Specks will be over the reefs off the bank. Use live shrimp under a float, on the bottom with a sliding sinker bottom rig or free-lined. Or, try tandem-rigged sparkle beetles, plastic cockahoes or topwater lures. A bayou emptying into Lake Borgne from the Chef Pass marsh. It attracts a wide variety of species, including speckled trout, reds, flounder and, at times, white trout and croaker.
Anglers can fish reefs off the mouth of the bayou, or the marshy shorelines and ponds on the inside.
A 20-minute run from the hoists at Chef Pass. Usually good for small boaters. Breezes under 12 mph are OK, except for a northeast flow. Early morning is best in the summer. On a falling tide, fish the edge of the current line about a half-block from the mouth of the bayou.