Captain
Damien Melancon

Member since June 2017 Chauvin, United States
Background
I am a third generation commercial fisherman in southern Louisiana and I have been fishing the area since childhood. I first began guiding hunting and fishing trips in the Houma La area in 1993. I provide safe trips with guaranteed fish and plenty of local knowledge.
Techniques
The general techniques we use are to throw artificial lures on light tackle at tailing Redfish (4 to 15 pound size) over grassy flats in less than a foot of water. We will pick out the fish we want to catch and watch the fish eat the bait. If the weather is calm enough we will throw topwater plugs for the ultimate in shallow Redfish action. We also fish for Bull Redfish (15 to 50+ pounds) using cracked crab in the deeper passes when the season and the weather allows. We can also catch spotted sea trout as an option when the customer requests. The trout will be located along the barrier islands near the passes during the summer and move inshore during the other months. Redfish, spotted sea trout and several other species are available to catch year round in the Dularge,Cocodrie, Chauvin and Houma area.

Hey, I'm Captain Damien Melancon

Chauvin, United States
Background
I am a third generation commercial fisherman in southern Louisiana and I have been fishing the area since childhood. I first began guiding hunting and fishing trips in the Houma La area in 1993. I provide safe trips with guaranteed fish and plenty of local knowledge.
Techniques
The general techniques we use are to throw artificial lures on light tackle at tailing Redfish (4 to 15 pound size) over grassy flats in less than a foot of water. We will pick out the fish we want to catch and watch the fish eat the bait. If the weather is calm enough we will throw topwater plugs for the ultimate in shallow Redfish action. We also fish for Bull Redfish (15 to 50+ pounds) using cracked crab in the deeper passes when the season and the weather allows. We can also catch spotted sea trout as an option when the customer requests. The trout will be located along the barrier islands near the passes during the summer and move inshore during the other months. Redfish, spotted sea trout and several other species are available to catch year round in the Dularge,Cocodrie, Chauvin and Houma area.

My Charter Listing

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(29 reviews)
Chauvin
 Last booking: 6 days ago
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Trips from US $700

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Excellent
5.0 / 5
out of 5 stars from 29 reviews
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great guide
Wanted Bull Redfish for my kids to catch, he delivered
Wanted Bull Redfish for my kids to catch, he delivered
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Appropriate for children
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Bobby M.
Excellent
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Wanted Bull Redfish for my kids to catch, he delivered

VERIFIED   Fishing Booker Special Package on July 5, 2024
I wanted my boys to catch big bull redfish. He didnโ€™t just put them where they needed to be, he took care of the poles, baited,...
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Nicole G.
Excellent
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Great guide

VERIFIED   Fishing Booker Special Package on October 25, 2024
Great time fishing caught a bunch of fish
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Don W.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Great trip

VERIFIED   Fishing Booker Special Package on April 5, 2024
Damien was a great captain worked hard to get us on some fish wind was our enemy,but, Damnion got us on some fish granddaughter,and...
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Ken Y.
Mount Pleasant, TN
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Hurricane Delta didn't stop us!

VERIFIED   Fishing Booker Special Package on October 6, 2020
Planned a father / son trip and it couldnโ€™t have gone in better ....well except for hurricane Delta.ย  We fished Tuesday...
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Randy K.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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Fishing with Damien

VERIFIED   Fishing Booker Special Package on July 25, 2022
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