SPORTSMANS PARADISE OUTDOORS FISHING                                                                       

Capt. Ron Ph#225-445-1019   Capt. Ron email - hope19@cox.net                                                      

 www.spoutdoors.com 

                       Hello fellow anglers. What a  fun fishing trip with 2 great guys in fom denhm Springs Louisiana for some good rod bending action that we have been doing as of late in Shell Beach. I met the guys at the dock and they were early and ready to get at the task at hand. The wind cast didnt look good so we opted for plan B and tried some of my back up spots for some rod benders but at the first two stops produced  nothing but bait steelers so off to spot 3 and it was golden. Almost from the first cast the red fish were there and hungry but a little scattered out I guess because of the 25 knot winds that were howling most of the morning but as the morning wore on we got a short break from the winds and the fish went nuts and on one point the guys caught at least 25 nice reds and puppy drums.

                        Today I had the pleasure of fishing with Mr. Mark and Mr. Tony from denham Springs Louisiana today. Today was Mr. Tony’s only second fishing trip and after a few minutes of coaching he was casting and reeling like a pro. All fish today were caught using market bait rigged 3 feet under a rattling cork fished up close to the structure.  The guys had a blast today and cant wait until their next Trip down to the beach.

 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

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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 very nice group in all the way from An arbor Michigan for the boys spring break trip and they said that they wanted to spend time with their dads on the water so they called us because that they have heard how phenomenal that the fishing is in Louisiana and we delivered another grand slam to them today. The dads just wanted the boys to get their rods bent and bend them we did from the first cast it was  fish fish on until the fish box was full to the top. By this time the wind had picked up a little so we made a move to a little structure to try and get out of some of the rolling waves but the only problem was that the only thing biting there was those irritating spiked creatures so off to spot number three but Nada there but cats. Being as we were completely out of room in the fish box the guys were ready for part two of their spring break trip to Biloxi Mississippi so we headed to the barn.

                            All fish today were caught on  Campos market bait fished on the bottom on a 1/4 ounce jig head. Today I had the pleasure of fishing with Mr.mark and Mr. Nick, Mr. Kevin, Mr. Ken and Mr. Grant and I also had my brother who jumped on board Capt. Ricky to give me a hand and thank goodness he did because with out him it would have been utter chaos today and instead it made the day easy as pie. The final fish count was a pile of bay snappers 45 in all.

                      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 

                       Hello fellow anglers. What a great fishing trip with a very fun group of guys in from all over for a fun couple of days  to celebrate the up coming nuptuials of one of their buddies. most of these guys have been fishing with myself or capt. Tony Gross of Backwater Fishing charters and boy could these guys ever fish and they reminded me so much of my brothers and myself and how terrably competitive they were and how much smack talking that was going on the boat literaly from the moment we hit the water it was on like donkey kong. But amongst all the poking of fun at each other these guys talked the talk because they could walk the walk if you know waht I mean.

                        We met the guys at the dock at 6;30 and they were up and chomping at the bit to bend the rod and all it took was one stop because there were so many fish and these guys fished so well that after an hour of fishing the fish box was at the lid stomping level and beyond. After  the guys filled the box it was catch and release for a few more hours until the guys wanted a change of scenery so we headed for a spot looking to upgrade a few fish and we were able to catch a few more bull red fish and a few red fish that were the perfect size for grilling and even picked up a flounder to put the proverbial icing on the cake to a perfect day of fishing and smack talking.

                                All of the fish today were caught on market bait either fished 2 feet under a cork or most of the were caught Carolina rigged and bounced off the bottom and when they took it they took it hard most of the fish had t he hooks so deep they had to be cut off and rehooked up. the final fish count for the day was 51 bay snappers 9 red fish and 7 drums and one lone flounder.  All in all a great time was had by all and many fish were caught and a lot were released to fight another day.

                                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 

                         Hello fellow anglers. What a great fishing trip with a nice group of guys in from Metairie and

Mr. Walter and his brother in law

Slid ell fro a day of rest and relaxation and some rod bending. WER MET OUR CLIENTS MR. WALLY AND HIS BROTHER IN LAW AT THE DOCK AT 6:30 AM AND ASKED THE QUESTION DO YOU WANT TO CHASE SPECKS OR GET YOUR LINE TUGGED AND THEY SAID THEY WERE up for some of both  and so with no tide and little wind we hit a rig that has been loaded with Fish and 2 stops was all it took to fill the fish box to its maximum capacity.

                       The wind was a little worse than we expected but the guys were real troopers and we made it to the rig and almost from the first cast it was fish after fish and as the day progressed the wind laid down some and with it the action picked up to a fever pitch and for about 2 hours it was a fish or a missed fish on every cast. After loading the box and the guys playing catch and release for a while we headed to the  house with sore arms and smiles all around.

                        The final fish count for the day was 51 bay snappers 6 red fish and 9 puppy drums.All fish today were caught on market bait on jig heads bounced off the bottom.  The guys both said that today was in the top 10 trips of their lives and cant wait until their next trip down with us.

 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

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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 nice family in from Mississippi for a meat haul and they timed this trip just right. I met the guys  at the dock at 6:45  after a night in  the trailers they were ready for some of the  rod bending action  that they have been hearing about and with no winds in the weather forecast thats just what we did was fill the fish box to the rim with giant red fish, puppy drums and bay snappers with all the extra fish that the guys could handle.

                             I picked the guys up and with plenty of market bait we hit the sound and almost at every stop  the fish were there and hungry with only a few of those barbed pain in the butts mixed in so it didn’t take long to fill the fish box with 5 reds 11 drums and 31 bay snappers and the guys caught and realeased  fis for several hours until they used all the bait we had and we called a wrap. These guys were a blast to fish with and they cant wait until their next trip a little later in the summer. All fish today were caught using market bait Carolina rigged on the bottom.

 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 whole group

 

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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 April.The fish have started their spring migrations out to the outside lakes for the spring spawn. With the water temperatures rising into the 75 to 80 degree range the white shrimp have started to pop up in some of the outer lakes and canals and with that the trout have started to gorge them selves and any baits that resemble a shrimp will work to catch them now. The red fish have started to move more into the shallow ponds and around the edges of the larger lakes in preparation for their spawn also that is coming in the next month or so. The reds have been real active on gold spoons fished just under the surface and most plastics in the darker colors rigged on a jig head bounced off the bottom. Also the old standard of market bait rigged 2 feet under a popping cork always works well. One tip for the fishermen for tis month is if you see birds diving on the water weather it be in a lake or in a canal they are usually eating shrimp pushed to the surface by feeding trout and the fish can be easily caught on plastics under them.             

 If you would like to make a trip Capt. Ron Or Capt. Ricky 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

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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 very nice family in from new Orleans and New York for some of  lOUISIANAS  beast fishing. I met Mr.Les at the dock at 7 am and his son in law had to opt out because of a knee injury that he got trying to keep up with his son snow skiing  but he said he will be out next time come rain or shine. The day started of with a little fog but not bad so we headed out to fish country and after a cool boat ride to the hot spot in Breton sound the action was on from the first cast until the boys cried uncle the fish were eating the market bait on every cast. The guys quickly filled the fish box with Red fish up to 20 pounds , black drums and all the bay snappers they could stand and believe me they caught at least 100 that we threw back.

                             Today I had the pleasure of guiding Mr. Les his grand sons Axle and Aiden and their friend Brad. These boys could fish good and the results were in the Fish box to prove it. All the fish today were caught on market shrimp Carolina rigged on the bottom fished dead slow. The final fish count for the day was 31 bay snappers 5 reds and 11 drums with several of the drums being over 30 pounds.

                             The spring week end s are booking up fast so if you want to get your week end day booked for some of the best sow trout fishing call as soon as you get your days lined out.

                                     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 

WINDY DAY AT THE BEACH  

                                     Hello fellow anglers. What a windy day in Hopedale. The weather man said it was going to blow about 5 to 7 mph but as usual he was WRONG because at the dock at daylight it was blowing 10 to 15 at least and as the day progressed it just got harder and harder but we were there and made a good day of being on the water. I met Mr. Ryan and his father in law at the dock and we headed into the marshes after some of those speckled wonders and at the first stop we got some good action with some good trout mixed in with some dinks but we had good action for about 2 hours and was able to put some meat in the box and when the bite slowed we moved on. Spot number 2 and 3 were dry so off to the west to a red fish spot in Four Horse lake and as soon as we stopped  we caught a couple of trout but then Nada and made a short move to a cut and it had some reds in it and we caught and kept 5 and had some rats mixed in and 1 puppy drum.

It was a pleasure to fish with Ryan and Mr. Bob and it is alwasy fun to spend time out in the great outdoors with people that have the same passion for it that I have.The final fish count for today was 2 trout 6 red fish and 1 puppy drum.All  of the trout were caught on plastics in variovs colors and the reds were caught on market bait 2 feet under a rattling cork. Not a terrible day but fun either way.

 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

Mr. Bob and the big boy of the trip

 

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 family. Today looked like it was going to be a tough one and with low water and 20 to 30 mph winds out of the south west it was exactly that but as usual we took the lemons that we had been handed and made a great picture of lemonade out of them. We started  off close to the dock after some of the speckled ghost and sure enough they had lock jaw today so after hitting several spots that had been producing good trout but nada so time to shift gears and head for the red fish hole and at least we were able to make a good day of fish catching out of it because the red fish were there but spotty. They were scattered along the islands and were eating market bait 3 feet under a popping cork worked very slowly.

 Today I had the pleasure of fishing with Mr. Joey Mr. Dean and Mr. Sam in from Mississippi for some R& R. and they had stayed the night before in Capt. Dudes accommodations and at daylight they were up and rearing to go. The final fish count for the day was 17 red fish 6 puppy drums and 2 trout. a fun day was had by all and the guys cant wait until the trout start to spawn and the blow out trips will be on.

 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 

                      Hello fellow anglers. What a great day on the water with my brother.We made a quick check out trip to the center spillway just to see what was happening and all that was happening was solid fish action from the second cast until we left it was on.The water level was as low as I have ever seen it but it didn’t seem to matter because in every spot where the water was some what clear it was full of fish and they were hungry. We started with crank baits in the new citrus shad color nad then switched to a rattle trap in the shad color but it didn’t seem to matter they were eating them both up and when they slowed down a little we went to the old standard Berkley power worm in the June bug color and that was a wrap

                   We started fishing in the Belle river area and ended up in the middle fork area and caught fish all in between. We caught at least 150 bass and kept 7 and 16 stripers and 25 sac-a-lait. The bass were all 16 inch’s and the stripers were nice but the sacs were the typical spillway size. The fishing is just kicking off for the year so its time to shake off the cob webs and get after them. But be extremely careful out there because with the low low  water conditions you might hit stuff in canals that are usually wide open so BE CAREFULL OUT THERE.

                         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