Your Inshore Experience
Here at the Big Outdoors Charters we have multiple inshore packages to offer to our clients. We can tailor each trip to fulfill your desired fishing adventure and needs.
How your trip day works
- Your captain will contact you the week of your trip to arrange a time to meet at our dock facility.
- The morning of your trip we meet at our dock early to load your group along with your food and drinks into our boats, then depart before sunrise.
- We take an early morning boat ride through the south Louisiana marsh to our fishing grounds. Depending on the time of year and where we are fishing, expect anywhere from a 5 minute to an hour boat ride.
- Your captain will assist you throughout the day on your fishing adventure.
- When the fishing is over we make our journey back to the dock, where your captain will clean and bag your catch for the day. This trip runs approximately 6 – 8 hours from start to finish.
Inshore Fishing Rates
Trips with 2 anglers are on our bay boat only.
6 Hour Inshore Trips
Near Saint Bernard
| 2 Anglers | $900.00 |
| 3 Anglers | $1,050.00 |
| 4 Anglers | $1,200.00 |
| 5 Anglers | $1,500.00 |
7-8 Hour Inshore Trips
Near Saint Bernard
| 2 Anglers | $1,200.00 |
| 3 Anglers | $1,350.00 |
| 4 Anglers | $1,500.00 |
| 5 Anglers | $1,800.00 |
6 Hour Inshore Trips
Near Breton Sound / Chandeleur Islands
| 2 Anglers | $900.00 |
| 3 Anglers | $1,050.00 |
| 4 Anglers | $1,200.00 |
| 5 Anglers | $1,500.00 |
Fishing & Lodging Packages
Your inshore trip plus a night at The Big O Lodge.
6 Hour Trip + Lodge
| 2 Anglers | $1,350 |
| 3 Anglers | $1,500 |
| 4 Anglers | $1,650 |
| 5 Anglers | $2,025 |
7-8 Hour Trip + Lodge
| 2 Anglers | $1,650 |
| 3 Anglers | $1,800 |
| 4 Anglers | $1,950 |
| 5 Anglers | $2,325 |
What to Bring
Items to bring
- Lunch, Snacks, Drinks
- Sunscreen
- Camera
- Rain Gear
- Ice Chest (to bring home your fish fillets)
- Fishing License
Included
- Rods & Reels
- Tackle
- Live & Artificial Baits
- Ice
- Fuel
- Free Fish Cleaning and Packaging
What Type Of Trips Do We Offer?
Trout & Redfish Combo
Our speckled trout and redfish combo consists of a full day of fishing for speckled trout and redfish. You will depart from the dock at safe light and venture throughout the rich South Louisiana marsh in search of our famous speckled trout.
Summer: we fish the natural gas rigs and wrecks in our outer bays known as Breton Sound, Black Bay, and Bay Eloi. Our bait of choice to put those big healthy trout on ice is live shrimp and live croakers!
Winter: we fish the interior marsh for speckled trout. Our bait of choice is live shrimp under a cork or artificial lures under a cork.
Typically on this trip you will fish for speckled trout until 10 A.M., then venture back into the marsh to fish the rest of the day for redfish! Our reds will be in our marsh patrolling the banks in search of those live shrimp you will have at the end of your cork!
Redfish
For those redfish enthusiasts we offer full day redfish trips! Whether you are an avid redfish angler or a newcomer to the sport, we have the redfish Mecca. Known as the Redfish Capital of the World, we have more redfish than you and your friends can handle.
If you like catching redfish on gold spoons, spinner baits, or plastics in duck ponds, we have one of the finest estuaries to keep you busy reeling in those reds on light tackle. If you are the angler who just wants to experience that drag-screaming action with reds but prefer not to throw artificial baits, we have just what you want!
Sight Fishing Redfish
The Big Outdoors Charters also offers the ultimate experience that many redfish anglers live to see: sight fishing redfish in 6 inches to a foot of crystal clear, gin-colored water!
Yes, the heart-beating, adrenaline-pumping action of sighting a redfish, making a precision cast and watching a redfish make a complete 360 degree turn to inhale your lure! You will be fishing on shallow water flats and ponds deep in the marsh in search of our golden, bronze redfish.
It is typical to catch anywhere from 20-50 redfish a trip and possibly see hundreds of redfish on this trip! This trip is recommended for avid anglers.
Lodging at The Big O Lodge
Situated in Hopedale, Louisiana, our 4-bedroom, 3-bath lodge is an ideal retreat for outdoor enthusiasts and those in search of a spacious and comfortable getaway.
- Covered Mid-Deck and Patio: grill on our BBQ pits, enjoy the outdoor seating, and relax on our covered, screened back patio without the worry of mosquitos.
- Pool Table: the main entertainment space features a pool table for indoor fun and friendly competition.
- Modern Amenities: flat-screen TVs, Wi-Fi, and a full-sized kitchen equipped with new appliances.
- Location: a tranquil, secluded setting in Hopedale. The exact location will be shared with you before your trip.
