re: I need a duck hunting mentor in the Mandeville area...

OG...I've hunted both ways, buddy I used to go with would bring his dog, lost fewer ducks, but I use the yak to pick up my birds for 90% of my hunts in there. I would wait for a lull but just know you're going to get buzzed by birds while in the kayak...it's freaking aggravating.

Hammer...

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would it be easier to drive down Lake Road (along Bayou Lacombe) and put in a yak to paddle over to the lakes west of the road? That's still refuge right?

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This is how I hunt, I pick a bayou on the west side of lake road or go to the end and paddle down the beach, depends on where I want to hunt. They have a couple of land-locked (more fresh than brackish) ponds along the lake that are extremely easy to get to and have grass in them. You just have to know which ones are good, some of the nicer/bigger ones are pretty deep and the smaller potholes are shallower and get more action.