re: Maurepas Swamp Duck Hunting

Back in the old people days when the Amite River and Tickfaw had some high water levels from spring floods the fishing in Manchac I-55 canals was unreal. You could sit at night on an ice chest at a runout with a cane pole with rebel broken back minnow filling ice chest full of 4lb to 5lb bass. I did not believe this until I came home on vacation from California and a friend took me on an outing at night doing this. You had people lined up at the runouts off of the old hwy next to I-55 tearing up bass.

We went the next morning in a 1980's bass tracker and fished the prairie canal and oil field canal where we tore up some respectable bass.

Then if you look when they opened up the Bonnie Carrie the fishing in this area gets a lot better.

If they would have a canal open all the time from the Miss River down the Reserve canal or even closer to the blind river this would help this area out a lot.