re: Chandeleur Islands - Will they survive?

They will be different but they will survive.

I caught a Pomp out there about 10 years ago that weighed a little over 8 pounds on a pocket deliar...a little over 20 inches long...it was probably bigger than that. It was close to an all tackle world record at 8 pounds. On the same trip I had one get around the trim tabs and break off that looked bigger than the one I landed but it may have been a permit. At any rate its a great place to fish.....

Breton is going to be rebuild quite soon to teh tune of over $50 million. Callan Marine just won the bid and work should be done by next summer if the Fall/Spring weather isnt too rough out there.
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The main chain of the Chandeleurs is a different story. The state has basically said it is too much money for something too far offshore and too far gone. Studies concerning their ecologic benefit as well as their impact on the water quality of Breton Sound as well as their wave mitigation have shown benefit. Their only really hope is fed agencies to step in and restore them, but there are rumblings several agencies do have that interest.

Never been out to the Islands. Would a 21' bay boat be safe enough in he OB's opinion to make a run on a good day?

1/2 of Breton is gone, only the northern half with the grass is still present. North and south Gossier are underwater now. North Gossier went under earlier this summer with a storm but south popped up. Both gone now. South side Curlew has changed but north side OK.

Ive been considering it in my 19’ bay boat. Have the range with an extra can of gas just in case. Just haven’t done it yet. Mainly because waveland is shortest route, but if I get there and it’s too windy, my trip is shot. From MRGO it’s pushing it on the fuel range.

I normally make the run from Long Beach, MS

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Long Beach?

I know people that run from BSL, Pass, Long Beach, Gulport, and Ocean Springs. Not sure if it's the shortest distance but the ride feels shorter leaving out of Ocean Springs.

I think Gulfport is shortest mileage run. I've mapped it out on Google Earth and have the various mileage (if not exact, damn close to it) for straight line runs - end of short rocks to Freemason is 26 miles. Gulfport Harbor to north tip of Chandeleur is 24. Waveland/Bayou Caddy is 35 miles.

I've seen Jon's videos. Dude make me nervous sitting out there under those gray skies. I think he launches where he does because he skirts the edge of the Biloxi Marsh and can duck in there for shelter. less wide open water running. Probably a good plan.

My range is about 100 miles without extra gas.

Last thing I need to do to be fully prepared is replace my VHF and get a hand held backup. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I don't worry about it because I usually have a cell signal.

From a geologic perspective with a rising sea level (or subsiding sediment pile) these islands will transgress towards the shoreline (delta). It's not a new thing. Humans think landforms should be as they were, are or will be in the same place. There are sediments identified as barrier bar shorelines or abandoned deltas deposited at sea level that are now 15,000 feet in the sediment column. That means something changed. As a geologist we learn things have, will and are going to change in time.