Seaplane Makes Fishing Barrier Islands a Breeze
This was originally posted at www.louisianasportsman.com on July 6, 2011.
I’m not a huge fan of flying, but when Capt. Theophile Bourgeois invited me and Louisiana Sportsman editor Todd Masson to fly with him in a seaplane out to Gosier Island to wade-fish for speckled trout I knew I would have to cast my fears aside, especially after Bourgeois texted me pictures of the trout he had been catching.
Masson and I met up with Bourgeois and Lyle Panepinto of Southern Seaplane Inc. at Bourgeois’ Cajun Vista in Lafitte. We loaded our spinning rods in the back of the Cessna 185, and Masson and I climbed into our spots behind Bourgeois and Panepinto.
The funny thing about flying is that I don’t like the thought of flying, but every time I actually fly I just love being in the air. Just a few minutes later, we were landing at the Southern Seaplane airport in Belle Chasse to get some fuel.
Then it was back in the air again. We flew over the Caernarvon Diversion Canal and Delacroix Island toward Breton Sound. As we flew over Delacroix and Hopedale, Masson and I had fun picking out places that were familiar to us like Lake Amadee, the MRGO rocks and Mozambique Point.
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