Going South to Louisianna

[Maverickpro201]

Not the Toledo Bend

[Dewayne French]

Grosse savanne I would suppose? But I do love TBend 

[Maverickpro201]

18 hours ago, Dewayne French said:

Grosse savanne I would suppose? But I do love TBend 

Nope

[Maverickpro201]

March 1st thru the 7th. We are going to be fishing a Trophy Lake.

Well, I will be gone 1st through the 7th. I may as well let the Cat Out Of The Bag. 

The Lake is Bussey Brakes. They are catching the heck out of some really nice Crappies and Bass right now. 

You can go to bussy brakes lunker facebook page and see what is being caught if you care to.  

They also have a fish I am not familiar with. It is a Bowfin that are suppose to be some real fighters. I have been told by a friend they are also Grennell Cats. 

I will have pictures after I get back because, I am not taking my computer along and have a dumb phone.  

[Ham]

Bussey Brake was made as an emergency water supply for the Paper Mill that was in a nearby town. The mill has been shut down.

That was a Fun lake to fish back in the day, but at some point they completely drained it. It always had some really Big fish in it, but I think it was heavily stocked with Florida Bass and these are the F1’s. 

that was the first lake at @cajunangler and I fished together decades ago. 

I have not been on it since it was renovated and restocked. I would be really curious to see if they changed the bottom contours any.  
Good Luck! I kinda doubt that you will catch any Bowfin there since they would have to have been stocked. 

[Maverickpro201]

Mill was shut down in 2010 due to EPA regulations. Paper Mill Lake/Bussey Brakes was then donated it to Louisianna Parks and Wildlife. It was developed into a Wildlife Management area in 2012. Stocked with Shad, Crappies, Red-Ear, Bluegills and Florida Strain Bass. You could not fish there until 2020 or 2021. And yes it does have Bowfin in it.  There are also Alligators in there. They do not bother me because I fish with them in Texas also. Also have some BIG Cottonmouths.

They did drain it to some extent and did some contour changes, but it is still a shallow lake. 

[Quillback]

Man, I'd like to fish it for the redears.  Might be overlooked.

[Maverickpro201]

1 hour ago, Quillback said:

Man, I'd like to fish it for the redears.  Might be overlooked.

We will see. We will be catch and release on Bass. All Bass over 18'' have to be released immediately. But you are allowed to take one in over 22'' or 24'' To weigh on a certified scale. they provide at the weigh-in building.  But hopefully will get 2 limits of Crappie, which is 25 a day, over 10'', Possession is 50 total, And our limit of 50, for at least 1 day of Red-Ear. Allowed 100 possession.  

[Maverickpro201]

2 hours ago, Quillback said:

Man, I'd like to fish it for the redears.  Might be overlooked.

We will see. We will be catch and release on Bass. All Bass over 18'' have to be released immediately. But you are allowed to take one in over 22'' or 24'' To weigh on a certified scale. they provide at the weigh-in building.  But hopefully will get 2 limits of Crappie, which is 25 a day, over 10'', Possession is 50 total, And our limit of 50, for at least 1 day of Red-Ear. Allowed 100 possession.  

Records for Louisianna Fish

Louisiana State Fish Records

[Quillback]

10 hours ago, Maverickpro201 said:

We will see. We will be catch and release on Bass. All Bass over 18'' have to be released immediately. But you are allowed to take one in over 22'' or 24'' To weigh on a certified scale. they provide at the weigh-in building.  But hopefully will get 2 limits of Crappie, which is 25 a day, over 10'', Possession is 50 total, And our limit of 50, for at least 1 day of Red-Ear. Allowed 100 possession.  

From the pics I have seen of that lake, it looks like a solid crappie lake.