3 grand sons came in to get their share of the smoking speckled trout action going on right now in Hopedale Louisiana. The group showed up at the dock at 5:30 ready to give the boys what they have been driving their dad and granddad carzy about for years and that we did today because at the very first stop and the very first cast the specks were stacked up and hungry. We finally got all the boys with a line in the water and it was on because it only took about 2 hours of fishing to put 150 quality trout on ice. The boys had an absolute blast with the action on every cast the corks were fling down and the trout were coming over the rail 3 and 4 at a time along with a lott of misses and fish coming unbuttoned in the process but that part of the fun of a fishing trip.
It was a perfect day to fish with mostly over cast conditions and a stiff breeze to keep the boys cool they had a blast and went through the bait in record time and with a fish box to the rim we headed to the house. All fish today were caught on Campos live and kicking shrimp rigged 3 feet under a rattling popping cork. The final fish count was 150 fine speckled trout and one puppy drum.
KIDS ARE OUR SPECALTY AT SPORTSMANS PARADISE OUTDOORS NO MATTER WHAT THE AGE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START YOUR KIDS OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT LETS GO DO IT!!!!!!!
If you would like to make a trip Capt. Ron give us a call or drop us an email we would love to take you and your friends and family fishing but call early because the available days are going fast.If you would like to take a trip please give me a call or drop me an email and we can arrange the trip of your lifetime. And as our motto says, “RAIN OR SHINE, SLEET OR SNOW, IF YOU COME WE WILL GO!
Thanks Capt Ron
Thats what its all about a life time memory!!!
The end resutls.
Nothing like a little brotherly love.
A big boy with a big trout
No better place to take a nap than after a good day on the water
SPORTSMANS PARADISE OUTDOORS FISHING
Capt. Ron Ph#225-445-1019 Capt. Ron email - hope19@cox.net
www.spoutdoors.com
Hello fellow anglers. What a great fishing trip with a really nice group of guys in from Houston Texas for two days of the summer slam on the speckled trout that we have been putting on them as of late and day one today was just another notch on the belt because from the first stop it was solid action although they re were small trout mixed in with the big ones we caught our limit of fat speckled trout at the first two stops on Campos live shrimp rigged 3 feet under a rattling popping cork. Then the guys wanted to try for some rod benders so off to the red fish spot and there were a bunch of reds there but most of them were next year keepers but they did manage to catch 2 keeper red fish and 6 bay snappers to go with 99 specks and so with the heat cranking up to HHHOOOTTTTT we called it a day and took it to the house.
On day two we met the guys at the dock at 5:00 to get an early start to try and beat the sweltering heat and at the first stop with little or no tide movement the fish were there but today there were more throw backs than keepers so off to spot number two out in Breton sound and there the fish were there but tyhe action was slow but we picked up about 25 more trout and the the bite just stopped cold.So off to spot three where the water looked gorgeous but there were only a few keepers there and that was a wrap. so with the heat bearing down we went back to spot number one and the trout were there and we finished out our limits and wrapped up our days there with smiles on their faces and the anticipation of their next trip we took it to the house.
Today’s fish count was 74 speckled trout and 1 lone red fish and 2 bay snappers and all of the were caught on live Campos shrimp rigged 3 feet under a popping cork. Also the off shore fishing has been phenomenal as of late and snapper bite has been retarded with so many snapper out there we have to move from rig to rif=g to try and get away from those hungry suckers and find other species that we can keep instead of having to throw the fish back and waste the bait.We also have a new 29 foot catamaran in our fleet that is great in rough seas so if you would like to make an off shore trip drop us a line or shoot us an email an lets go bend the big rods one time.
If you would like to make a trip Capt. Ron give us a call or drop us an email we would love to take you and your friends and family fishing but call early because the available days are going fast.If you would like to take a trip please give me a call or drop me an email and we can arrange the trip of your lifetime. And as our motto says, “RAIN OR SHINE, SLEET OR SNOW, IF YOU COME WE WILL GO!
Thanks Capt Ron
A dock full of fish.
