WHere is HOG island?
 

Where is hog island? is shrimping allowed?

Hwy 27 south. West side of lake. Just north of west cove. Shrimping is allowed when reserve is open but cannot be near the weirs in a boat. Weirs are regulated and only open a couple days. Just follow the crowd, always 50 people there crabbing, shrimping, fishing, drinking, and trashing the place. I seen people there 2 hours before sunrise just waiting to get a spot to sit. Good luck.

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Can only throw a cast net from a boat also.

as long as you stay in the boat after throwing it

lol, you must have been talking to Brandon!

Dont tell the hustler too much. He'll fish out your holes!! hahahaha

Headed to a different spot that I hope is off everyone's radar.

i just want to catch a couple of shrimps.

lol.

you can land your boat and troll around and throw your net...small boat would be best..if u go durring the week there are less of the democrats etc...u cannot cast from land because of "the fight"..that occured in 2010..also lots of rules..read and study the signs..fines are enormous...i caught 2 6lb trout at that wier in june of 2010 on live shrimp..i brought shrimp from spicers..had my boat parked near deck...was told to move it or guy would call the sherriff..some people's children! he wanted one of the trout

You cannot cast from land because of the mess and piles of dead fish that people leave on the docks. They have had to have the fire dept come out there and hose off the nasty, fly and maggot ridden docks because the trasy people can't follow the rules and throw der fish back in the water. Sooooooooo, you trash it up and you reap what you sow!

I stand corrected...
.but I .was told a story bout a fight dat broke out amongst the upper crust of patrons and bucketeers from dat area who frequent such hog place

..da castnetters were trowing and filling buckets and lines had formed behind each gentlemen. however some gents decided to call pals and give a cut in da line when dey finished which did not bode well wif dose othrer fellas in line..story goes dat a very large fight broke out..dey say along racial lines..

da big sherriff had to come and so on and so forth
..perhaps pure hearsay ....and /or fabricated fable...
.but it was told to me by a very important fella who had annoited himslf acting deputy sherrif-in-fact for dat day and was instructing everyone whithin earshot on rules..and his connection with a pal who was a real deputy sherriff..who he would call post haste if u did not heed his instructions;

13 teeth were counted that day...

Never heard that story but if it is true it is not the reason why casting from land was outlawed!

ok ..just sayin.
.my story is backed up by pure hear- say testimony..inadmissable in a court of flaw.. objectionable and irrelevant

and true because I said so..

Pahahahahahahaha!!!!!

Lol!

I stopped by Hog Island area and another spot back when they reopened the Refuge after repairs were completed from Rita.

The trash and dead bait was very bad. Flys were everywhere and it really smelled bad. I really wish I had taken some pictures but I did not.

I was not supprised [I expected it to happen] when the Refuge was closed again the next week because of the way the folks had abused the place.

Because of this problem.....cast netting is now only allowed while you are in a boat.