May
11
2015
The last full day was the highlight of my trip. My friend rented a charter boat to fish on Lake Pontchartrain. Unexpectedly the boat ride to and back our fishing spot was just as exciting as the fishing.
We hung on for dear life as the wind and spray hit us. It was exhilarating! The captain said he was only traveling twenty-seven mile per hour but it seemed faster. I was never in a boat that small. The fishing was almost anticlimactic.
I lost track how many of speckled trout I caught. As my friend said in his sardonic way–I caught ‘my world record’ for speckled trout. The guide was good and patient with us. He talked slowly with a southern drawl. I also caught two sting rays, two small croakers and the only flounder. It was fun although I did get tired standing up to fish.
I did not catch any sheephead. The guide caught two and my friend one. They were bigger than any of the other fish–four to six pounds. My only disappointment there was no time to eat any of the speckled trout. I was leaving the next day.
The guide and captain was good and if you are ever in the New Orleans area I would recommend this charter. He called his charter “Therapy Charters”. When I questioned him how he got his name, he simply said ‘fishing is therapy.’ If you ever want to look up his web site it is www.therapycharters.net.
