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Crabbing in Lake Ponchartrain
Posted on 10/21/14 at 10:50 am
Posted on 10/21/14 at 10:50 am
I usually go around the mouth of bayou lacombe around lake rd, but its been dry lately. Anywhere else around the lake good?
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Posted on 10/21/14 at 11:24 am to mannymo54
Have you tried the old Coast Guard shed at the Tchefuncte River?
Posted on 10/21/14 at 11:31 am to mannymo54
Not sure how true this is but I have heard since the MRGO was closed the crabbing in the lake has gone down hill. The flow in and out of the lake has changed and the major migration route has been blocked. Salinity in the lake is also lower than in past years. This is info from people who fish the lake. No link.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 12:26 pm to TIGER2
When they closed the MRGO it messed up a lot of things in the lake. No shrimp even go into the lake anymore. They're still catching crabs in the lake but they are keeping every size and that is also messing things up too.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 12:38 pm to OMFGKenny
Chef pass? Rigolets?
All that water still flows through there with the MR Go closed.
All that water still flows through there with the MR Go closed.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 1:26 pm to eng08
When we had our boat in the Rigolets this past May and June, everyone said that they have not had shrimp in the lake since they rocked the MRGO.Everything was always caught in Lake Borgne.
This post was edited on 10/21/14 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 10/21/14 at 3:10 pm to TIGER2
I find it hard to believe that the wall (marked in red) and a closed off channel (marked in yellow) have adversely effected the tidal flow in and out of Lake P enough to cause the supposed decrease in #'s seen of shrimp and other wildlife in Lake P.
I think it has more to do with the record rains up north over the past couple years keeping salinity levels lower in Lake P, compounded by the opening of the Spillway several years back. I believe it's just a matter of salinity levels being lower over the years since the spillway opening.
I think it has more to do with the record rains up north over the past couple years keeping salinity levels lower in Lake P, compounded by the opening of the Spillway several years back. I believe it's just a matter of salinity levels being lower over the years since the spillway opening.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 4:14 pm to cdaniel76
The MRGO now has oxygen depletion issues during the summer that push into the lake so you you have stale water from the Great Wall of Chalmette to Shell Beach at times. This coupled with the higher fresh water levels from rainfall in the Peal River and the Bohemia Spillway to the south has pushed the shrimp further to the East.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 4:29 pm to MrLSU
I have a place in Lacombe and I can tell you that we have been out of the normal pattern of SE/S winds starting in May pushing saltwater and the shrimp and fish in. I do believe closing the MRGO keeps saltwater out but this year we did not have SE winds until end of July. I can just look at the water height and when the floating grass dies to know if the salt water is coming into the Lake. Lots of Jacks and reds though.
This post was edited on 10/21/14 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 10/21/14 at 4:55 pm to MrLSU
Have you been to the ihnc to see the tidal flow? I can assure you it's ripping through the gates.
Same in the industrial canal - but that is dependent on if they have the gates there closed or not.
I'm sure it messed it up a little during construction because they closed the canal for a whole completely, but once it's done it will be back to normal.
Also I think Cdaniel is correct with the increased rainfall - compounded by more structures - there is more routine freshwater runoff into the lake.
Same in the industrial canal - but that is dependent on if they have the gates there closed or not.
I'm sure it messed it up a little during construction because they closed the canal for a whole completely, but once it's done it will be back to normal.
Also I think Cdaniel is correct with the increased rainfall - compounded by more structures - there is more routine freshwater runoff into the lake.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 5:23 pm to mannymo54
I've lived just upstream from the Hwy 22 bridge in Madisonville for almost six years. For the first couple of years, I could bait one trap on Wednesday evening and have two dozen nice crabs (including about 25% #1s) by the weekend. That's all done...
I've heard a variety of theories - the Great Wall, the Macondo oil spill, Hurricane Isaac and, of course, salinity level decreases. I don't know what the problem is, but it's not worth baiting a trap at my place anymore.
I've heard a variety of theories - the Great Wall, the Macondo oil spill, Hurricane Isaac and, of course, salinity level decreases. I don't know what the problem is, but it's not worth baiting a trap at my place anymore.
Posted on 10/21/14 at 6:48 pm to mannymo54
When I was a kid (late 1950's) we shrimped along the steps on the lakefront in the summer. We kept the freezer full of shrimp. Used to be lots of crabs and fish. And there was thick eel grass all along the south shore from the NewOrleans airport to the trestles. We used to go at night for soft sell crabs and all the camps had the large floating cages used to hold crabs until they became busters. I used to drag my minnow net through the eel grass and catch hundreds of pipe fish for my aquarium. That was all pre-MRGO. Things might get better with the lake becoming more brackish.
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