This was one of the coldest winters experienced by Louisiana in a long time. On January 18th some friends of mine and I went to an undisclosed fishing hole “down da road”, which is “Y’at” for anything south of New Orleans. Y’at is the accepted name for the dialect spoken in and around the New Orleans area. It comes from the phrase “Where Y’at?” in plain in English “Where are you at?”.
Anyway, it was pretty dang cold so I was glad that I had on my Original Mountain Pants to block the wind, and my friend Leon favors his Teton Twill khakis. Regardless of which style of Mountain Khakis you prefer, you were glad you had them since the temperature was in the 30’s.
We off loaded the kayaks and got all our gear and tackle rigged up. An essential piece of gear one might overlook while kayak fishing is the anchor. This allows you to set up anywhere in the waterway for optimum bait placement. We got on the water soon after arriving at the put-in and were quickly underway. There are several good “holes” within a short paddle of that particular put-in so we had bait in the water fairly quickly. I’ll spare you the expense and tell you now that we had no luck at all that day, not a bite. We didn’t find out until later that there was a big “fish kill” due to the cold temperature. The fish that survived either headed out to deeper water or inland.
Regardless of the outcome, a bad day fishing is better than a good day at school.
