re: Is it safe to Yak around gators?

Yes

But only if you have a go pro on your head.

How long would it take to get there from Baton Rouge ya think?

I figured it out. Thats a cool spot of water, never noticed it before.

This is the other reason you won't find me in a kayak, ever. I was born at night, but it damn sure wasn't last night. I don't have any business slipping around something that is bigger than me and wants to eat me.

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You fish it by land with any luck?

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You can't get under the bridge area that is dredged on land so I am not so sure how you would do. Just drive down Veterans to the end and go under I-10. You will see the levee wall, it is not very high, and you can jump it and see everything. That body of water runs all the way to the Spillway and does not end as it appears on the map.

You need to worry more about zombie beavers

you'll be fine
we swim and kayak all the time in bayou lacombe and never had a problem with gators. there's a big one that lives around our house and he's never bothered us when we're swimming

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Look at the area called Duncan Canal, all of this time I did not knwo that it had a name. Jump the levee wall at the end of Veterans and you are right there. It is the easiest and shortest trip in the metro area not counting city park.

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I'm pretty familiar with the canal and have spent a bunch of time back there as a kid. I've always called it parish line canal and skied in there quite often when the lake was too rough. Have you jumped the wall before ? I've never been down all the way to Vets but have dealt with that wall plenty times between Vintage and the lake. We built a little dock back there as kids. The drop on the backside is much further than the frontside. I would think it would be impossible to throw a kayak and gear back over that wall.

I've done much easier trips that don't involve hopping walls down the street from the Kenner PD.

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I'm pretty familiar with the canal and have spent a bunch of time back there as a kid. I've always called it parish line canal and skied in there quite often when the lake was too rough. Have you jumped the wall before ? I've never been down all the way to Vets but have dealt with that wall plenty times between Vintage and the lake. We built a little dock back there as kids. The drop on the backside is much further than the frontside. I would think it would be impossible to throw a kayak and gear back over that wall.

I've done much easier trips that don't involve hopping walls down the street from the Kenner PD.

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There is a slop up to the wall under the interstate and you can see it if you look at the overhead view on MSN. I did it with a flat boat many years ago but have never done it with a yak. I have also, more recently, run down the canal in a flatboat afer launching at the Kenner boat launch but I had a 60 on the back and it was a quick trip. I wouldn't want to paddle down the canal running from the lake.

I love the area because it is the most secluded place to go close to the city and actually be able to catch bass in my opinion. I really enjoy it back there.