SPORTSMANS PARADISE OUTDOORS FISHING
Capt. Ron Ph#225-445-1019 Capt. Ron email - hope19@cox.net
www.spoutdoors.com
Hello fellow anglers. We now have a new boat in our fleet to take anglers off shore in and its a 29 foot sea cat catamaran that takes rough water incredibly good and has a ton of room to fish on around the deck. We made a few trips so far and the red snapper are retarded right now they are literally at every rig and so hungry that limits of them are as quick as I have ever seen and after the box is full of snapper there are plenty of other species of snapper to catch and grouper amber jack cobia and mackrel and the occasional dolphin mixed in. On the first trip for the cat we had 4 Captains a coast guard lady and 2 deck hands aboard and at the end of the day a full fish box of fish. The red snapper season only has a week or so left but we do have a couple of openings left. If you would like to get in on some of the smoking snapper action going on right now give me a call.
If you would like to make a trip Capt. Ron give us a call or drop us an email we would love to take you and your friends and family fishing but call early because the available days are going fast.If you would like to take a trip please give me a call or drop me an email and we can arrange the trip of your lifetime. And as our motto says, “RAIN OR SHINE, SLEET OR SNOW, IF YOU COME WE WILL GO!
Thanks Capt Ron
A gorilla snapper
Box shot
SPORTSMANS PARADISE OUTDOORS FISHING
Capt. Ron Ph#225-445-1019 Capt. Ron email - hope19@cox.net
www.spoutdoors.com
Hello fellow anglers sorry about the lapse in reports but I had a computer virus on my web site and it took FOREVER for the computer guys to get it off my computer but now I’m back and up and running.Now back to the fishing reports and I fished two days with a lovely couple and their friend from Arkansas in for some R&R and some rippin lips on some speckled trout and we did just that.I met Mrs. Donna and her husband and their friend at the dock at 5:30 and we headed out the sound armed with Campos live shrimp and it was on from the first stop it was fish on fish on. At first all of the trout were keepers but as the day wore on some white trout and some smaller trout moved in so we made a short move up the channel and it was on again until we had a limit of trout and it was early so I asked the group if they wanted to try for some red fish and they said why hell yes so off we went.
We made one stop behind an island that has been holding some reds and bay snappers and sure enough there were some good fish there and after a few minutes the guys and girls all hooked up with several nice red fish and some bay snappers and they also caught several fish that they threw back for some other lucky angler to catch another day. So with a box full of fish and a boat load of happy campers we headed to the barn.
On day two with Mrs. Dona and her group it was even easier because we pulled up to one spot in the sound and caught 77 trout in about an hour and a half and it was off to catch reds again and back to the islands and they caught 4 red fish 1 drum and 6 bay snappers before they had to get back to the dock. It was sure a pleasure to fish with a very nice group of people that have a great time on the water and with each others company and I am looking forward to fishing with them again real soon.
If you would like to make a trip Capt. Ron give us a call or drop us an email we would love to take you and your friends and family fishing but call early because the available days are going fast.If you would like to take a trip please give me a call or drop me an email and we can arrange the trip of your lifetime. And as our motto says, “RAIN OR SHINE, SLEET OR SNOW, IF YOU COME WE WILL GO!
Thanks Capt Ron
Day 1 fishing results
day 2 results
A HUUGGEEE red fish
Day 2 table shot.
SPORTSMANS PARADISE OUTDOORS FISHING
Capt. Ron Ph#225-445-1019 Capt. Ron email - hope19@cox.net
www.spoutdoors.com
Hello fellow anglers. This is Capt. Ronnie Hope coming to you with the fishing forecast from the Shell Beach, Hopedale area for the coming month of July. This month the fishing will be just like the weather and that is HOT,HOT & HOTTER! In he early part of the month the fish will be focusing on the bait schools of shrimp and glass minnows and the big females will be scattered out and mixed in with the school trout after their first spawn of the summer. with all the live bait available to the trout and red fish the easiest way to catch them is with live shrimp rigged 2 to 3 feet under a rattling popping cork or on a Carolina rig fished off the bottom.
At times the fish will school up under the bait and feed heavily and he flocks of birds will be feeding on the bait also as it skips across the surface to try and escape the veracious predators and during these feeding frenzies they can be caught on almost any bait that you want to fish like plastics rigged under a cork or tight lined and at times the bigger trout will be under the schoolies catching the residual bait as it fall through. These trout will be traditionally small but at times you can catch large trout on these schools of bait. When the full moon starts to approach in the latter stages of the month the larger females will start to stage around the islands to spawn and can be caught on calm days on top water baits like the top dog in various colors and my favorite the live croakers fished under a cork or free lined along the shore lines.
All in all the whole month of July will be great fishing from beginning until the end so if you want to catach some fish to fill your freezer this month is the time to do it .On windy days when you cant make it out to the outer bays you can always put together a good box of red fish in the interior marsh fishing the ponds for them and their cousins the black drum.
