General Info
Griffin Fishing offers Louisiana Salt Water Fishing boat charter guides for Speckled Trout and Redfish, deep sea sport fishing trips, bayou swamp marsh tours, all inclusive fish and golfing vacations by Griffin Fishing Charters.
We are located just 30 minutes south of New Orleans, Louisiana in the little fishing village of Lafitte. We fish the shallow, salt water marshes from Lafitte, La. to Grand Isle, La. and the Gulf of Mexico. The average depth of water that we fish in is 4 feet, so no one ever gets sea sick. In fact we tell our guests that if you fall over board, "don't panic; just stand up!"
All of our Louisiana Salt Water Fishing Charters are private and include everything that you need for a fun day on the water. We provide out of state license, rods, reels, bait, tackle, ice, lunch and soft drinks. You and your guests will enjoy 6 to 7 hours with one of our professional Louisiana Salt Water Fishing Guides.
Our guides do not fish unless you invite them to. They will assist you in every way to make your trip more enjoyable and memorable. When you return to the dock we will clean and pack your fish to take home.
Louisiana has the most generous limits of any state on the Gulf Coast. You may keep 5 Red fish per person per day, between 16 and 27 inches. You can also keep up to 25 speckled trout per person per day with a 12 inch minimum size. We ask all of our guests to please keep all that you are going to eat and please put the rest back to be caught another day.
All of our boats are 24 foot center console bay boats, powered by 200 plus HP motors. These are shallow draft boats that can go into as little as 2 feet of water. We fish up to 4 people per boat and have up to 10 boats available with a 30 day notice.
Lodging
We offer 1 and 2 bedroom furnished apartments, with 4 to 6 beds in each one. Every apartment has a full kitchen, coffee pot, cable TV, towels, linens and cookware. While we don't pretend to be a 4 star hotel, we do offer clean comfortable accommodations that are only a few steps from the water. We also have a large covered dock for you to relax and fish on. Our camp is private and not open to the general public to assure you and your guests a quality experience.
We offer shore lunches daily for our guests. It's a great way to end your day of fishing by eating your fresh catch cooked the Cajun way. Shore lunches include, fried fish, French fries, salad, French bread and dessert for $15.00 per person.
Welcome dinners of Cajun jambalaya, salad, French bread and dessert are available, as well as seafood buffets that include fried fish, fried shrimp, fried oysters, baked red fish, crawfish etoufee', cajun boiled corn and potatoes, salad and dessert. These meals are only available with our complete fishing packages.
Our fishing is good 12 months out of the year, but as in any area around the country we have peak seasons.
December, January and February - These months are cold by our standards, 40 to 60 degrees with strong north winds. The fishing is primarily done with cut bait. Fishing can still be productive, but cold fronts can "turn the fish off" for days at a time. If you are in New Orleans for a few days, just give us a call and we will give you an honest forecast.
March - This is the hardest month to predict, we call it our swing month. The winds can be out the north one day and out the south the next. We have enjoyed great catches during this time of year, but have also been "blown" off of the water.
April, May and June - These are the best months for comfort, quality and quantity! The brown shrimp start to move back into the shallow marshes from the Gulf and it is a feeding frenzy! Big trout are caught in April and May and the red fish start showing back up in the shallow marsh ponds.
July, August and September - While these months are the warmest of the year, this is definitely one of the better periods to fish. If you don't mind the heat, big schools of trout are in the open bays and daily limits are common. Red fish are "thick" in the shallow ponds and top water action is at it's peak!
October and November - As the temperatures start to cool off our fall run of "school trout" begins. It's as if nature is telling the fish to stock up on food. At times you can see 20 to 30 boats fishing the same area and everyone is catching fish! The red fish will also school up this time of year and schools of red fish reaching numbers of 50 to 100 can be see on calm days.
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