EASL PO Box 446 Gonzales, LA 70707 Vol. 47, No. 11 December 2018 Message From Our President Hello again fellow members off in time enough to make it nice one that we would of EASL. Hope you all had to the Point Aux Chene boat keep. Later the rain a happy Thanksgiving Day. launch just in time for a great was moving in and the I had a great day. Plenty of sun rise. The air was cool bite was getting slow, good food, fun with the family, but not too cool. There was so with fifteen reds and and a nice win by the Saints little wind and a pretty good fifteen trout we were heading for the house. It too. You just can’t beat a day outgoing tide. On arrival at is really, nice when a day you look so forward like that, especially when it is our first spot. A spot that is to every year, turns out so well. We had a blast. followed by Red Friday. This a secret. It’s so secret that This is a Thanksgiving tradition that I hope I can is the day that for as long as only four other boats were participate in for many more years. As long, as I’ve been back home from the there before use. I lowered I can remember it has always been a good day Air Force that I have always the trolling motor and we for fishing. What day isn’t? While others spend spent fishing in the marsh. were fishing. In just a few Mike, Robbie & JP With Their Reds Black Friday shopping, to me it will always be This year was no different. cast I was hooked up with By the time we made it back to the main canal, Red Friday fishing. I wish all of you a Merry It’s our family tradition. Ever Mike With 26 inch Red at Pt a little rat red. We didn’t the tide had changed and was going out. Right Christmas and a very Happy New Year. Start a since Robbie was old enough Aux Chenes troll but there where we tradition of your own outdoors and with family. to fish, rain or shine, we’ve been there. This Year maybe twenty yards and came out in the cut Something you will remember and talk about we were joined by my son-in-law J.P. It started boom, we found the hole. to the main canal, every year and share with the future generation, out great. J.P. over slept and I almost forgot to We started pulling in fish we started picking so they can continue the family fun. Thank you put the life jackets in the boat. But hey, we got after fish. Mostly redfish but up a few more trout for listening to my story. I hope you can join us at an occasional trout. All while and of course more the Dec. meeting on the 17th for a good holiday the people in the other boats redfish. The trout meal and a night of friendship and fun. We will around us watched and were mainly small see you there. wondered why they didn’t but every now and Thank you, Michael Lambert try that spot first. We sat Sunrise On Pointe Aux Chenes then we caught a there and got our limit of real big redfish and some nice trout in a pretty short amount of time then graciously gave up the spot to the other anglers. We then started the search TheHeld everyEASL 3rd Monday Meeting of the month at for the next trout hot spot. The next spot was only a short ride up the bayou where we found Chef KD's at 38278 Hwy. 74 in Dutchtown birds feeding but it only produced small trout. Monday, December 17, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. Then for the next several hours we checked Meal sponsored by: out some other areas with no real results. Later JP With Nice Trout & Robbie Picking His we ended up in a small ditch through the marsh Sonny Lamendola and Carol Gautreaux Next Bait where we continued to catch really, nice redfish. Page 2 . East Ascension Sportsman . December 2018 The EastP.O. Box Ascension 446 • Gonzales, Sports LA 70707 man Published Monthly by The East Ascension Sportsman League (EASL) Subscription Rates: $20 per year including EASL membership Advertising Monthly Rates: $10.00 for 1/8 Page; $20.00 for 1/4 Page; $40.00 for 1/2 Page; $80.00 for Full Page Newspaper Staff: Editor: David Miles, [email protected] Manager & Advertising Sales: Robbie Lambert FOR ALL YOUR BUILDING Contributing Writers: Goosie Guice, Jim Hebert, Jay Huner, Jodie Singer, David Miles, Lyle Johnson & Torrey Hayden AND REMODELING SUPPLIES 2018 EASL Officers President: Mike Lambert OFFICE PHONE 1st V.P.: Barney Callahan 2nd V.P.: Herb Finnerty 3rd V.P.: Vince Diez, Jr. 644-6538 Treasurer: Jodie Singer Secretary: Warren Singer 559 SOUTH AIRLINE HIGHWAY GONZALES, LA 70737 EASL Membership Registration (Check the mailing label for the month & year of your expiration) o New membership