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Lake Pontchartrain fishing tomorrow
Posted on 5/10/11 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 5/10/11 at 1:26 pm
I am considering fishing the lake tomorrow evening after work. I haven't fished the lake much, so anyone know of good spots right now? I'll be launching out of Bonnabel preferably, but haven't had much luck in the lake before. Any tips will be appreciated.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 1:48 pm to NOLAHornets
might want to change title to:
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Lake Pontchartrain surfing tomorrow
Posted on 5/10/11 at 1:57 pm to Ole Geauxt
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Lake Pontchartrain surfing tomorrow
??????????
Wind forecast is showing 5-10.....probably not bad in the evening.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 2:08 pm to TJG210
Fish the bridges. Been much better in Slidell.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 2:35 pm to Da Hammer
Freshwater surfing dat is...............
Posted on 5/10/11 at 2:40 pm to Drop4Loss
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Freshwater surfing dat is
Genius do you even have a clue that the spillway water won't be there for at least another week or so?
Posted on 5/10/11 at 2:51 pm to TJG210
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Genius do you even have a clue that the spillway water won't be there for at least another week or so?
You can't be serious, can you?
Do you know how much water flows in and out of the lake as the tides go in and out?
Even at the Kenner boat launch there is anywhere from 1/2 to 3/4 of a foot of tide difference. That's HUGE when you're talking about moving water.
I travel the twin span every day, twice a day, at 5am going into work and 3pm on my way home. Yesterday, on my way home, there was already brown, murky water on the south shore that extended out to a little beyond the mid-point of the bridges.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 3:10 pm to cdaniel76
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Yesterday, on my way home, there was already brown, murky water on the south shore that extended out to a little beyond the mid-point of the bridges.
Do you realize how much water is in the lake and how long it will take to disperse, if you really think river water is already at the twin spans you are completely ignorant.
And you contradict yourself in another thread:
LINK
This post was edited on 5/10/11 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 5/10/11 at 3:16 pm to NOLAHornets
If its an incoming tide fish west side of the Causway out going east side. I always catch a lot of flounder and few specs using a brekley gulp shad in the new penny color with 3/8 oz jig. Fish it slow off the bottom.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 3:31 pm to TJG210
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Do you realize how much water is in the lake and how long it will take to disperse, if you really think river water is already at the twin spans you are completely ignorant.
I have never fished Ponchartrain but I have to think that the spillway water would be messing up the outlets in the lake fairly quickly. Especially when you think about the movement of the water during a falling tide.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 3:32 pm to cdaniel76
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You can't be serious, can you?
Do you know how much water flows in and out of the lake as the tides go in and out?
Even at the Kenner boat launch there is anywhere from 1/2 to 3/4 of a foot of tide difference. That's HUGE when you're talking about moving water.
I travel the twin span every day, twice a day, at 5am going into work and 3pm on my way home. Yesterday, on my way home, there was already brown, murky water on the south shore that extended out to a little beyond the mid-point of the bridges.
I call bullshite!! You may have seen murky water but no way it was from the MS RIVER at the BS spillway. Tsunami's don't move that fast, much less river water working it's way across a huge body of water with a ESE wind pushing AGAINST the flow of water from the spillway.
I would do the calculations on how fast the water is moving and how impossible it would be for it to be in Slidell already yesterday but I am not going to waste my time.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 3:38 pm to Da Hammer
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Tsunami's don't move that fast
Tsunamis do move that fast. But I agree with your overall point
Posted on 5/10/11 at 3:41 pm to Boats n Hose
I think Tsunami's move hundreds of miles per hour. Of course I could be wrong. Was half way asleep watching a Nat Geo TV show.
I also agree with his overall point.
The South shore gets affected first. Fishing The Middle and Northshore should still be possible.
Now the introduction of Carp is whats got me concerned.
I also agree with his overall point.
The South shore gets affected first. Fishing The Middle and Northshore should still be possible.
Now the introduction of Carp is whats got me concerned.
Posted on 5/10/11 at 3:49 pm to MoreOrLes
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Now the introduction of Carp is whats got me concerned.
Not sure if you're serious.......
Theres not much for them to eat in the Lake so I wouldn't be too worried.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:04 am to Da Hammer
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with a ESE wind pushing AGAINST the flow of water from the spillway
Info pulled from the USGS Website: LINK
Here's an East wind:
And here's a Southeast wind:
Along the south shore, even with an east or southeast wind, the currents still move EAST along the shorelines. The middle of the lake is what's mostly affected by the wind but once it nears the shorelines, the currents "bounce" off them and reverse direction. In some spots along the shorelines the current can be moving as fast as .3 - .32ft/sec.
In both scenarios, you can see why the river water primariliy stays to the south shore and how even an easterly wind currents will still move in a eastward direction along the southern shoreline.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:10 am to cdaniel76
Yes I don't argue that, but I still argue that you DID NOT see river water from the spillway at the bridges in Slidell yesterday or the day before. If you still think you did, I invite you to my office for an eye exam cause buddy you need glasses or contact lenses.
Posted on 5/11/11 at 8:21 am to Da Hammer
North side of the bridges will be fine this weekend. Fact. The trout and everything else in the water will be stacked in the cleaner waters.
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