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Spanish Lake
Posted on 4/25/11 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 4/25/11 at 12:43 pm
I was just looking on google maps for a place to put in on the amite near old perkins and stumbled across Spanish Lake. I've lived in B.R nearly all my life and have never heard of this place. has anyone ever been out there and if so hows the fishing?
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Posted on 4/25/11 at 12:45 pm to WooooLSU
It is no longer a lake. Two years ago the Iberville Parish Government removed the locks that kept water in it. Now it is just a mudhole.
There used to be good fishing around it for bream and sacs, and okay fishing for bass. Duck hunting was also pretty good at it.
There used to be good fishing around it for bream and sacs, and okay fishing for bass. Duck hunting was also pretty good at it.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 12:48 pm to WooooLSU
It was awesome, right near by, and had one of the best swamp tours around. All gone. It's a damn shame.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 12:51 pm to F Head
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It is no longer a lake
Damn thats a shame I was looking forward to checking it out soon.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 12:55 pm to WooooLSU
Yeah it sucks. I live right there and made several evening trips there just a few years ago. Made quite a few duck hunts back there as well.
Used to could put in off of HWY 74 in Braud Bayou and run to the lake. I've caught plenty of sacs, bream, and bass in that stretch.
Used to could put in off of HWY 74 in Braud Bayou and run to the lake. I've caught plenty of sacs, bream, and bass in that stretch.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 1:09 pm to Slickback
Sucks any time a waterway is let go.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 1:16 pm to jmtigers
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Sucks any time a waterway is let go.
Yep. I understand both sides of the argument, but millions of fish were killed and hundreds of alligators lost their habitat. I imagine most of them died too.
If they would have left it in its natural state there wouldn't be a problem, but when the flood gates were first installed the lake silted up. Now when they open the gates the lake doesn't hold water.
I wish WLF, Corps of Engineers, or some environmental group would go in and dredge the lake out to where it would hold water all the time.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 3:39 pm to Slickback
You guys aren't talking about Spanish Lake between New Iberia and St Martinville?
Posted on 4/25/11 at 4:25 pm to WooooLSU
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I've lived in B.R nearly all my life and have never heard of this place
How did you miss that huge battle that was going on over it about a year ago? It was on the news/newspaper a few times week for a while
Posted on 4/25/11 at 4:27 pm to LSUlefty
No the one in the Bluff Swamp in Ascension Parish/Iberville Parish.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 4:30 pm to Slickback
thank our local governemnts for that one... Iberville, Acension, and good 'ol EBR.. It was all about money..
Posted on 4/25/11 at 4:34 pm to gmrkr5
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thank our local governemnts for that one... Iberville, Acension, and good 'ol EBR.. It was all about money..
ebr didn't have shite to do with this...
and.. had they lowered the water and not kept one certain landowner's property flooded... there might still be water..
but all they did was right a previous wrong... water should never have been held in their all the time anyway.. hence - the flood gate(not lock) that was kept closed.
swamps like that are south la's catch basins.. not meant to hold water permanently.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 4:38 pm to choupiquesushi
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but all they did was right a previous wrong... water should never have been held in their all the time anyway.. hence - the flood gate(not lock) that was kept closed.
Yep. The introduction of the locks caused the lake to silt up. If they would have left it in its natural state it would hold water year round and still be a good fishery/duck impoundment.
Posted on 4/25/11 at 4:39 pm to choupiquesushi
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ebr didn't have shite to do with this... and.. had they lowered the water and not kept one certain landowner's property flooded... there might still be water.. but all they did was right a previous wrong... water should never have been held in their all the time anyway.. hence - the flood gate(not lock) that was kept closed. swamps like that are south la's catch basins.. not meant to hold water permanently.
EBR most certainly did... When they were trying to work out a solution EBR was asked for assistance for something on our side and they said they weren't interested.
whatever happened decades ago happened but because of that it turned into a huge wildlife habitat. things change and "righting a wrong" by just reversing what was done isn't always the right thing to do.
that landowners property was "flooded" when he acquired it no?
that being said, i agree, the floodgates should have never been installed.
This post was edited on 4/25/11 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 4/25/11 at 4:42 pm to Slickback
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hundreds of alligators lost their habitat
...and they had just re-introduced the 'gators to the area to control the nutria population.
This post was edited on 4/25/11 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 4/25/11 at 9:05 pm to choupiquesushi
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one certain landowner's property flooded
Any chance you can identify this certain landowner? I'm really just curious...
This post was edited on 4/25/11 at 9:05 pm
Posted on 4/25/11 at 9:09 pm to SlackMaster
No that landowner knows me personally
And what exactly was ebb asked to do?
It was already wildlife habitat before it was flooded
So should the entire atchafalaya basin be flooded levee to levee?
And what exactly was ebb asked to do?
It was already wildlife habitat before it was flooded
So should the entire atchafalaya basin be flooded levee to levee?
This post was edited on 4/25/11 at 9:12 pm
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