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huntin fool · #1 02-24-2010, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jchief

Any of you ever notice the 2 big Cypress stumps in Turners? My dad used to tell me when he was a kid, they caught many bass in Big Lake.

On the other hand, I vividly remember sitting at the mouth of West pass and catching our 100 fish in a few hours many weekends while they were netting tons of trout in West Cove.

There are not the fish in the Calcasieu Estuary that there was 30 or 40 years ago.

the stumps like these? or smaller? i've never seen them..

Gerald · #2 02-25-2010, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by jchief

Any of you ever notice the 2 big Cypress stumps in Turners? My dad used to tell me when he was a kid, they caught many bass in Big Lake.

On the other hand, I vividly remember sitting at the mouth of West pass and catching our 100 fish in a few hours many weekends while they were netting tons of trout in West Cove.

There are not the fish in the Calcasieu Estuary that there was 30 or 40 years ago.

Where are these located?

I have seen the ~3 foot dia. "rock" that is out west of the island in Turners. I see boats up on plane over near that rock....just waiting for one of them to hit it.

jchief · #3 02-24-2010, 08:34 PM

Smaller. The tide has to be way out for them to be seen

yak'em-n-stack'em · #4 02-24-2010, 08:42 PM

Tarpon still go into Lake P. during the summer.

And to add to med heavy, there will be an article in Cajun Outdoors in march that i wrote that is a VERY simple explanation,

but.

there is a natural process, before the damming of the mississippi river, the cheniers and marshes on the west side of the state were formed from huge mudflats that would develop on the coast, then be vegetated, then the "beach" would be reworked causing a new barrier island "cheneir" and the process starts over and over again.

many people dont understand that erosion is a natural process, but the problem is is that we as humans have stopped the rebuilding functions

SULPHITE · #5 02-24-2010, 09:07 PM

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many people dont understand that erosion is a natural process, but the problem is is that we as humans have stopped the rebuilding functions

thats what I was trying to say!! good explanation Yak!!!!

Dink · #6 02-26-2010, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by yak'em-n-stack'em

Tarpon still go into Lake P. during the summer.

And to add to med heavy, there will be an article in Cajun Outdoors in march that i wrote that is a VERY simple explanation,

but.

there is a natural process, before the damming of the mississippi river, the cheniers and marshes on the west side of the state were formed from huge mudflats that would develop on the coast, then be vegetated, then the "beach" would be reworked causing a new barrier island "cheneir" and the process starts over and over again.

many people dont understand that erosion is a natural process, but the problem is is that we as humans have stopped the rebuilding functions

Yak em............heres my idea, let me know if it'll work.............I say blow the south levee holding the mighty Mississippi from B.R. on south.........That'll replenish the marshes for half the state!!! Im sure it'll cut a path eventually, but heck man, let that river do what it was made to do..........rebuild our coast!!! Oh and on the wier thing..............Blow them too...............Tim

meaux fishing · #7 02-26-2010, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Dink

Yak em............heres my idea, let me know if it'll work.............I say blow the south levee holding the mighty Mississippi from B.R. on south.........That'll replenish the marshes for half the state!!! Im sure it'll cut a path eventually, but heck man, let that river do what it was made to do..........rebuild our coast!!! Oh and on the wier thing..............Blow them too...............Tim

Tim you just want to see **** get blown up dont you......I like it

Dink · #8 02-26-2010, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by meaux fishing

Tim you just want to see **** get blown up dont you......I like it

Actually, I'd call George W bush in........after all, he has all that experience after blowing up the levee during Katrina!

Gerald · #9 02-26-2010, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Dink

Yak em............heres my idea, let me know if it'll work.............I say blow the south levee holding the mighty Mississippi from B.R. on south.........That'll replenish the marshes for half the state!!! Im sure it'll cut a path eventually, but heck man, let that river do what it was made to do..........rebuild our coast!!! Oh and on the wier thing..............Blow them too...............Tim

Say Tim......that was real concern of the people that lived along the river back during the flood / very high river back in 1973, I think. I was working at one of the plants along the river back then. The river water got to about 4' higher than the road that ran along the levee.

There were several places that had "river" water seeping under the levee and people were really worried that the levee would give away.

The real threat was the coonass that lived in that area might go the other side of the river and blow up the levee to save there side from flooding.

Ray · #10 02-25-2010, 08:01 AM

The old 85 year old man across the street from me said he was catching Specks in Prien Lake when he was a kid. There had to be salt water up there.

LaAngler · #11 02-25-2010, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Deadly D

Ray there has been salt up there as long as I can remember. I use to go shrimping up there with my dad and paw paw when I was a kid

i've caught stripers in prien lake, never a largemouth or bluegill tho.....

i've been fishing it for 24 years

Ray · #12 02-25-2010, 10:33 AM

Did ya'll catch any bass???
I seen bass in Prien Lake in a boat house, but never in Big Lake.
This is the longest time I have seen fresh water in Big Lake.

exspeck big specks · #13 02-25-2010, 10:37 AM

Release big trout over 5lb.'s just makes sense they just are not good to eat, and also I do it out of plain respect for those big sows that have lived that long.

I Love Big Lake and have seen it go threw cycles my whole life. My grandfather says since THE GILL NETTERS were banned that lake has made a 180 degree turn for the better. That was a big problem for them when they were kids. He said there was a few stumps in Prien but nothing further than Moss Lake. When the river was diverted to the ship channel, they built the locks up north which ultimately stopped the majority of fresh water from FREE FLOWING like before.

Ray · #14 02-25-2010, 10:49 AM

Before the weirs, there were not near as many gill nets and strike nets.
Daming up the marshes killed shrimping so the commercial fishermen went
to gill nets and strike nets.
The strike netters were the *******s of the lake. They would spot a flock
of birds and surround them with a mile of strike net and catch every fish
in the school.
I have been surrounded by the strike nets and told to get out of their
school of fish before.

Ray · #15 02-25-2010, 11:48 AM

BossHog did...

Salty · #16 02-25-2010, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray

BossHog did...

Yeah, I know.

huntin fool · #17 02-25-2010, 04:43 PM

I bet i spend more time on the water than you!

"I spend lots of time on the water also...not as much as BosShog but more than Chas...... So I really see both arguments...."

Aint nobody cares who stays out on the water the most..what is this kindergarten? We care about who catches the biggest trout!