Anglers facing shallow, weedy water can take a lesson from Barnie White and his father, Steve. The father/son team finished second in the first Louisiana Saltwater Series (LASS) tournament of the year throwing Metal WhoDat Spoons to redfish feeding in shallow grass and took home more than $2,000. LINK to Full Story “This tournament trail is put on by the Louisiana Department of Fisheries,” Barnie White said. “It’s been going for four or five years. It’s a family oriented trail – my father and I have been Team of the Year a time or two, and my daughter is starting to fish it with me, too.”
The season kick-off tournament was held March 8 out of Boudreaux’s Marina in Cocodrie, La. During prefishing for the tournament Barnie found some fish in shallow, weedy water, even though most competitors felt it was a little early in the season to find tournament winners up that shallow.
“We caught two really good ones (in practice) and felt really good about that area,” he said. “The rest of the day we just trolled around and watched redfish play. We probably saw more than 100 fish that day.”
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