A few nice spawning female trout.
SPORTSMANS PARADISE OUTDOORS FISHING
Capt. Ron Ph#225-445-1019 Capt. Ron email - hope19@cox.net
www.spoutdoors.com
MONSTER TROUT ARE ON RIGHT NOW
Hello fellow anglers. What a great fishing trip with two very good fishermen in from Prairieville Louisiana for some of the smoking trout action going on right now in Hopedale and today was one of the best days so far in 2011. I met my people at 5:30 at the dock armed with Campos live and kicking shrimp they said they wanted to catch a few big girls and I was on a super good bite of quality fish so out to the sound we went. After an absolutely stunning sunrise that we were so blessed with on our ride out we hit the sound with a slight chop but not bad and out we went to a small rig that has been holding good trout and on Mrs. Janice’s first cast she hooked up with a sow and the fight was on and after a few tense moments and some exciting jumps and drag pulls she gave up the ghost and she hit the net and a quality trout she was because she tipped the scales at 6 pounds and 7 ounces and as luck would have it she turned out to be the best trout of the day. Her personal best fish ever but before that fish could hit the fish box Rocky had a pig hooked up on the top dog and that’s how the first hour and a half went big fish after big fish all caught on the top dog in the bone with the chartreuse top and bottom. After the first heart pounding hour of blow up after blow up action the bite slowed a bit but kept on only at a slower pace and finally the top water bite quit completely.
So time to shift gears and we switched to live bait rigged both on a sliding cork and Carolina rigged on the bottom and the action started like a wild fire and the fish would be on the cork for a while then switch to the bottom and we quickly filled the box with their limits of trout and threw back at least 100 more trout that on any other day I would have been proud to take back to the dock. After a round of high fives and a box slam full of trout at 9 am we headed to the red fish hole to try to catch a few reds for some of those tasty red fish on the half shell. WE made one stop in lake calebasse and caught 6 nice reds and 2 puppy drums to put the icing on a perfect day and that was a wrap after having to stomp the lid on the fish box we headed to the barn at 10:45 and with broad grins on both my peoples faces no words could have expressed any more just how much fun they really had today.
The final fish count for today was 75 trout with 30 plus of them from 4 to 6 plus pounds and 6 red fish and 2 drums.The fish today were caught early on the top dog and later in the morning on live shrimp 3 feet under a rattling popping cork and live shrimp Carolina rigged on the bottom.
The quality trout bite is on right now so if you want to catch some of Louisiana’s finest get your days on the books now before they are all gone.
If you would like to make a trip Capt. Ron give us a call or drop us an email we would love to take you and your friends and family fishing but call early because the available days are going fast.If you would like to take a trip please give me a call or drop me an email and we can arrange the trip of your lifetime. And as our motto says, “RAIN OR SHINE, SLEET OR SNOW, IF YOU COME WE WILL GO!
Thanks Capt Ron
Table shot
Whats for supper ma Red fish on the half shell yum yum
A few of todays finest
One of todays pigs
- box shot
SPORTSMANS PARADISE OUTDOORS FISHING
Capt. Ron Ph#225-445-1019 Capt. Ron email - hope19@cox.net
www.spoutdoors.com
Hello fellow anglers. What a great fishing trip with a fun crew of guys. I met Mr. Alvin at a local church fair the other day and we started talking fishing (which just happens to be my favorite subject to talk about) and I found out that he loves to fish almost as much as I do and as we visited and as my grand babies rode the rides and had a big time at the fair we made a great connection and found out how much alike our families really were just alike and after the kids burnt out we shook hands and parted ways after exchanging business cards. Alvin said he wanted to make a fishing trip with me and sure enough about a week later he called and set one up and as they say the rest is history.
Today I had the pleasure of fishing with Mr. Alvin and his buddies Mr. Sam and Mr. Mark these guys are all from the Central area have been friends for a long time and loved to get together on the water and today was just one of those days. We met in Denham Springs and followed each other to the dock and loaded up in the skeeter with a live well of Campos shrimp and headed out to the sound. Today one stop was all it took because shortly after we positioned the boat right the action was on and the guys were slinging speckled trout over the gunnel but today they were not nearly as bag as they have been in the last couple of weeks but they were the perfect eating size of from 12.5 inches up to a few that were 3.5 to 4 pounds but more school sized trout today than the bigger ones.
