Looking to Trade Fishing Trips in 2018

Ham66 wrote:Im a Baton Rouge born Louisiana guy that moved to the Mountain Home area a little over 10 years ago. I love it up here and dont have any plans to move, but I do miss some of the Louisiana fishing. I got a Lifetime Fishing License in 1994 so Im always Good to Go License wise.I would love to trade a 2-3 day fishing trip on Bull Shoals from Mid April until mid June for a trip to The Venice area in October-November. We downsized last April and I cant offer housing on my end nor would I expect housing to be provided.I am not as knowledgeable as a Professional guide, but I will be a generous host that is a fairly good fisherman will put you on decent numbers of bass and hopefully a few pretty good ones. Im running a 2009 Cougar with dual consoles so you should be comfortable.Im pretty familiar with fishing Venice and have all the tackle I would need for bass, Specks, or Redfish.We went this past Thursday. The fishing was still good but not as Fantastic as the weekend before. The river is on a slight rise and the water was getting a little muddy. We also had a very strong cold front with high winds that pushed a lot of water out.I am similar to you as I am running a 2011 Puma FTD. Dual consoles etc.I am retired and live in Baton Rouge so I am 3 hours out of Venice. If the river gets right again how much lead time do you need?Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Flipping is what we have doing!!! So much fun. No one can predict the river exactly. We went to Toledo bend as they predicted an earlier rise that didnt happen until now. Not sure what you do but perhaps we can start by looking at the tide tables ahead of time and plan accordingly. Next year is fine by me. I finished LSU in 73. Go Tigers! Stay in touch, always some kind of fishing around here. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Ham66 wrote:Fantastic! Im not knowledgeable about tides at all. I just go fishing. We always caught fish at Venice. Some trips were unreal good, some were great, and some were just way better than average.Lets plan on it.Ill work with you to determine when is good for you. Ill take some time off to “guide” you. Ill have been fishing and will have been asking the right questions. Generally late April is Golden unless we have a late extended cold spell. October 16ish or Nov 13 any of those plus or minus a few days will be the best falling tides for where we want to go.Have a good one.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I am good except for 12 though 15th of April. I have a Toledo Bend trip planned.Ill let you pick the dates preferably May if the fishing is still good.