It will be useless in 3-4 years! Had to sound so negative, but we spend millions of dollars every year on shell pads and I have a map in my office of over 300 of them in 15' of water or less that were used as pads for drilling operations. As soon as the BIG boat work associated with O&G is gone, they silt over. Right now, with operation still ongoing, you will not feel a single rock while fishing the Pickets. I know because my dad has a camp there and we fish it on a regular basis. The rock pads will disappear completely in no time. The prop wash of work boats helps the pads keep from getting silted over, but you can kiss that good by once the platform is removed. Unless they do some serious reef building, it's gonner.
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