re: Planning on fishing Leeville this weekend

I didn't think about hunting, running to bay Rambo from grand isle shouldn't cross any private areas should it?

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BCKFC has a great relationship with pretty much the entire town of Leeville. They hold several events in Leeville each year that bring in hundreds of anglers for several days at a time. I also think it helps that we generally don't occupy the same waters as the charter captains and camp owners do. It's a very symbiotic relationship for a town that's basically struggling to survive.

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Interesting take on the situation but it doesn't change anything. It only takes one annoyed land owner to start pressing charges.


It's really a shame there is not another club of that size to help leverage your spending power to get things changed. I don't know how big your average event is, but if it's 100+ like you say then why not use that participation in your favor? It only takes one angry land owner to ruin everything. Just one.

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im confused..?

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the grocey/bait/whatever else store that isn't tyd's

Geez I did not realize so much land was private down there.

The Wisner WMA in Leeville no longer exists so some of that area may be private now as well?

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never sat down and tried to figure it out but something like 1/10th of tidal marsh is publicly accessible. 

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Also have never done the math, but it's overwhelming when it hits you, just how much of "our" tidal waters are actually under private ownership. I'm not sure about the 1/10 you claim, you may be correct, but its WAY more than 50%. It really just comes down to if the owner enforces his right to run you off or not. It's truely that simple.

If you added up White lake, Atchafalaya, PAC, PAL, Biloxi, Rockefeller, and Delta you get roughly 500k acres. We have about 4 million total acres of marsh. If you throw in another 150-200k acres of state owned property scatted below the saltwater line it brings the total up to about 15%.

That is a pretty generous estimate. I would even be willing to say it could creep up on 20%. But even then, not all of it is accessible. Parts of Rockefeller are closed at times. Some of the WMA's include open water bays and lakes, ect ect.

DSD and I hit Leeville today. I skunked and DSD had a few nice drum pull him around. No reds no decent trout.

DSD was reppin' the skies out, thighs out rule even at 40 degrees.

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I would skip the Leeville launch and go launch on the north side of HWY 1.

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You talking about between fourchon and grand isle?

Well shite, I was hoping it would lay down enough