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Hackberry Kayak Fishing Spots

Posted on 5/20/13 at 1:44 pm
Posted by redline39
Baton Rouge/Lafayette
Member since Apr 2008
60 posts
Posted on 5/20/13 at 1:44 pm
I am new to kayak fishing and have never fished the Hackberry/Big Lake area before. I plan on going this weekend and would appreciate some guidance on a few spots to hit for reds and specks and also some places to put in. I am not asking for specific "holes" but more or less a general area where to fish that's easy to get to by kayak. TIA.
Posted by joshric
Fairhope, AL
Member since Jul 2012
178 posts
Posted on 5/20/13 at 1:55 pm to
I launched at Spicer's on Saturday on a power boat, fished all day with not much to show. Not sure of the names of the lakes we fished, but they were probably 2-3 miles south of Spicer's and not a single speck was caught, used live shrimp and artificials of all kinds. Ended up with a flounder and a few black drum with lots of cats and croakers mixed in.

This was only my second time there and hopefully am not giving up any secret spots BUT i think the small marsh by Spicer's has a lot of potential for kayak fishing, most of it is too shallow for real boats. We pulled 3 nice reds out of 1 small area in a last ditch effort to save the day

Anyway, i was going to give it a shot sometime soon, just based on how untouched it is by the power boats.
Posted by Mung
NorCal
Member since Aug 2007
9054 posts
Posted on 5/20/13 at 2:03 pm to
Choupique Bayou, north of the intracoastal has a kayak launch, and you can fish upstream or downstream if the water isn't too muddy. You can also cross from the Intracoastal Launch under the Ellender Bridge an get to broken marsh around Choupique Bayou. You can launch at Spicers and fish the marsh between there and the ship channel, but it gets really shallow at low tide. I've paddled up the ship channel and thru Texaco cut to get into the lake from Spicers. You can also go west under the road and towards Black Lake and fish the bayous and pipeline canals that way. You can also launch at Joe's landing south of Hackberry and fish the rocks along the ship channel or the marsh back there. I would check the wind first, as reports have that place looking like chocolate milk. Consider going further shouth to Hog Island gully or West Cove, and staying in the marsh.
This post was edited on 5/20/13 at 5:35 pm
Posted by tenfoe
Member since Jun 2011
6854 posts
Posted on 5/20/13 at 2:08 pm to
Wherever you decide to go down there, don't eat a fish, crab, skrimp, or oyster from west of the Hwy. Don't ask me why, just please trust me.
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