As the day progressed the wind started to howl and it got tougher and tougher to get the bait into the kill zone but we fought the wind and the guys did a fine job with getting their baits where they needed to be but as the winds picked up the water dirtied up and the bite slowed to a crawl. We kept fishing with sporadic action they would start then just as quick as they started they would stop again. So with a nice box of fish I suggested that we head to an interior pond on the inside that has been holding some red fish and trout and off we went but at the hot spot but when we got there the water looked like chocolate milk because of the 40 mile per hour winds so we kept riding and found a point that looked good and positioned the boat where the guys could cast to it and they were a few fish there and the guys quickly put 4 nice trout and 3 red fish and 2 flounders in the box to ice a good day on the water with a fun group of guys.
All fish today were caught on Campos live and kicking shrimp rigged 3 feet under a ratling poping cork fished up close to the structure. The final fish count for the day was 49 speckled trout 3 red fish and 2 flounders not a bad day on the water considering the howling winds that always make fishing a challenge even for the best of fisher men.
If you would like to make a trip Capt. Ron give us a call or drop us an email we would love to take you and your friends and family fishing but call early because the available days are going fast.If you would like to take a trip please give me a call or drop me an email and we can arrange the trip of your lifetime. And as our motto says, “RAIN OR SHINE, SLEET OR SNOW, IF YOU COME WE WILL GO!
Thanks Capt Ron
SPORTSMANS PARADISE OUTDOORS FISHING
Capt. Ron Ph#225-445-1019 Capt. Ron email - hope19@cox.net
www.spoutdoors.com
SMOKING TROUT ACTION AT THE BEACH
Hello fellow anglers. Another great day on the water with a fun group of guys from all over the south in for a reunion of sorts on the water having fun and catching fish.Today I had the pleasure of fishing with Mr. Travis in from Mississippi and his law school buddies Mr.Jess in from Georgia and Mr. Nick in from south Carolina and boy could these guys really fish. the guys showed up at the dock early and were chomping at the bit to get to the smoking hot trout bite action that has been going on in Hopedale right now so with the live Campos shrimp it was off to the sound.
Today it was one stop shopping with as soon as the boat settled in the water the corks started going down and today the trout were HUGE!!!!!!!!!!! Travis had a slow start this morning and his buddies jumped out to an early lead but it didn’t take him long to get into the swing of things and start slinging big sow trout over the rail and into the fish box. In the first 30 minutes the guys put 35 nice trout on ice before the fish feeding frenzy slowed a bit and then we trolled a short distance and the fish action was steady from start to Finnish and every now and again the guys would catch a black drum or a bay snapper but mostly fine specks. As the bite slowed we made an idle to a spot that has been holding the perfect grilling sized red fish and sure enough they were still there and the guys put 15 good reds on ice and a few more big trout in the box and then the bay snappers moved in and it was doubles and triples on almost every cast.
Today was what I like to call the perfect storm for fishing because we caught every thing that we targeted today and in short order because at 9:45 the guys were out of room in the 140 quart fish box and were catching and releasing until they were burnt out. After a round of high fives and a round of cold ones for the ride in we took it to the barn with 49 trout 15 red fish and 25 bay snappers and 3 huge smiles in the books. All fish today were caught on Campos live shrimp rigged 3 feet under a rattling popping cork.
We are now booking snapper trips for this season on our new catamaran with My brother Capt. Ricky at the helm and this year is going to be a great on off shore so get your dates on the books early for red snappers grouper lemon fish or tuna or any other fish species you would like to target.
If you would like to make a trip Capt. Ron give us a call or drop us an email we would love to take you and your friends and family fishing but call early because the available days are going fast.If you would like to take a trip please give me a call or drop me an email and we can arrange the trip of your lifetime. And as our motto says, “RAIN OR SHINE, SLEET OR SNOW, IF YOU COME WE WILL GO!
Thanks Capt Ron
3 good friends and 1 god catch
- table shot
SPORTSMANS PARADISE OUTDOORS FISHING
Capt. Ron Ph#225-445-1019 Capt. Ron email - hope19@cox.net
www.spoutdoors.com
THE BIG GIRLS ARE IN
Hello fellow anglers. What a great fishing trip with a very fun group of guys in from New Orleans and the suronding aresfor some of this springs smoking fishing action going on right now in Shell Beach Louisiana right now. TYhis group of guys have fished for quite some time with my friend and have always caught fish and had a blast with us and today was another of those days because after all the bets were in place and the group split up over the four boats we busted out towards the sound to the spot that we have been smoking the mule trout BUT today with the strong winds pumping when we got there and I took a look at the water color I knew that this spot was toast but we still gave it the cursory check out and just as I had suspected NADA so off to spot #2 and that was all it took to fill the fish box to the rim.
