Hopedale Fishing Reports

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

Hopedale Speckled Trout Action! - Hopedale Trout! Teusday was just as good I had Dave Barecker and his friend GW Television actor from the TV show The Closer' and the Police Academy Movies in town for some RR and a little fishing action in Hopedale LA. We got right on the trout b more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

Catching Up! - Fished yesterday with my good friend Alan Luc and boy did we have a good time. Al and I had not done anything together in a while so to say we enjoyed the day is in understatement. The weather was beautiful too. To the fishing, We started off right i more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

Jackson Family Trip - Trey Jackson set up this trip for his mom Brenda and his dad Gene. Things started off kind of slow the first few spots only a couple. We found a few trout in Lake Amadee but they would not stay on. So I made a big move toward the outside and started more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

Roll Tide - Claude Clark and his buddy Dennis made the trip over from Alabama to get in some speckled trout and redfish. My son Jacob jumped on board today to help out and start learning a little too. Well I was off all last week on vacation so I just went with more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

You Don't Know Unless You Go! - WINDY! WINDY! LIMITS! LIMITS! This past week in Hopedale the wind has been absolutely horrendous 20 to 30 mph every day. But YOU DONT KNOW UNLESS YOU GO! Well I have been going and catching limits of trout and some beautiful redfish too. The p more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

Hopedale Louisiana Trout! - Al Godwin wanted only big fish today and with the calm conditions we were able to get outside. Things started great at the first stop but the catfish took over quick. A couple of move later with the tide stating to come in the big trout started bitin more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale

Photo Finish - Yesterday Ray Huntzicker and guest along with the camera man were back in Hopedale for some more Speckled Trout and Redfish action for an upcoming episode on HUNTZICKER OUTDOORS TV. Man the winds were calm for the first time in along time we headed o more...
Capt. Gene Dugas - Hopedale