Customizing a Vudu Shrimp to Fish Topwater

Having been born and raised in south Louisiana, it by no means ceases to amaze me how we will take what appears to be a superbly good product, and with a bit cajun ingenuity, make it carry out higher. Corey LaBostrie lives in Lacombe, LA, and fishes for all species of fish in Southeast Louisiana. On his newest outing, he made a visit to the marsh close to the mouth of Bayou Lacombe in quest of bass. Bayou Lacombe is a freshwater tributary that empties into Lake Pontchartrain and sees an inflow of brown shrimp in September which makes utilizing shrimp lures advantageous to bass anglers.

Through the morning hours of his journey, LaBostrie observed shrimp being chased by bass on the floor of the water. As he processed the scenario he found out a strategy to match the bait and current his lure within the strike zone of the bass. LaBostrie rapidly dug by his deal with and knew precisely the best way to goal the bass within the canal. “I eliminated the weighted hook out of a Vudu Shrimp and fed a drop-shot hook by the chin of the lure,” he stated. LaBostrie started casting and retrieving, retaining the shrimp close to the floor. “The shrimp have been popping all alongside the floor so I wanted to determine a strategy to maintain the shrimp close to the floor,” he stated. “That weightless Vudu was the ticket to retaining the bait proper beneath the floor of the water.” Inside half-hour, LaBostrie put 4 bass into his canoe and he knew he was onto one thing. “Once I took that weight out of the VuDu Shrimp it grew to become extra buoyant which allowed me to reel it in and maintain it proper under the floor,” he stated. LaBostrie paddled farther into the canal after which right into a duck pond. That’s the place he completed off his restrict of 10 largemouth bass. The seasoned veteran was excited to see the outcomes of his new creation and hopes so as to add it to his arsenal of deal with choices shifting ahead. “I’m catching fish like loopy with this rig,” LaBostrie stated.

Fishing close to Lake Pontchartrain usually poses an issue due to the quantity of ladyfish within the space this time of month. LaBostrie stated this rig is ideal for weeding by these fish. “More often than not your first few hits are going to be these ladyfish making an attempt to eat the lure. However with this rig, the hook is in entrance of the shrimp so these ladyfish simply bump the tail and aren’t in a position to get the hook of their mouth whereas the bass and trout inhale the entire thing,”  stated LaBostrie.

Keith Lusher

Keith Lusher is an award profitable outside journalist that resides in Covington, Louisiana. He owns and operates NorthshoreFishingReport.com and writes a weekly outside column for the Slidell Impartial Newspaper. He additionally writes for the St.Tammany Parish Tourism Fee’s LouisianaNorthshore.com and Louisiana Northshore Discover Journal. He’s the previous host of The Northshore Fishing Report Radio Present and is on the board of the Louisiana Out of doors Writers Affiliation. Keith contributes to quite a few publications each on-line and in print and prides himself on selling South Louisiana’s distinctive fishery.