As soon as we pulled up to the spot the corks started going down and the second fish was a GIANT because when he set the hook it was lines screaming and hoots and hollers and grunts immediately so the guys all reeled in to root him on in his battle because they all knew this could be the money fish because he was swimming around and around the boat and it took the big motor to run him down a couple of times before he spooled the reel but after a valiant fight of about 20 minutes we finally saw color and when he rolled up I said this is the one and he hit the net and according to the boca scale he was a 49.6 pound GORILLA drum and we took pictures and released him to fight another day. After all the high fives and beer breaks we got back to the second part of the bet which was the most fish per boat and as soon as we started back fishing the huge trout with some up to 5 pounds were eating up and in about 30 minutes the guys put 45 mule trout on ice. Then as quick as the bite started they quit so we moved a short distance down the canal and we started to catch trout again and a few drums and a few bay snappers mixed in. The action wasn’t fast and furious but steady all day long and before long the guys were burnt out and ready to head to the barn so we wrapped it up with a box full of fish and a boat full of happy fishermen.
After listening to the other boats talk back and fourth on the radio I knew we had a chance at the fish per boat bet and sure enough my guys swept the bets with 83 trout and 1 drum. All fish today were caught using Campos live and kicking shrimp rigged 3 feet under a rattling popping cork.My group today on the boat was Derek, Mike , Kimm & Kenny and this was Kenney’s first real fishing trip and he did a fine job catching plenty fish and dealing with all the ribbing from the other guys on the boat.
We are now offering off shore trips for tuna, red snappers, wahoo and grouper or whatever you want to target off shore since we just purchased an new29 foot Sea Cat catamaran boat and we will be taking groups on day trips and over night tuna trips and dive trips. So if you are interested in making a trip my older brother Capt. Ricky will be running that boat so if you are ready to realy get your rod bent give me or Capt. ricky a call.
If you would like to make a trip Capt. Ron give us a call or drop us an email we would love to take you and your friends and family fishing but call early because the available days are going fast.If you would like to take a trip please give me a call or drop me an email and we can arrange the trip of your lifetime. And as our motto says, “RAIN OR SHINE, SLEET OR SNOW, IF YOU COME WE WILL GO!
Thanks Capt Ron
The RNDC group
table shot
the big fish winner
The fight is on!!!!!!
SPORTSMANS PARADISE OUTDOORS FISHING
Capt. Ron Ph#225-445-1019 Capt. Ron email - hope19@cox.net
www.spoutdoors.com
RED FISH SLAM TRIP
Hello fellow anglers. Another great day on the water with Mr. Bill and Mr. Bob and today we were on a short clock because the guys had a 12 hour drive home and today they wanted to catch some reds and so off to the first stop that has been holding the perfect sized reds for the grill for almost 2 months and sure enough they were still there and hungry. From almost the first cast the guys were hooked up first with red fish then the bay snappers moved in and they were having a blast catching fish and giving each other a hard time and laughing and joking and already talking about their next trip down to southern Louisiana for some more of the best fishing any where in the world.
In short order the guys caught their limits of the perfect sized red fish and a box full of bay snappers and a few puppy drums mixed in and also 2 flounders ready for the crab meat stuffing. So with two smiling faces and a fish box filled to the rim with fish we headed to the dock at 10 am in plenty of time to prep-air the fish for the ride back to Alabama and the guys to make an early exit. All fish today were caught on live Campos shrimp rigged 2 feet under a rattling popping cork fished up next to the structures. The final fish count for today was 15 red fish 23 bay snappers 3 puppy drum and 2 flat fish.The guys had a blast on this outing and booked another trip in mid summer to continue the fishing memories that are made every day at the beach in hopedale.
If you would like to make a trip Capt. Ron give us a call or drop us an email we would love to take you and your friends and family fishing but call early because the available days are going fast.If you would like to take a trip please give me a call or drop me an email and we can arrange the trip of your lifetime. And as our motto says, “RAIN OR SHINE, SLEET OR SNOW, IF YOU COME WE WILL GO!
Thanks Capt Ron
