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Camping on Last Island........paging Conundrum
Posted on 3/18/14 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 3/18/14 at 5:11 pm
My dad has been talking about making trip this summer and camp over night. I've been fishing there, but never camped. What are y'all experiences, advice
This post was edited on 3/18/14 at 5:25 pm
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 5:15 pm to choupic
1. It's illegal to do so, but I'd love to anyway
2. no one will enforce you trespassing, so do it
3. Bugs will carry you away
4. I'd park the boat in Trinity Bayou--you'd get the most protection there.
5. Bring a lantern and gig
6. Beware of the Rougaroo.
Put "paging Conundrum" in your title. He used to have a camp out that way and could tell you more.
ETA: this statue used to be out there, but it's gone now:
2. no one will enforce you trespassing, so do it
3. Bugs will carry you away
4. I'd park the boat in Trinity Bayou--you'd get the most protection there.
5. Bring a lantern and gig
6. Beware of the Rougaroo.
Put "paging Conundrum" in your title. He used to have a camp out that way and could tell you more.
ETA: this statue used to be out there, but it's gone now:
This post was edited on 3/18/14 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 3/18/14 at 5:19 pm to Motorboat
that actually does sound pretty cool.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 5:19 pm to choupic
I thought about doing something like this once. For about 35 seconds.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 5:20 pm to choupic
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on Last Island
Posted on 3/18/14 at 5:31 pm to choupic
Motorboat 
Posted on 3/18/14 at 5:41 pm to choupic
Did that a couple times out on Breton Sound Islands. Great fishing, shite load of small sand sharks that swam thru our legs, sank one boat due to storm at night(anchor pulled when wind shifted, washed up on beach), 10 very drunk guys, one burnt tent, many bug bites.
Oh, but we had fun.
Oh, but we had fun.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 5:45 pm to fishfighter
So what would you do with your boat to make sure that doesnt happen? I just figured if you lit a fire on the beach it would possibly look like a distress signal and draw more attention.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 5:51 pm to sonoma8
quote:
So what would you do with your boat to make sure that doesnt happen?
Use three anchors from three different points. We were open to the gulf and the guy didn't have a big enough anchor to start with.
two other boats did fine.Posted on 3/18/14 at 5:55 pm to fishfighter
yea after i posted that i kinda figured thats what it was. so yall basically just popped a tent up on the beach? a shite load of thermacell and off im sure
Posted on 3/18/14 at 5:57 pm to sonoma8
quote:
that actually does sound pretty cool.
Been thinking about it for a few years. I can't believe they'd swoop down and run you off. Would be a bitch if they did at night though.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 6:02 pm to QuietTiger
Why is it illegal to camp there?
Posted on 3/18/14 at 6:42 pm to baseballkicker
I'd have to guess the few screwed it up for the many. Trash, fires, problems in general. Seems to be the norm.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 6:57 pm to baseballkicker
I think the island is leased by Louisiana land exploration. There are no trespassing signs all over.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 9:20 pm to Motorboat
quote:
ETA: this statue used to be out there, but it's gone now:
Been goin out there for many a years and never seen that statue.
COON island is a sanctuary and no trespassing.
I see peeps camping all the time at whiskey, west end of Last.....
Oh and I just read the book Last Island,is a cool history of the isle.
This post was edited on 3/18/14 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 3/18/14 at 9:26 pm to Motorboat
Never did it because the camp is so close, but we are out there 24/7 night fishing. Its a blast. Trinity bayou or the edges of the isle would work. This year we are thinking of bringing the bowfishing rig out there for flounder.. anyone think that would work?
Posted on 3/18/14 at 11:03 pm to choupic
I have done this twice. It was fun but I would not do it again. The fish would only bite early in the morning and late in the evening it seemed like, and it was hot as hell with not much to do during the day. On one of the trips we had a bad storm pass thru with lightning very close and the wind wrecked our tents. It was a mess. My advice is to bring plenty of beer and ice.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 11:20 pm to choupic
i've been heavily considering doing this but with a few differences.
i was thinking of picking a recently restored island such as Pelican or Scoefield out of Empire because
a) its a much shorter boat ride back civilization
b) islands were just restored so they are relatively high, dry, and sandy compared to the low marshy nature of others
c) still in cell phone range for the bigger emergencies
the bug factor and the wtf would we do for an entire day factor have held me back. im thinking an afternoon to afternoon trip could be best as a test case. we have about 50 crab nets we could run on top of the fishing aspect.
i was thinking of picking a recently restored island such as Pelican or Scoefield out of Empire because
a) its a much shorter boat ride back civilization
b) islands were just restored so they are relatively high, dry, and sandy compared to the low marshy nature of others
c) still in cell phone range for the bigger emergencies
the bug factor and the wtf would we do for an entire day factor have held me back. im thinking an afternoon to afternoon trip could be best as a test case. we have about 50 crab nets we could run on top of the fishing aspect.
Posted on 3/19/14 at 5:47 am to 23parker
quote:
Camping on Last Island........paging Conundrum
I have done this twice. It was fun but I would not do it again. The fish would only bite early in the morning and late in the evening it seemed like, and it was hot as hell with not much to do during the day. On one of the trips we had a bad storm pass thru with lightning very close and the wind wrecked our tents. It was a mess. My advice is to bring plenty of beer and ice.
My dad has been wanting to camp there for a long time, so I told him I was game. I want to at least go one time. I think we're gonna set up camp in the afternoon, fish that evening, camp, fish the morning, then head home. And we will have plenty of beer
Posted on 3/19/14 at 5:52 am to man in the stadium
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was thinking of picking a recently restored island such as Pelican or Scoefield out of Empire because
the state (CPRA) is kinda touchy about foot traffic on these
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