The author, and pilot/fishing guide/lodge owner Theophile Bourgeois (right), circles high overhead Breton Island, a remote slice of heaven in the northern Gulf that teems with hungry game fish. Breton National Wildlife Refuge, just a short flight from Barataria, Louisiana, encompasses a huge swath of fertile and productive waters. Over the years, I’ve seen plenty of big fish caught from boats of various sizes. And I once saw a bonefish caught from the back of a pickup truck in the Bahamas. But until this past May, I’d never seen a fish taken from a plane. I was enjoying a bologna-and-cheese sandwich aboard Capt. Theophile Bourgeois’ Cessna 185, staked out in the lee of Breton Island off the eastern Louisiana coast, replaying in my mind a fabulous morning of wading. Along with his wife, Eilene, Bourgeois and I ...![Sport Fishing Mag]()
