malice
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Id skip straight ti spot 3. It is one of the most productive spots in port sulphur. Stay on NW corner of the 4 way and fish the oyster bed.
Before you leave the sulphur canal headed for lake washington there are oyster beds on the north shoreline that I have caught absolute hammer boxes out of.
The canal just past spot 7 where it dumps out with beds on both sides..mmthe land of milk and honey. Go up into that bayou/canal too and there is more heaven back there.
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Sounds like an excellent trip considering you were fishing out of the titanic!
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Im waiting to see the report. Despite not having a huge tide, today should have been an epically good fishing day.
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Another thing to be aware of is how the tides run out there. SO there is a USGS buoy at the empire canal near the jetties at the pass. THere is another station on grand bayou near grand bayou village. You can compare the last days tide data from both stations to get an idea of when the tides will be where you are. Generally speaking the tides run about an hour lag for every 5 miles north you go. SO if the tide starts falling at the empire buoy at 8am then it wont start falling at grand bayou till like 10-11 oclock. You can use this info to know which direction to run to first. YOu may want to start all the way south or all the way north. ALso the tide pushes inward in two directions. Upward from grand bayou and in from the sulphur canal. So the tide rise will be more apparent usually from west to east. IN other words the tide will start coming in harder at the Grand Ecaille end of the sulphur canal when the tide turns.
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Ok That is a good plan. Be aware that that loop is a long long way, not that it can’t be done but you are passing tons and tons of great fishing just getting down to the passes. I would scale back your exploration a little bit. Maybe focus on just the sulphur canal and areas just to either side of it for now. You could literally spend weeks just doing that.
In between spot 4 and spot 5 is No Mans Land. IT has claimed more lower units than any place in Louisiana I’m pretty sure. The old sulphur mine is out there and there is an absolute ton of oil and gas platforms, pumping stations, and well heads. It’s a mine field. THere are navigational markers that must be followed when running through the area at the end of the sulphur canal going into lake grand ecaille. GO SLOW. In fact the only places I can recommend going fast anywhere in port sulphur are the sulphur canal and grand bayou. Even in the middle of lake washington there are submerged pilings and concrete structures. I know where a lot of them are and I have marked tracks where I know I can go fast. I recommend going at half speed even in some of those bigger open bays and lakes. I don’t want to dissuade you from going but it is a place that requires respect and slow exploration.
Maybe try looping around this way. Save the passes for when the summer really gets hot and the trout move out to the outside. This has an area in it I call the land of milk and honey. I bet you can find it if you follow this route into Lake Washington.
***Im looking back over the wind with an increase in southwest to 8-13 by 1pm ish. That might as well be 25knots out there if you are all the way down by the passes. There is zero wind protection. I dont know what boat you are in but that can be a hair raising ride accross those bays. They will be bumpin a nasty 2 or 3 ft chop much like lake P. I would recommend being back up in the marsh by the time anything over 10mph winds kick up.
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If you are crafty, and have a little time on your hands, you can compile your own maps. I did it about 2-3 years ago by watching youtube videos and googling. I ended up with a very nice satellite map card that covers basically all of south louisiana broken up into big areas. I need to update it now, but I still use it.
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Its been a couple of years but be careful on the twin pipelines. Between point 6 and 10 you can make it if you stay in the middle and dont dilly. North of 4 horse lake I say is a no go zone. I have heard of plenty people get stuck up there. Go back to terrabeauf from four horse lake through the pipeline canal to the east of the twin pipeline canal.
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Alan Turing could not solve that mystery!
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I want to do paddlepalooza so bad but its all up to my better half as to weather or not I can make it that weekend.
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Thanks boyce. Hopefully i can fish again soon!
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Also foe the record any guys with that much gear are rocking some.big solid kayaks. We dont mind if you pass us full speed. We are usually out of the way unless we are in open water. Just keep your eyes peeled that you dont come around a bend in a bayou full speed. As far as wake….well Ive got pictures somewhere of me with an lng ship passing in calcasieu channel. As long as we are in deeper water our kayaks will crest big wakes no problem. Id be way more scared of that in my boat. Haha.
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Those were likely the 2 guys who were behind me coming around the north point of hopedale lagoon. I wasnt far from where you saw them.
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Where the intersections of major tidal highways and lakes spill over oyster beds, baby yoda says “Catch fish you will.”
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Thanks for the feedback! I do like the idea of going west towards lake Lery. Being in the kayak I can combat launch easily there and head west. Again I plan on staying on top of the winds and tides up until the last minute and that will make a big difference into which way I go. I also need to spend a little more time in google earth on the time slider. I like to know where the water will be at all levels, and knowing what it was in the past helps a tremendous amount with that. I spent some time yesterday plotting routes for wherever I launch. I still dont know if the O’lady is gonna let me out of the house but I am working on it.
