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The Pickets are being dismantled...........

Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:01 pm
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
29444 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:01 pm
Had a few really good trips here. Sad to see it go.....

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Workers have begun to dismantle the big rig and associated wellheads in Ship Shoal 26, known to Terrebonne Parish anglers as the Pickets.


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"They're pulling out every one of those wellheads, all those pilings and the big rig," LaCoste said. "That's really two separate areas that we count on to catch fish in the spring and summer."


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Posted by Capt ST
High Plains
Member since Aug 2011
13676 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:05 pm to
Germans. But it still fricking sucks.
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
29444 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:16 pm to
bullshite the government is forcing the companies to take these structures down. Suprising there isn't any room for compromise here.
Posted by Capt ST
High Plains
Member since Aug 2011
13676 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:36 pm to
I'm actually glad it such a high value platform in tye sense that now the inshore guys will realize what the hell all us offshore guys are bitching about and maybe we'll start putting some real pressure on these idiots. Entire fields have been pulled up. Imagine running to the location of a platform during a tourney only to find it gone.
Posted by JAB528
The Mexican Ocean
Member since Jun 2012
16870 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 1:56 pm to
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I'm actually glad it such a high value platform in tye sense that now the inshore guys will realize what the hell all us offshore guys are bitching about


This is what I'm hoping for too.
Posted by OhFace55
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2007
7070 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:00 pm to
frick now everyone is going to be at the mardi gras rigs now.
Posted by JAB528
The Mexican Ocean
Member since Jun 2012
16870 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:03 pm to
Aren't they already crowded? I haven't fished that area in years.
Posted by Capt ST
High Plains
Member since Aug 2011
13676 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:06 pm to
Taking out EI 73 also, one of the best night spots there is.
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
29444 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:14 pm to
I thought the Mardi gras rigs were taken out too
Posted by trident
Member since Jul 2007
4863 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:17 pm to
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bullshite the government is forcing the companies to take these structures down. Suprising there isn't any room for compromise here.


they should be taken out. They are nothing but a hurricane away from washing up on shore. I know it sucks for some of the fisherman but they will survive
Posted by OhFace55
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2007
7070 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:31 pm to
One of the most productive overfished spots ever. RIP pickets.
Posted by Capt ST
High Plains
Member since Aug 2011
13676 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:32 pm to
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they should be taken out. They are nothing but a hurricane away from washing up on shore. I know it sucks for some of the fisherman but they will survive


I'm going to assume you're trolling. Otherwise, please review your pipe buoyancy calculations, surface tension of sea water and displacement principles.
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
38094 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:44 pm to
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please review your pipe buoyancy calculations, surface tension of sea water and displacement principles.


Posted by VanRIch
Wherever
Member since Sep 2007
11780 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 3:03 pm to
say what? This is not a very OBC statement.

They really should leave the subsurface structures in place. Very beneficial to have these man-made reefs in place, it only helps the ecosystem.
This post was edited on 5/10/13 at 3:06 pm
Posted by bayoudude
Member since Dec 2007
25909 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 3:06 pm to
WTF that is some serious bullshite right there. There should be some sort of shell pile or other foundation that will still hold a few fish but damn that really sucks.

ETA:LaCoste returned after the platform had been removed, and the place was devoid of any fish because there was not a remnant of even the shell pad that had been there. WELL frick
This post was edited on 5/10/13 at 3:08 pm
Posted by trident
Member since Jul 2007
4863 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 3:06 pm to
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say what? This is not a very OBC statement.


nobody wants rusted pipe in the waters forever. It has lived a good life
Posted by Capt ST
High Plains
Member since Aug 2011
13676 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 3:14 pm to
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nobody wants rusted pipe in the waters forever. It has lived a good life


So we dynamite the rig legs, kill thousands of snapper, triggerfish, grouper, AJs and coral, load on barge, ship to FL or TX and drop the rusty pipes off their coast to float up on their shores? Nice troll go back to soccer or gaming board.
Posted by OhFace55
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2007
7070 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 3:17 pm to
The mardi gras rigs can get crowded but most people stop at the pickets from cocodrie so you can catch your fish at the mardi gras rigs before the cocodrie crowd gets there.
Posted by Nawlens Gator
louisiana
Member since Sep 2005
5961 posts
Posted on 5/10/13 at 4:55 pm to

Very sad. I've caught huge trout there with croakers and also other species like Spanish Mack and redfish. What's the best fish others have caught there?

Posted by Capt ST
High Plains
Member since Aug 2011
13676 posts
Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:11 am to
Caught some pompano out there.
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