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Why doesn't lake maurepas have any fish in it?
Posted on 2/9/16 at 9:28 am
Posted on 2/9/16 at 9:28 am
No bass, no bream, no specks, no reds, no sac a lait?
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Posted on 2/9/16 at 9:32 am to 1234567k
specks - too fresh
bass.. .meh.. they some...
bream.. they some
water quality
bass.. .meh.. they some...
bream.. they some
water quality
Posted on 2/9/16 at 9:36 am to 1234567k
Plenty of catfish in them stumps
Posted on 2/9/16 at 9:40 am to bootlegger
Ive heard of peeps diving for cats but dont get how the fishing for other fish is non existant?
I tryed bass fishing the shoreline a couple years ago. Water clarity was great. Stumps everywhere but didnt get a bite.
I tryed bass fishing the shoreline a couple years ago. Water clarity was great. Stumps everywhere but didnt get a bite.
This post was edited on 2/9/16 at 9:44 am
Posted on 2/9/16 at 9:45 am to 1234567k
quote:Sounds just like Indian Creek.
I tryed bass fishing the shoreline a couple years ago. Water clarity was great. Stumps everywhere but didnt get a bite.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 9:52 am to 1234567k
I've caught plenty of smaller bass and reds but it has been a few years, like 10 actually.
10-15 years ago we caught a ton of specks but the salinity has changed.
10-15 years ago we caught a ton of specks but the salinity has changed.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 10:03 am to djrunner
I moved out of LA ~8 years ago, and this saddens my heart.
When I was a teenager, we used to do great on reds, and if they weren't biting, bass were.
When I was a teenager, we used to do great on reds, and if they weren't biting, bass were.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 10:35 am to LSUfan20005
quote:
When I was a teenager, we used to do great on reds, and if they weren't biting, bass were.
Bass and reds in maurepas? How?
Posted on 2/9/16 at 10:40 am to 1234567k
quote:What do you mean by how?
Bass and reds in maurepas? How?
Posted on 2/9/16 at 10:45 am to AlxTgr
quote:
What do you mean by how?
Live bait , spinnerbaits? Or hoop nets?
Posted on 2/9/16 at 10:46 am to 1234567k
Oh... 
Posted on 2/9/16 at 10:48 am to AlxTgr
I know peeps fish Hwy 51 canals but never seen boats fishing the lake
Posted on 2/9/16 at 10:49 am to 1234567k
I just dont understand how des almands and verret have fish but not maurepas. Tidal influenced freashwater lake? I guess all that swamp water comming out of maurepas swamp is stagnant.
This post was edited on 2/9/16 at 10:52 am
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:27 am to 1234567k
Well, this was the mid 90's, but I would do well with Rattle Traps on both.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 11:39 am to 1234567k
quote:
No bass, no bream, no specks, no reds, no sac a lait?
Garhole of Louisiana is why.
Really, I think it has to do with the changes in water throughout a given year. It's a unique place in the fact it can't make it's mind up on what type of ecosystem it is. It has a little of everything, but not a too much of any one thing. Now that being said, plenty of catfish and gar.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 1:34 pm to 1234567k
Gotta find the grass beds. There are plenty fish out there tho
Posted on 2/9/16 at 3:54 pm to 1234567k
I catch bass regularly along the shore line near Blind River. It just gets really shallow there. However, if you find grass/lilly pads, then frogs/plastics work well.
When the salinity is up (no rain for an extended period of time), you can catch reds/drum and some specs on the Manchac side. Very rarely(but it does happen) the salinity gets high enough to pull them to the Blind River side.
I have, however, lived right near the lake my entire life. And there has been MANY MANY trips catching nothing to find the fish.
One last thing, I've never seen the size fish in the area as you'll see in Verret and others.
When the salinity is up (no rain for an extended period of time), you can catch reds/drum and some specs on the Manchac side. Very rarely(but it does happen) the salinity gets high enough to pull them to the Blind River side.
I have, however, lived right near the lake my entire life. And there has been MANY MANY trips catching nothing to find the fish.
One last thing, I've never seen the size fish in the area as you'll see in Verret and others.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 6:26 pm to BayouBrawl
I fish it and I-55 a lot.
There are bass and reds.
You got to learn the lake and stumps go out farther than people think.
Now bass size biggest out of maurepas I have caught is 4-1/2 pounds while avg size is 1lb or 2lbs on larger size. Mostly those Kentucky bass which pound for pound fight harder than a northern or Florida bass.
I have caught speckled trout and white trout but it's been a few years.
If they ever open up a spillway from the Mississippi River into Lake Maurepas that fishery would be one of the top places in Louisiana.
FYI last time bass which are small was good was when the Bonnet Carre spillway was open in 2011.
There are bass and reds.
You got to learn the lake and stumps go out farther than people think.
Now bass size biggest out of maurepas I have caught is 4-1/2 pounds while avg size is 1lb or 2lbs on larger size. Mostly those Kentucky bass which pound for pound fight harder than a northern or Florida bass.
I have caught speckled trout and white trout but it's been a few years.
If they ever open up a spillway from the Mississippi River into Lake Maurepas that fishery would be one of the top places in Louisiana.
FYI last time bass which are small was good was when the Bonnet Carre spillway was open in 2011.
This post was edited on 2/9/16 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 2/9/16 at 6:45 pm to johnnyrocket
Im not calling you a liar, but you did not catch kentucky bass in Lake Maurepas. And if you did run upon one accidentally, it was a tournament fish that was released at the launch I guess
Posted on 2/9/16 at 6:56 pm to 1234567k
Certain times it holds redfish. Or it did a couple years ago.
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