Fly Fishing for Chain Pickerel in Louisiana - January 2024

An early winter fishing outing in Louisiana. I drug the kayak out to a known pickerel location to try and get some on the fly. I only landed one, but had a good time on the water as always!

[@allkindsofoutdooractivities]

Really nice and so beautiful there!

[@KirkDiet]

Beautiful fish! I haven't caught one in over twenty years. They look like fun with their fierce strikes.

[@downsouthflyfishing4931]

They are fun, but it can be really hard to detect the strike sometimes. It’s like they pounce on it but then stop on a dime once they have it

[@KirkDiet]

@@downsouthflyfishing4931 ahhh, I see. I was thinking thrashers swimming right through the fly and spitting it out. Still sounds fun but I see know how you were damning the misses.

[@downsouthflyfishing4931]

Occasionally you would feel them, but the one I caught I just happened to look down and the fish was on my fly out of nowhere

[@KirkDiet]

@@downsouthflyfishing4931 gotta love luck.

[@LouisianaBlackwaterFlyFishing]

What part of Louisiana is that in? looks like a place I have not been before lol

[@downsouthflyfishing4931]

It’s the Pearl River Canal, basically an artificial oxbow of the Pearl River. The lower most section known as Lock 1 has some pretty clear water. Good kayak fishing!