Originally Posted by reefman (Post 389177)

i know most would prefer higher salinity levels going into spring time, but i personally believe a strong influx of fresh water will do the bl basin a tremendous amount of good for the estuary in the long term. Marsh in the surrounding areas will benefit greatly along with a healthy dose of nutrients for larval survival. Your thoughts?

Originally Posted by DUCKGOGETTER (Post 389191)

it will help for sure in our marsh in gc for the vegetation to grow back this summer. Come on teal season let's rock n roll. Too soon?

Originally Posted by Ray (Post 389186)

Oysters prefer saltwater. Marshes getting enuff saltwater from the rain. They's full now.
I'm ready for the rain to stop. My grass in the back yard is almost ankle deep and it is
too wet to mow.

Originally Posted by Salty (Post 389195)

:eek:

Originally Posted by 2ndamendment (Post 389224)

Let mother nature do her thing

Originally Posted by Ray (Post 389220)

Screwed that up, didn't I.
Meant freshwater.

Originally Posted by "W" (Post 389251)

Fresh water means joe,s cove is on..

Originally Posted by Reefman (Post 389261)

Do you feel the specks move out of the fresher water to the south part of the lake? I have always thought that there is a salty layer of water on the bottom with the fresh water on top. The specks in my opinion don't move that much with dropping salinities, however their feeding habits become different. Fish stay on the bottom until levels rise. I fish mostly VB and do find that we can catch fish in rather muddy fresh waterk. They do hug the bottom with the baits needing to be slowly worked. Ever notice the color difference of specks caught in a low salinity area?

Originally Posted by Reefman (Post 389261)

Do you feel the specks move out of the fresher water to the south part of the lake? I have always thought that there is a salty layer of water on the bottom with the fresh water on top. The specks in my opinion don't move that much with dropping salinities, however their feeding habits become different. Fish stay on the bottom until levels rise. I fish mostly VB and do find that we can catch fish in rather muddy fresh water. They do hug the bottom with the baits needing to be slowly worked. Ever notice the color difference of specks caught in a low salinity area?

Originally Posted by "W" (Post 389258)

There is actually a know keep secrect of a place that keeps saltwater even when you have lots of freshwater ...... No body really knows why it don't drain or flush but you can have 1000% fresh water in turners and this place will be around 5ppm

I over herd Jeff Poe talking about this area..and it hold true
3 years ago when we had a real wet winter and spring...no one was catching fish but one of his guides was smashing them everyday in this area...and right now the salinity is higher than the south part of lake

Originally Posted by Raymond (Post 389263)

This should change that.................

http://www.laseagrant.org/

Originally Posted by Smalls (Post 389264)

Hahaha, good joke.

Originally Posted by Smalls (Post 389296)

That so called spot that stays saltier than everything around? That stays at 5 ppm? 5 ppm is .005 ppt, which is pretty much fresh.

Originally Posted by Reefman (Post 389261)

Do you feel the specks move out of the fresher water to the south part of the lake? I have always thought that there is a salty layer of water on the bottom with the fresh water on top. The specks in my opinion don't move that much with dropping salinities, however their feeding habits become different. Fish stay on the bottom until levels rise. I fish mostly VB and do find that we can catch fish in rather muddy fresh water. They do hug the bottom with the baits needing to be slowly worked. Ever notice the color difference of specks caught in a low salinity area?

Originally Posted by Salty (Post 389302)

Saltwater is heavier than fresh, so, yes, the fresh sits on top. This is why they call it "The Wedge" when the Mississippi River is low and saltwater pushes as far north as Lake Jackson. It wedges underneath the river water. I've caught plenty of fish in Delacroix when the river water was on top.

Originally Posted by Ray (Post 389305)

Lake Jackson or Fort Jackson???:work:

Originally Posted by Ray (Post 389220)

Screwed that up, didn't I.
Meant Fort.

Originally Posted by Duck Butter (Post 389317)

Was playing Army in Belle Chasse after Katrina hit and we would get off work and catch limits of redfish right off the bank of the MS River there in December. Water was at pool stage, no rain, had almost 2.5 feet clarity in the MS RIVER! Was awesome, the catfish would bite at night and they were slap full of corn from where they loaded corn onto the barges, a few rains up north sent the reds back south though.

Originally Posted by 2ndamendment (Post 389332)

Redfish or speckled trout? Do redfish have a higher tolerance to fresh water in respect of salinity being low from the top of the column to the bottom?

Originally Posted by 2ndamendment (Post 389332)

Redfish or speckled trout? Do redfish have a higher tolerance to fresh water in respect of salinity being low from the top of the column to the bottom?

Originally Posted by meaux fishing (Post 389341)

Redfish can actually live in freshwater lakes they just cant spawn in freshwater

Originally Posted by Duck Butter (Post 389343)

aha, wonder what the deal is with that?

Originally Posted by meaux fishing (Post 389341)

Redfish can actually live in freshwater lakes they just cant spawn in freshwater

Originally Posted by Smalls (Post 389361)

Most "salties" can't reproduce in freshwater because it takes more energy for them to survive in freshwater.....same principle that allows bullsharks to live in freshwater, they adjust the amount of urea they excrete so that they do not absorb too much water....but, it takes more energy to do this, and that is why they generally can't reproduce in freshwater...its a lot of chemistry that I dont want to bore anyone with, but that would be my best explanation for the phenomenon...

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Originally Posted by "W" (Post 389377)

Reds will not reproduce in freshwater

Originally Posted by "W" (Post 389377)

Reds will not reproduce in freshwater

Originally Posted by Salty (Post 389404)

When I went fishin' in Lower Laguna Madre, an old salt down there said that the water gets so salty during a dry spring that the trout actually leave. I dunked one of my reels while wading and by the time I got home it was rusted up. That water is like battery acid.

Originally Posted by capt coonassty (Post 389862)

During droughts its not uncommon to see 50-60ppt due to evaporation.

Originally Posted by Salty (Post 389404)

When I went fishin' in Lower Laguna Madre, an old salt down there said that the water gets so salty during a dry spring that the trout actually leave. I dunked one of my reels while wading and by the time I got home it was rusted up. That water is like battery acid.