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re: Maurepas Swamp Duck Hunting
Posted on 9/21/17 at 2:26 pm to lsuson
Posted on 9/21/17 at 2:26 pm to lsuson
There is nothing in that swamp for ducks to feed on. The salvinia is so bad that it has replaced duckweed and it also blocks the light for the other better foods to grow
Many formerly good duck holes are going the same way
The hydrology has changed as well. There is no drying out of these places
Many formerly good duck holes are going the same way
The hydrology has changed as well. There is no drying out of these places
Posted on 9/21/17 at 3:51 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Salt water killed off a lot of shite around the two lakes. The canals and lack of land building by sediment allowed it to get in and sit.
Fortunately, it is repairable (unlike the coast). Unfortunately, it is being repaired too slowly, so it will continue to deteriorate
Fortunately, it is repairable (unlike the coast). Unfortunately, it is being repaired too slowly, so it will continue to deteriorate
Posted on 9/21/17 at 9:57 pm to Ragnar
I used to hunt in a duck club down blind river in the 90s. Killed mallards almost every hunt. In 2000 somebody set the swamp on fire north of Gramercy. There were birds by the thousands back there in the burnout. That season was something I doubt we ever see again. Didn't take long for the fouchette to take back over and after a couple seasons of nothing but wood ducks, I gave up and started deer hunting.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 6:30 am to SeaPickle
is that behind four point or further north in thib itself?
Posted on 9/22/17 at 7:30 am to SeaPickle
yall been seeing any whistlers yet? back off Burma and the bypass is full of them right now. and hogs.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 7:46 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Maurepas Swamp Duck Hunting
Canals and roads everywhere.
canals and roads were there in the golden days
Posted on 9/22/17 at 8:20 am to Ragnar
No fancy camo needed
By the candle store?
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Maisweh
By the candle store?
This post was edited on 9/22/17 at 8:42 am
Posted on 9/22/17 at 8:28 am to tigersownall
They just dug 3 new channels off of the diversion canal that go back into the swamp. They are hoping the flow of fresh water will liven up the land a little. Only time will tell
Posted on 9/22/17 at 8:33 am to maisweh
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yall been seeing any whistlers yet? back off Burma and the bypass is full of them right now. and hogs.
Thats real close to me but the swamp gets deep once my lease starts so i guess it keeps the hogs out because no one sees any. They are all around on the higher properties though.
I havent been in the swamp since last hunting season. With a 1.5 yr old i have to prioritize my activities and fishing trumps hunting.
This post was edited on 9/22/17 at 8:42 am
Posted on 9/22/17 at 8:42 am to CypressTrout10
Nutrients and sediment = good for a tidal swamp or marsh
Posted on 9/22/17 at 8:43 am to choupiquesushi
They were there at the beginning of the end. Massive spoil banks retain plenty water.
Regardless, all these factors put together don't compare to not having annual flooding from the river. I don't see how the swamps could ever recover without it, but I bet one year of it would cause a massive reversal.
It's a shame that knocking down the levee would ruin so many jobs and destroy the states economy as we currently know it, because that levee is what's killing the state.
Regardless, all these factors put together don't compare to not having annual flooding from the river. I don't see how the swamps could ever recover without it, but I bet one year of it would cause a massive reversal.
It's a shame that knocking down the levee would ruin so many jobs and destroy the states economy as we currently know it, because that levee is what's killing the state.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:22 am to tigersownall
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By the candle store?
candle store/nasty bar. family lives up the road by the not trashy part. im looking for land there
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:27 am to SeaPickle
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Thats real close to me but the swamp gets deep once my lease starts so i guess it keeps the hogs out because no one sees any. They are all around on the higher properties though. I havent been in the swamp since last hunting season. With a 1.5 yr old i have to prioritize my activities and fishing trumps hunting.
I just drop my 1.5 year old off at my moms so wife can sleep and I go fish and hunt anyway. she don't really care as long as im around during the week
damn whistlers are everywhere... you could spend an afternoon with a pellet gun picking them off.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:35 am to maisweh
Yea, the whistlers ran off the local mallards this summer. Many days I can see 50+ at the house. We have 2 clutches of whistler ducklins around the house also. Those moms don't let anything get within 100 yards of those babies.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:39 am to maisweh
Burma turns into a private road there correct? Looks like some nice land. They had a house sitting on a few acres for rent years back over there. I kick myself all the time for never getting into it.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:45 am to tigersownall
Right, it goes from trashy bypass, then the left is a private road and right is Burma. where that culvert is on Burma is loaded with the sacalaitwhiteperch when it gets cold.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:48 am to Hammertime
The State, LDWF, etc. desperately need to start using Maurepas as an assimilated wetland system. Pipe is cheap, and Baton Rouge/suburbs could all discharge to Maurepas. It would completely save that place. Problem is large scale mechanical plant firms like CH2MHill et al have political pull and fight assimilation at every step.
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Assimilation wetlands lower nutrient and sediment concentrations in point and non-point source discharges (typically secondarily-treated municipal effluent) while benefiting from inputs of freshwater, increased productivity, and enhanced accretion rates.
Posted on 9/22/17 at 10:55 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
They just need to leave the Bonnet Carre Spillway open year round
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