Veteran tournament angler shares his tips for fishing the Atchafalaya Basin
A Lafayette bass angler likes the many options he has to catch bass in September when he launches his boat out of a landing along the West Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee in St. Mary Parish.
Billy Billeaud, who has fished various major bass fishing circuits for years, has enjoyed some memorable smackdowns on the west side of the Atchafalaya River this time of year from Beau Bayou to Verdunville. He expects more of the same this September, particularly along the G.A. Cut, identified on most maps as Lake Fausse Pointe Cut.
Billeaud, 64, talked about the prospects while waiting for a storm to pass while he was at Woman Lake in Minnesota, where he was preparing to fish for a Bassmaster Open tournament Aug. 14-16 at Leech Lake in Walker, Minn…