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re: Catahoula Lake could become off limits to duck hunters

Posted on 12/30/18 at 8:41 pm to
Posted by Jenar Boy
Elsewhere
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Posted on 12/30/18 at 8:41 pm to
Here ya go
quote:

They have a Jonesville address baw
Posted by jorconalx
alexandria
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Posted on 12/30/18 at 8:48 pm to
Did you look at the address in that link??
Posted by Jenar Boy
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Posted on 12/30/18 at 8:51 pm to
Yessir
Posted by jorconalx
alexandria
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Posted on 12/30/18 at 8:53 pm to
So you agree, it’s in Jonesville.
Posted by Jenar Boy
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Posted on 12/30/18 at 8:54 pm to
I agree that it’s a jonesville address but it’s in Larto. Larto doesn’t have a post office.
Posted by Drunken Crawfish
Member since Apr 2017
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Posted on 12/30/18 at 9:02 pm to
We hunted there from 2003 to 2011 and had some phenomenal hunts. Unfortunately we only had water on opening day twice in 8 years. It just wasn’t worth it when they upped the price on the blinds each of the last 3 years we were there.

I heard they closed the Dewey Wells road entrance and now everyone has to take the Diversion Canal road to get to the property. Ef that noise.
Posted by Jenar Boy
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Posted on 12/30/18 at 9:17 pm to
Yep. We leased blinds there from 1988-2010. In the 90’s & early 00’s it was some awesome hunting. Limits of greenheads & sprigs most everyday. They got to greedy.

A close family friend was a straw boss on Delta for about 40 years and my uncle done most of their welding work through the 70’s & 80’s. My cousins & I ran around all over that place as kids. It’s some damn good fishing in there as well.
Posted by AlxTgr
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Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 12/30/18 at 9:42 pm to
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You will, just likely not for free
I don't understand why you think the land will somehow be private. Both courts found an inverse condemnation. The owners were granted damages for both the value of the land and the royalties. This is now State land.
Posted by Tigerhead
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 12/30/18 at 10:46 pm to
Off the main subject, but any of you guys that hunted the lake ever done any arrowhead hunting out there?
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 8:00 am to
quote:

I don't understand why you think the land will somehow be private. Both courts found an inverse condemnation. The owners were granted damages for both the value of the land and the royalties. This is now State land.
A guy that I guided a time or two that is a pretty solid jd seems to think that some property owners will either be heavily compensated(that were not) and the CLGFP will have to go back to the drawing board- if the state has to pay millions for people to keep a free hunting spot - that ain't gonna fly. may have to do it like some states where blinds on public property go out for bid of fee/permit.
This post was edited on 12/31/18 at 8:01 am
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:03 am to
Well, they have been ordered to pay. They probably won't even if this stands, which I do not think it will. I guess my point/question is, if it was truly a reverse condemnation, and the payments are for both value and royalties, then the stake holders have been compensated for their loss, and have no continuing claim to that land.

Here's the other problem, with the bank of little river being curved, how does one know who owns what? There was zero discussion of boundaries.
Posted by classicgold
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Member since Feb 2017
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:06 am to
Correct. All the blinds that Honeybrake hunted on Catahoula are now under Full Strap and Stringer. I would hunt with the Soileaus 1,000 times before paying money to hunt with the people at Honeybrake. Better people and a much more honest operation. They also kill a lot of ducks.
Posted by tigerfoot
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Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:18 am to
quote:

All the blinds that Honeybrake hunted on Catahoula are now under Full Strap and Stringer. I would hunt with the Soileaus 1,000 times before paying money to hunt with the people at Honeybrake.
what would the guides do if they had a boastful of clients and someone was in the blind when they got there. Public land problem?
Posted by classicgold
bfe
Member since Feb 2017
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:23 am to
I don't believe it's happened to him with clients, but it has happened when he was taking a group of our friends. He challenged their manhood and they weren't about it. Pretty much everyone on that lake knows what blinds are Blakes and not to mess with them or else it means trouble.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:29 am to
Yeah

Profiting off something he doesn’t pay for or maintain thru intimidation.

Posted by JakeMik
Lafayette,Louisiana
Member since Sep 2012
717 posts
Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:34 am to
I went with Full Straps last year, talk about a sketchy operation. Also went with Honey Brake, first class operation. Just my opinion though.
Posted by DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Member since May 2011
19467 posts
Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:37 am to
quote:

I went with Full Straps last year, talk about a sketchy operation.


What you mean, Guide is willing to fights with non-clients on the public lake during hunts, what could be sketchy about that
Posted by classicgold
bfe
Member since Feb 2017
6521 posts
Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:43 am to
They put in all the work to maintain those blinds for years. Someone shows up trying hunt over your hardwork, what would you do? Like I said. He wasn’t with clients. He was with a group of people we all know.
Posted by classicgold
bfe
Member since Feb 2017
6521 posts
Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:45 am to
I have no doubt Honeybrake is a first class operation. I just believe the people at Full Strap are better people based on what I know. To each his own
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
60682 posts
Posted on 12/31/18 at 9:46 am to
Baw you can build a blind yourself anywhere you want on Catahoula. Just bring marshmallows to roast the next day.

I bet all the guides out there have diesel and matches in hand every day out
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