Calcasieu river advice

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

Originally Posted by blackmamba

Thanks Bruce and LCDuck... Jedi, what's the name of your store? I'll have to spend all my money there when I go on your end

i work at The Tackle Box on Maplewood in Sulphur. swing on by! i always enjoy meeting fellow saltys and talkin shop!
and that launch in moss bluff that drops into watermelon bay is called the Theriot Road launch. it's a decent launch on a good strech of the river, it's a good spot and easy to find. there's also sam houston park launch and parkside nearby.

[bdchristian]

I to am trying to learn the area and fish it. I am not sure if this will help but attached is a zip file called My Places.zip. when you unzip it the file my places.kmz can be imported into Google Earth. This is the launches I have located from my search. Thanks

[inchspinner]

I think one of the earlier launches talked about above is WARD 8 Launch in LeBleau........off of 397....If you go North all the way to the end of 397 to the T....Take a right and with in 6 miles its on the left if I'm correct.....

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by inchspinner

I think one of the earlier launches talked about above is WARD 8 Launch in LeBleau........off of 397....If you go North all the way to the end of 397 to the T....Take a right and with in 6 miles its on the left if I'm correct.....

You are correct. Take 397 north from the Cameron/Chloe exit on I-10 [This is a little over a mile east of the I-210 exit]. Go north about 3 miles to where it runs into hwy 3059, take a right at the stop sign. The White Oak park [Ward 8 boat launch] is about a mile down the road.

The Theriot Road launch in Moss Bluff......to get there take hwy 171 north from I-10. Turn right at the light after crossing the Calcasieu river, this is Theriot rd. Go about a 1/2 mile and the launch is on the right.

The I-10 boat launch [on the east side of the tall bridge]......I would not launch anything but a small boat there. When you back into the water the trailer tires will fall off the end of the concrete. [at least that was the case 6 or 7 years ago...have not used it since then]. Keep the trailer next to the north side, there is [was ???] some sand or dirt there to keep the drop off to where it is not too bad.

As you can see there are many [I can think of 11] boat launches to choose from to fish this area. Those I listed above are FREE along with several others.