“IT GETS WEIRD OUT THERE”
Anglers wanting to venture outside of Calcasieu itself should target the Sabine jetties, which start to turn on in May and improve throughout the summer. Keep in mind that one day of excellent fishing can be followed by a day of poor fishing, even when conditions appear to be virtually the same.

“It gets weird out there with the trout getting into that summer bite pattern,” said angler Kelly Tanner, who frequents the Louisiana rocks. Last year, Tanner caught limits of trout in the washouts on the Gulf of Mexico side of the Louisiana rocks from 30 minutes before dawn until about 15 minutes after first light.

“I catch most of them throwing a silver/blue Skitter Pop right against the rocks,” said the angler from Beaumont, Texas. “Most of the time, the strikes are on the very first twitch of the lure and they are hitting hard. But then when they decide to stop biting, they just quit altogether.”

Newly formed islands produced by spoils of the LNG plant north of the jetties have produced some phenomenal fishing beginning about half-mile east of the northern tier of the jetties. Local anglers are calling them the “Little Chandeleurs,” as they appear similar to the barrier islands along the Louisiana/Mississippi border and produce similar large catches of trout.

I’ve personally had some success fishing this area by wading and throwing topwater lures like the Skitter Walk and soft plastics like a Killer Diller shrimp from Creme. The fish feed aggressively here, and they seem to bite best right at dawn or during peak tidal movements. Make sure to keep an eye out for stingrays and sharks. Many bull sharks swim the area, and as anyone knows, they’re the kind of creature that can spoil your trout fishing for a lifetime.