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Any you baws diving Lake Pontchartrain by the Causeway?
Posted on 6/9/22 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 6/9/22 at 8:51 pm
Couple days seen a shrimp boat looking thing with a diver down flag off the bridge.
Part jealous and part curious to see how the water is and what’s to see.
Part jealous and part curious to see how the water is and what’s to see.
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Posted on 6/9/22 at 9:25 pm to Havoc
Yeah that's curious. I know they're doing a lot of soil sample work, I talked to a few of them at the lacombe bayou launch a month or so ago.
Could be that.
Could be that.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 9:27 pm to Havoc
Some boats have been known to use diver down flags without a any diving activity... its a shite thing to do.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 9:33 pm to dandyjohn
I’ve always heard the lake can be fairly passable diving in the right (but not common) conditions depending on ones comfort level of course. Like when there’s been pretty dead water for a few days.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 10:31 am to Havoc
plenty of people spearfish the lake.
usually for big alligator gar
usually for big alligator gar
Posted on 6/10/22 at 11:06 am to Havoc
That's gonna be a no for me dawg
Posted on 6/10/22 at 12:50 pm to Havoc
I imagine visibility is probably shite
Posted on 6/10/22 at 12:57 pm to cgrand
Yea, also sheepshead off the causeway pilings.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 2:49 pm to Havoc
I've heard spear fishing is common in lake Maurepas as well. Any truth to that? It seems like I've heard of folks doing it for catfish.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 3:53 pm to Havoc
The causeway has bridge inspection divers too. May have been them.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 4:17 pm to Pandy Fackler
Sure. Lots of people free dive the stumps for big blue and tabby cats. Was one of my favorite hobbies few years back.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 5:58 pm to bootlegger
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Sure. Lots of people free dive the stumps for big blue and tabby cats. Was one of my favorite hobbies few years back.
Visibility is good enough for that?
Posted on 6/10/22 at 7:52 pm to Pandy Fackler
Friends of mine used to spearfish 51 canal all along Manchac and Ruddock. Had a floating air supply. Big cats in those stumps.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 8:02 pm to Pandy Fackler
You just have to pay attention to the wind and sometimes rainfall. 2-3 days of a consistent wind, and the leeward side of the lake will be huntable. "Good" visibility is 3-4 feet.
Posted on 6/10/22 at 11:24 pm to bootlegger
Last time I went to the hwy 11 tressles this past winter the visibility was like 10-12' was absolutely crazy.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 5:31 am to Havoc
Yes. They spearfish it. Shoot far, sheephead, and freshwater cats. I haven’t dove it in a while, but some days vis can be 5+ feet. You don’t want it too clear because fish spook easier
Posted on 6/11/22 at 5:53 am to Havoc
Ya I was looking for all my guns I lost in a boating accident!
Posted on 6/11/22 at 8:25 am to cgrand
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plenty of people spearfish the lake.
usually for big catfish and sheepshead/redfish
as mentioned, gotta know where and when
my son is 3rd generation pontchartrain pirate
lake is on fire right now...
This post was edited on 6/14/22 at 8:05 am
Posted on 6/11/22 at 10:59 am to cgrand
I used to be a bad mfer with a Hawaiian Sling. I used to go off Malibu or Palos Verdes in California and spear some big ones. My favorite was night scuba diving for spiny lobster around Catalina.
Spicoli was right. All I need are some tasty waves and a cool buzz and I'm fine.
Spicoli was right. All I need are some tasty waves and a cool buzz and I'm fine.
This post was edited on 6/11/22 at 11:02 am
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:48 pm to El Segundo Guy
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Hawaiian Sling
I have a sling in my attic I’ve never gotten around to using. Reminds me I need to bust it out
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