o Renew membership I am including my dues payment (make checks payable to EASL and choose payment option below): o $20 (annual) o $200 (10 year) o $400 (20 year) Name ___________________________________________ HUTch’s hardWARE Address _________________________________________ propane • outdoor cooking City/State/Zip ___________________________________ Phone __________________________________________ Email ___________________________________________ DUTCHTOWN MINI STORAGE hwy 621 • 673-6276 Mail membership application to East Ascension Sportsman's Professional Grounds Equipment League, P.O. Box 446, Gonzales, LA 70707 December 2018 . East Ascension Sportsman . Page 3 'Twas the (fishermans') night before RECOGNIZING OUR MONTHLY MEAL SPONSORS Christmas... Our EASL monthly meetings are highlighted by a meal, cooked most times by our host, By John Brady (reprinted from bassresource.com) Chef Kevin Diez. However, some monthly meal sponsors also cook their own meal. Either way, our meetings are made much more enjoyable because we are able to “break bread” 'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house with our fellow sports men and women and conservationists. not a creature was stirring not even a moss mouse; Our generous meal sponsors do not receive significant attention or acclaim, so we wish to recognize them during this festive Christmas Season, and thank them for their generosity. The rods were hung in there racks with great care, Below are the fine folks who helped make our 2018 meetings most enjoyable: In hopes that next spring soon would soon be there; January – Mike Stafford and Family. (225) 675-5375 or 955-2526. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, February - Thad Bellow, Fins to Feathers Taxidermy, 9275 Hwy. 22, St. Amant, LA, 70774. 225-675-6276. while visions of new crankbaits danced in their heads; March – Chef Kevin Diez, 38278 Hwy. 74, Dutchtown, LA 673-3859. Chef KD cooks for And Ma in her 'kerchief, and I in my Bass Cap, most of our meetings but sponsored the March meeting. April – Simon’s Outboard Repair, 13127 Roddy Rd., Gonzales, LA 70737 647-5746. had just settled in for a long winters' nap, May – Mike Lambert of Bayou Metal Works (pan fish rodeo), 11500 Benton Frederic Rd., When out on the pond there arose such a splatter, St. Amant, LA 644-3804. I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. June - Todd Gautreau of Oak Terrace Fuels, 1101 S. Burnside, Gonzales, LA 70737. 647- 8802. Away to the window I flew like a flash, July – United Community Bank (UCB), 12328 LA Hwy. 44, Gonzales & 17257 Airline Hwy., tore open the shutter, and threw up the sash. Prairieville, LA. 644-2265. August - Cody Braud of Braud's Barber Shop 516 N. Alexander Ave, Gonzales, LA 225- The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow, 647-2889 (Cody cooked his famous venison sauce picante). gave the lustre of mid-day on the bass down below, September - Scott Fairchild of Performance Contractors. October - Mike Stafford of Sorrento Lumber Co. (225) 675-5375 or 955-2526. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, November – The Yep Gautreau Family (Agnes, Lynda, Poppy, Janice, Monica, Valerie, but a miniature Ranger all packed full of gear. Andrea, Eugene, Merle, Tussy, Richard, Mackie, Steve, Bradley, Francis, and Mark). Chicken With a little old driver so lively and quick, & Sausage Gumbo cooked by Perry Berteau. December – EASL members Sonny Lamendola and Carol Gautreau. I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick! Please thank our meal sponsors personally when you see them and, by all means, consider More rapid than Rat-L-Traps his courses they came, doing business with them whenever possible. as he whistled and shouted and pulled out his baits; Now ZIPPER! Now JJ's! Now RAGETAIL, and JITTERBUG! Sportsman Comic Corner On POP-R! On SPINNERBAIT! On SENKO and MUDBUG! To the back of the pads, where the big bass will fall; now cast away, cast away, cast away all! A variation of the story "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) Page 4 . East Ascension Sportsman . December 2018 YOUTH HUNTER OF THE EASL Big Fish Contest Contacts YEAR CONTEST If you have a special hunt this year, harvest your first game animal or bird, or just enjoy a hunting Deadline for entry is 7 days after month end trip made great by sharing time in the outdoor with family and friends, you could be a candidate for our To report weightThe for Big local Bass call Jim way Hebert at 225-717-6037.