Bayou Pigeon - Hyacinth

[jcdogfish]

Problem in the basin goes far beyond fishing pressure.

[CajunFlipper]

Well they need to do something before its too late if it already isn’t .

[jcdogfish]

The COE couldn't do a better job of silting it in and stopping water flow if their goal was to plant soybeans all over it. Totally screwed up a lot of places.

[Missedone]

The COE couldn't do a better job of silting it in and stopping water flow if their goal was to plant soybeans all over it. Totally screwed up a lot of places.

What are they doing (what did they do) to stop water flow? I am not familiar with that organization.

[jcdogfish]

For starters, blocking off/restricting American Pass, Thibodaux chute, and blue point chute killed a lot of the south end

[rocketmanjp]

What are they doing (what did they do) to stop water flow? I am not familiar with that organization.

COE=Corp Of Engineers

[Missedone]

The Corp - Duh! I agree that they do not manage well. Thanks for clarifying.

[jcdogfish]

They manage it for what it is, a flood control basin. They don't manage it to be a fishery.

[Rebel1]

Cliff Crochet has been holding a fundraiser every year for the past few years that raises money and stocks bass back into the basin and the Verret area . Not sure how many they turn loose , but its way better than nothing .

Mark's Outdoors in Birmingham used to do a yearly tournament on either Lay Lake or Logan Martin. They gave each of the 500 boats entered a bag of bass fingerlings to be put out in the lake. It made a great difference for those lakes. The best solution is never wait on the government to fix your problem.

[Gun Runner]

Mark's Outdoors in Birmingham used to do a yearly tournament on either Lay Lake or Logan Martin. They gave each of the 500 boats entered a bag of bass fingerlings to be put out in the lake. It made a great difference for those lakes. The best solution is never wait on the government to fix your problem.

Thats a fact , i hope we can see results from this !

[Rebel1]

It takes all of ya'll getting involved. Its easy to talk about the fix.

[brownndown]

They manage it for what it is, a flood control basin. They don't manage it to be a fishery.

This is the real answer. We get lucky when it goes through a 5-10 year cycle when fishing is good.unfortunately it aint right now!

[CajunFlipper]

Yeah I agree but it’s the place where
lots of Louisiana fisherman frequently fish. They deserve their fishery
to be treated like most other Louisiana fisheries .

[Missedone]

This is the real answer. We get lucky when it goes through a 5-10 year cycle when fishing is good unfortunately it ain't right now!

While I fish south and north my most of my time I spend in the central part of the Basin (Sorrell, Pigeon and Belle River). For that part of the Basin, I am not sure we get those "good cycles" anymore.

[CajunFlipper]

There are some projects that they plan on doing to divert some river flow in the basin to improve water quality but could take a while.

[jcdogfish]

There are some projects that they plan on doing to divert some river flow in the basin to improve water quality but could take a while.

I hope you are right but I've been hearing that for 40 years

[jlsch1]

Hopefully, we will have a good flood year to help flush out the spillway.
Looks promising with the snow they are getting in the midwest.

[Gun Runner]

Hopefully, we will have a good flood year to help flush out the spillway.
Looks promising with the snow they are getting in the midwest.

Hopefully the water will be high during the spawn to so the fish can get back in the woods to spawn away from fisherman .

[marshman]

I still want to know what happened a couple years ago.. what was it that forced all the fish to levee to be snatched up by the ice chest full…. Fishing in the interior basin hasn’t been good for me in a while…

[Gun Runner]

I still want to know what happened a couple years ago.. what was it that forced all the fish to levee to be snatched up by the ice chest full…. Fishing in the interior basin hasn’t been good for me in a while…

Ive heard of a few ppl doing that in years past if the water was high enough during the spawn , but nothing like it was just a few years ago . They murdered the fish on the levee a couple years ago .