World Class Louisiana Fly Fishing Charters
Where we are about watching the fish eat, the fight of the fish, and the angling experience.
Come enjoy world class saltwater fly fishing and light tackle (sight fishing with a baitcaster or spinning rod) fishing for Monster Redfish, Tarpon, Black Drum, Triple Tail, and Sharks with Captain Jason Catchings.
We offer world class fly fishing trips in the state of Louisiana! We go where the fish are biting and where the water is clean. We offer year around fly fishing and sight fishing with baitcaster/spinning rod fishing trips for Monster Redfish, Tarpon, Triple Tail, Sharks, and Black Drum. The fishing destinations include Cocodrie, Louisiana Houma, Louisiana Hopedale, Louisiana Biloxi Marsh Venice, Louisiana and Lake Calcasieu and the Chandeleur Islands.
Fly Fishing for Louisiana Redfish
We’re on a mission to share our passion, obsession, and experience the excitement of catching monster redfish while fly fishing or sight fishing. We want to give the world the opportunity to catch truly giant redfish in the 20 to 40 pound range while fly fishing or sight fishing in 3 feet of water or less.
There is no better place to catch giant redfish than Venice, Louisiana and the Louisiana Delta for fly fishing for redfish!
We fly fish and sight fish year around for redfish in the marshes South of New Orleans. The fly fishing or sight fish for redfish takes place in the vast marshes in Venice, Louisiana at our main fishing lodge in Venice, Louisiana. We also offer red fishing take around Hopedale, Louisiana, Delacroix, Louisiana and Cocodrie, Louisiana. We also fly fish or sight fish for redfish, tarpon, black drum, jack crevalle, sharks, and triple tail at the Chandeleur Islands.
Louisiana Red fishing is great year around. Red fishing in Louisiana from January to April, consist of fishing in the vast interior marsh ponds and bays. This is a great time of the year to catch numbers of redfish in the 5 to 40 pound range. May and June will consist of fly fishing or sight fishing red fish in the 5 to 25 pound range, black drum, triple tail, sharks, and jacks. July to December in Louisiana means full out fly fishing for giant redfish, black drum, triple tail, sharks, tarpon, and jack crevalle's on fly. Clients have a great opportunity in Louisiana to catch a monster redfish in the 30 to 40 pound range. We are looking at catching only 4 to 6 fish a day. This is because we are fishing for monster redfish in very shallow water. They do not get this big by being dumb.
In July large, schools of redfish show up by the thousands in the mazes of lagoons, bays and bayous that make up the Louisiana coast, fattening up for the spawn in September and then again for the winter months.
Let Jason Catchings and his team of expert, licensed captains introduce you to this region’s incredible fishing for monster redfish, numerous redfish in the 4 to 12 pound range, huge black drum, tarpon, triple tail, and monster jack crevalle's.
You’ll fish from modern skiffs equipped with poling and elevated casting platforms, sight-casting to big, feeding fish in knee-deep water. We only sight fish – no blind casting. And to top it off, the marsh areas that we fish are true wilderness areas, where you rarely see another boat, much less another fisherman!
Have a large group who loves to fish?
We can accommodate up to 16 guests in a single occupancy setting with an all-inclusive getaway including fishing, lodging, meals, snacks and non-alcoholic drinks. Great for corporate retreats and team building, bachelor parties and family reunions. A group can have any of the lodges as an all-inclusive to themselves (meaning only your group is there), by booking 8 to 16 paying guest depending on the lodge. This means you can customize your menus, your fishing schedule, and arrival and departure times. We have media rooms, computers, wifi, and can arrange for anything else your group might need.
All Inclusive Packages for large groups start at:
1 Angler per Boat
Per Angler, Per Day
- Includes
- Dinner the night of arrival
- 8 Hours for conventional fishing
- 8 to 10 hours for fly fishing
- Breakfast, Lunch on the boat, and Non-alcoholic beverages
- Depart after fishing
2 Anglers per Boat
Per Angler, Per Day
- Includes
- Dinner the night of arrival
- 8 Hours for conventional fishing
- 8 to 10 hours for fly fishing
- Breakfast, Lunch on the boat, and Non-alcoholic beverages
- Depart after fishing
3 Anglers per Boat
Per Angler, Per Day
- Includes
- Dinner the night of arrival
- 8 - 10 Hours of fishing
- Breakfast, Lunch on the boat, and Non-alcoholic beverages
- Depart after fishing
What to Expect for the day:
Staying at one of our lodges and experiencing great culinary opportunities allows for a more versatile approach to your trip. The weather will determine the plan for the day. During breakfast you and your guide for the day will talk about the plan for the day. By having one main fishing lodge in Venice, Louisiana and two others in the Louisiana Delta, we can cover the whole Louisiana Delta. It allows us to be more versatile in where we go fishing and gives you the angler the best opportunity to catch fish based on the weather and fishing conditions.
On the day of the trip the drive to the launch will be spent talking about the plan for the day, which typically lasts 7 to 10 hours, depending on sunlight, wind, and water conditions. We do not leave working fish. Trips will usually begin between 6:30 am to 7:00 am 8 a.m. at the launch and last until around 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
We provide all the gear: rods, reels, flies and leaders. We encourage you to leave your equipment at home because of the hassle of flying and checking your gear. If you break or loose one of rods or reels you will be charged the full replacement cost of the equipment.
However, if you elect to bring your gear, we will work with you and if necessary, will make suggestions to assure a productive experience (our Checklist page). We can also provide spinning gear or baitcasters for those who don’t fly-fish. In fact, we have on occasion offered fly fishermen spinning gear or baitcasters to finish the day when conditions prohibited fly fishing.
Our philosophy is that the day belongs to the anglers. Guides are all about putting you on fish. We want to catch fish with a fly rod, but if you get tired or the wind is too strong, we keep fishing and will try something different. We simply use another method of fishing to finish the day. Satisfaction and opportunities are what the angler and the guide are both looking for, and we will make sure that happens!
Fly and Light-Tackle Fishing for Tarpon in Louisiana
We take fly fishing only and light-tackle trips from April 1st – October 1st in the most productive fisheries the states of Florida and Louisiana have to offer. We only use artificial lures or flies.
From April 1st through July 4th, Jason Catchings travels up the coast of Florida with these fish. We start tarpon fishing in Islamorada, Key West to Everglades City and Chokoloskee, Florida. In September to October we chase tarpon in Louisiana out of Venice, The Chandeliers, and Breton Islands, and around the passes of the Mississippi River.
Full Day
For 1 - 2 Anglers
- Artificial Lures Only
- Lodging: includes meals and non-alcoholic drinks - $300.00 per person per day
