Fished it the year before the Classic and it was crowded, but people were catching big fish. Went down there last Saturday and only a few boats were there. What's going on? Are the fish not there anymore or what?
Fished it the year before the Classic and it was crowded, but people were catching big fish. Went down there last Saturday and only a few boats were there. What's going on? Are the fish not there anymore or what?
I'm new to the area..I've only been there a few times, but I've fished the tank pond twice and haven't caught jack squat in there. I've caught fish other places around there, but not in the tank pond. I heard they killed the grass..? I don't get that if they did. Why mess with a good thing? ..I was out there today and caught almost 30, didn't get to the launch until about 1:30 this afternoon.
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Justin Mayers
Welcome to Louisiana. The idiots that we have at Wildlife and Fisheries are a joke. Up here everytime something green starts to grow in the water they are out there spraying it. Caney Lake used to be one of the best lakes in the country until those idiots got ahold of it. Lake D'arbonne is scheduled for an extended drawdown this year to (you guessed it ) kill the grass.Originally Posted by frogpond11
Must have been an afternoon bite, didn't see anyone catching like that in the morning. I gave up at 10:30.
I don't think Wildlife and Fisheries had anything to do with the cat. The drought we had a couple years ago allowed saltwater to come in and kill the grass.
I'm afraid the lake is on a downward spiral, just as I predicted 2 years ago. It does not have even a fraction of the bass it had. Two culprits.....grass gone and lots of people hauling them out by the boatload/ice chest.
There has been several discussions about this. I'm pretty sure it is not a problem with saltwater. I have seen them spray and also throwing pellets out in lake cat. Last summer was especially bad. One week I went and their was hyacinths and grass and the next it was all dead hyacinths. And this happened all while the diversion was running, so in that case, it definitely wasn't salt water intrusion. And there is grass in other areas that would have been effected if it was saltwater intrusion.. I'm not sure which department of the state it is, but the goal from what I understand is to kill the grass in the lake to allow the sediments from the diversion to rebuild the wetlands further out.
We only caught one more after you went back. Really slow day
Our wildlife and fisheries could learn alot from our neighbors to the west.
If it was done for drainage and marsh restoration, then it probably wasn't wildlife and fisheries. Who oversees the diversion???
The two critters who control aquatic plants in this state is the WL&F and the Army Corp. of Engineers. George at Pier 90 questioned the WL&F, and they told him they have not sprayed the lake in a couple years. This only leaves the Corp. I was told some years ago that once a state or Federal agency gets money budgeted for a program, if they do not use all the money, they will only receive what they spent that year in the program for the next year. The Corp has people employed who treat the aquatic plants, and then there is the cost of the boats, pumps, fuel, and chemicals. If the WL&F isn't the ones doing it...then who is left? If it is a case of not wanting to lay off any of their people or using less chemicals or fuel, I wish they would go to Barataria Bay and spray something.
I cannot believe it has anything to do with saltwater intrusion...just go in back of Lafitte, the entire region is covered with good grass.
The diversion structure consists of four 14 foot square gated culverts, inflow and outflow channels, levees, and a rock weir. The maximum discharge is 10,650 cubic feet per second. The operation schedule is decided by the Secretary of Dept. of Natural Resources, based on the recommendation by The Davis Pond Advisory Committee. The advisory committee is composed of representatives from landowners, oyster fishers, shrimpers, and recreational fishers; parishes of Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, and St. Charles; the state government (Dept. of Natural Resources, Dept. of Environmental Quality, Dept. of Health & Hospitals, and Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries); and the federal government (Natural Resources Conservation Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program , National Marine Fisheries Services, US Army Corps of Engineers, and US Fish & Wildlife Service).
This kinda explains who operates the diversion....quite a cluster f----.
yep..The further south you go the thicker the grass gets. As much as I hate to see cat the way it is Salvador is encouraging. The Bass just have a lot more area then they did in cat so they can be tougher to find. Temple looks like ockachobee right now..
Dean Walton Jr
2010 Nitro Z9
250 Pro XS
New to Cataouche, not LouisianaWelcome to Louisiana. The idiots that we have at Wildlife and Fisheries are a joke. Up here everytime something green starts to grow in the water they are out there spraying it. Caney Lake used to be one of the best lakes in the country until those idiots got ahold of it. Lake D'arbonne is scheduled for an extended drawdown this year to (you guessed it ) kill the grass.My bad. I've been here my whole life. But definitely had to work for the fish..had about 15 fish from the time we got there until 6:00, and then caught about another 15 right before dark in another area.
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Justin Mayers
Cody // 2011 Phoenix 721
definitely the grass in my opinion. Not that long ago even around 05 that lake had so much grass if you didn't have a mud boat or surface drive there were areas you were not getting to. To actually get from one place to another in a bass boat you had to follow boat lanes that were cut through the grass. To fish you had to get in the middle of the lake and fish the grass line. 2 totally different places from what it was.
Skeet22, I had to go swimming 2 weekends ago in the temple for a rod/reel. First time that ever happened and I hope the last. Buddy wanted to video and put on youtube. I told him you do and your ass is going swimming too.
Lake D'arbonne is scheduled for an extended drawdown this year to (you guessed it ) kill the grass.
Are you freaking serious, Brent????Do you know when they are talking about doing it?
20XD/250XS
Looks like labor day until sometime in JanuaryAre you freaking serious, Brent????
What grass?Lake D'arbonne is scheduled for an extended drawdown this year to (you guessed it ) kill the grass.
Little D'arbonne is full of it. All the flats up that arm of the lake have grass growing about 2 feet under the water. And yes Timmy they say it is for dock owners to work on their property and to kill grass. :thumbdown:
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