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Delacroix Navigation Question
Posted on 7/2/18 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 7/2/18 at 5:45 pm
Never fished Delacroix and might trailer from BSL Saturday. 22 foot bay boat can float in about 16 inches but 2 feet is as shallow as I like to run in unfamiliar water. From a map standpoint it looks easy to navigate from Sweeteater. I’m not trying to go crazy fishing interior ponds just run the river south toward Black Bay and poke in to the marsh here and there our first time. Does the grass thin out the further south you go or is Lake Campo grassy? Looking to catch reds mainly but trout or bass is a bonus. Areas I see I’m interested in would be Lake John, Petain Lagoon, Lake Campo, etc...
Anything in particular I should know about the river, sweeteater marina, or the marsh right off the river?
Anything in particular I should know about the river, sweeteater marina, or the marsh right off the river?
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Posted on 7/2/18 at 5:51 pm to stoms
Alot of grass in the twin pipeline. You can do pretty well with reds in the ponds off of there.
Posted on 7/2/18 at 6:02 pm to LEASTBAY
I’m pretty confident I can find fish as long as I’m not spending all day getting unstuck. Im inclined to run a while south just to get away from the crowd. If I was looking for the twin pipeline on google earth, what’s that near?
Posted on 7/2/18 at 6:14 pm to stoms
Stay in main bayous. If you don't know how to run delacroix you could wind up on mud flat and sleeping in the marsh
Posted on 7/2/18 at 6:39 pm to Thedirkdiggler13
Ask the guys at Sweetwater..they are the best and tell you the truth ,, even if bad,,see their FB site,,,Good luck be careful..Reds and bass will be in the grass edges..
Posted on 7/2/18 at 7:29 pm to Shoalwater Cat
PM me for a map..30 years fishing Delacroix
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steveanderson@remax.net
Posted on 7/2/18 at 7:38 pm to Shoalwater Cat
The water has been real low with all the west winds. I'd take somebody that knows the area. Otherwise proceed slowly and follow the crab traps if in doubt.
Posted on 7/2/18 at 7:54 pm to stoms
Pipeline runs from lake quatro Caballo to oak river. If its real low stay out though. I also do pretty well in rat bayou which is east of lake quatro
Posted on 7/2/18 at 8:17 pm to LEASTBAY
getting stuck in Delacroix is one of lifes greatest challenges. the most mentally and physically draining experience of my life
Posted on 7/2/18 at 9:51 pm to Higgysmalls
Last summer I spent 3 hours on the shallowest part of drum Bayou (east Biloxi marsh) on low tide waiting for the tide to come up. It was in the only stretch of that Bayou I haven’t trolled through. Had a .5 tide range. You want to talk about sweating it out....
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:43 am to stoms
We used to catch a lot of reds in Petain Lagoon till one of the hurricanes (Katrina or Gustavo) changed it. It’s shallow and nearly always dirty these days. Head a little further down to Lake Robin. Or hit areas to the right of the bayou.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 10:47 am to BrotherEsau
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BrotherEsau
I have my boat in Hopedale and spent the last couple of weekends on wild goose chases going as far out as Christmas Camp...
caught one rat red
On one of the days it was muddy and low water
This past Sunday the water was beautiful and just a little low.
I used to catch reds out there but wondering if it's the low water or what that's handing my arse to me. I want to catch some damn reds.
We got a dozen specks in Eloi on Sunday to save face but it was picking through schools to get ones we could keep.
Maybe I'll try Lake Robin this weekend..
Posted on 7/3/18 at 12:55 pm to stoms
Caught a limit in and around Reggio the other day. Find good, moving water, that may be the most important part right now. We caught off points and the grass edges. Caught a few bass too.
Wic and them whupped on them the other day too. Reds and bass...
Wic and them whupped on them the other day too. Reds and bass...
Posted on 7/3/18 at 1:08 pm to Marais Tigre
Did you fish well heads in Eloi?
This post was edited on 7/3/18 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 7/3/18 at 2:29 pm to stoms
Petain is very shallow in spots. Went to Lake John, and you can fish it by the twin pipeline, but there is a lot of grass. Four Horse, Lake Campo, etc. are fine. There is a lot of river water in the area; the trout are not there. Fish Grand lake near Orange Bayou for reds.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 3:59 pm to ntgreek00
Every time Ive tried that it didnt go so hot..and the trashpile barge.
It was nice enough to try that on Sunday but started catching at the mouth of the bayou where it meets the bay. Caught a few out by the camp out there too.
It was nice enough to try that on Sunday but started catching at the mouth of the bayou where it meets the bay. Caught a few out by the camp out there too.
This post was edited on 7/3/18 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 7/3/18 at 4:01 pm to bearhc
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There is a lot of river water in the area;
Thats what it was like the Sunday before last all the way until Treasure Bay...straight up river water.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 6:40 pm to stoms
The 20,345 crab traps in the Delacroix area really do aid in navigation. Go slow until you can verify that a canal/bay is navigable. Most of the shallows will be covered with grass (a little wind is helpful in showing where they are at as well) It can get shallow very quickly.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:58 pm to sawtooth
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The 20,345 crab traps in the Delacroix area
Preach brotha. It’s almost easier at times to take the mudboat instead of the bay boat bc I don’t have to avoid the minefield as much lol
Posted on 7/3/18 at 9:16 pm to magicman534
That's why I bought a Shoalwater Cat..floats in 4",,can run in 6. Lots of old ponds and untouched canals that I can fish,,as said above which is correct, follow the crab traps, they are usually in the deepest water.
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