Fishing Reports by Capt. Gene Dugas

Operation Redfish - Big Stan Easly and son Chad in on leave from Iraq along with friends Jermy, Dave and His son Cade had one thing on their mind, REDFISH! At that is what they caught. Stan set up the trip and called me to ask if we could fit in a 5th person 10yr old C more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

Mark's Family clean Up - Skip Marks, daughter Alex and son Phillip were doing their part yesterday down in Hopedale La helping with the cleanup. They were cleaning up on the trout and redfish. We got on a steady bite with some nice trout on the fringes of Black bay with liv more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

No oil just Great Fishing in Hopedale LA - NO OIL IN HOPEDALE LA! The fishing this past week has really been great. Speckled trout and redfsish are abundant . Ran a few trips and had boxes full of fish every time. Our area is open to fishing and the fish are biting. If you want to come out more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

Good Friend's - Planned a scout trip yesterday with my friend Capt Ron his brother Rick and another freind of mine Claude. Well I got detained and could not make for daylight so Ron, Rick and Claude headed out and smashed the trout before I even wet a line. But th more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

EMS Redfish! - Had a crew of Acadian Paramedics Brady, Ben, Derek, Cane and Scott from Marksville La down on the bayou this past weekend for some fishing fun and RR. The weather was perfect light winds and warm temps and a rising tide. The guy's wanted redfish so t more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

Windy Day Redfish - John Bindewald and 11 yr old son Blake on board today for some red fishing action in Hopedale LA. A cold front blew in last night and had it kind of coola and windy this morning but that would not be problem. First stop two redfish on ein the box th more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

CHICAGO GANG! - Tough fishing conditions Monday and Tuesday but not for the CHICAGO GANG Justin, Shana, Brittney, Kevin, Adam, and Nick they did not care about the wind and rain and were determined to fish. Well fish we did and had two outstanding days with limits o more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

After Hurricane Ida Trip - Thursday was my first trip out since Hurricane Ida blew thru. The water was back to normal levels and the tide falling but the wind was still blowing pretty stiff out the NW about 15-20. Charlie Hamilton John Batson and Harry Blair said they wee com more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

Whack and Stack! - Saturday with Larry Romero and Crew turned out to be an AWESOME day after getting wind burn yesterday this morning the winds were down a bit 10-15 a lot better conditions. Things started off with a bang first stop nice trout coming in the boat But th more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

Got 'em - Windy again but that was not going to deter Skip marks and Hardy Fowler from going fishing. Things started a little slow but as the morning progressed the speckled trout started coming in the boat. Live shrimp under corks 3 ft deep was the ticket. Ni more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale