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Duck hunting Maurepas swamp WMA
Posted on 5/28/21 at 8:25 am
Posted on 5/28/21 at 8:25 am
I’m fishing King George Bay as I type this and seeing wood ducks and black bellies this morning. Just wondering if anyone on this forum ever duck hunted this area. I think I’ll give it a try in November.
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Posted on 5/28/21 at 8:28 am to Koolazzkat
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give it a try in November.
And be disappointed. It used to be a duck haven but Salvania and stagnation have totally killed it. You might get lucky and get some passing shots on woodies.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 8:45 am to Koolazzkat
The Mexicans leave in October
Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:00 am to wickowick
I’m on the 1100+\- acre part located in Livingston parish and this bay I’m fishing is open water with no invasive vegetation floating. It could be attractive to some migrants in winter? The water is shallow but a small outboard would work with a boat blind.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:04 am to Koolazzkat
My fav line for this area is " you will have better luck killing ducks hunting in the ditch in front of your house". Accurate assessment. 
Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:25 am to Koolazzkat
Always have had a curiosity for this place. I've been told the same thing the OB is saying before. May have to go this fall anyway just to get it out of my head. At least it probably isn't pressured. Get the swamp to yourself and sometimes that's better than a packed house and crowded launch for a couple teal.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:27 am to PutTheWomacOnEm01
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. At least it probably isn't pressured. Get the swamp to yourself and sometimes that's better than a packed house and crowded launch for a couple teal.
Yeah you are in for a surprise if you think you have found a spot on Louisiana public land that isnt pressured
Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:28 am to PutTheWomacOnEm01
I hear ya, I love the swamp myself, got 1500ac of it , work 40 wooduck boxes. If you like peace in a duck blind without all the gunfire, its there,
Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:37 am to Koolazzkat
I have lived on the Diversion for 20 years, on my second home for the last 14 years. My master has a raised porch about 30’ off the ground and I can see a long way at dusk. 10 years ago I could see 100 ducks mainly wood ducks at dusk during hunting season, perhaps 200-250 after a cold front. Today, I am lucky to see a dozen. The lack of new water to replenish the swamp, combined with savania has made the ducks move on from this area
Posted on 5/28/21 at 9:46 am to wickowick
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Lived on the Diversion
Me and you must be neighbors wickowick. Fishing in backyard this pastweek.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 10:03 am to Greenseed
Just searching for something closer to home. The past few seasons I’ve hunted Pearl River WMA, never shot a limit but always managed to kill a teal or two, along with some grays, dos gris and spoons. This King George Bay does look real “ducky.”
Posted on 5/28/21 at 10:59 am to Koolazzkat
Look into the "Duck season somewhere" podcast with Warren Coco as the guest. They talk a lot about how it use to be in that swamp, and why it went down hill.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 10:59 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
The CPRA will be starting the Maurepas diversion in the next 3-4 years. The diversion will re-introduce a fresh water flow from the MS river to the swamp around Garyville.
May not see a change for a long time but at least it is a step in the right direction.
May not see a change for a long time but at least it is a step in the right direction.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 11:06 am to CajunCommander
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May not see a change for a long time but at least it is a step in the right direction
Absolutely. Its desperately needed or that whole maurepas basin will become a complete wasteland by the next generation
Posted on 5/28/21 at 12:47 pm to CajunCommander
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around Garyville
Honest question, will the positive effects of the MS diversion reach up to the area in the OP? I figured it would help more in the Blind River area.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 12:56 pm to shadowlsu
That is South of that, water runs down hill, but it dam sure cant hurt. We just want some of that diversion canal water to run through the swamp. Cant wait to see what benefits that hope canal diversion brings. 
Posted on 5/28/21 at 1:01 pm to Greenseed
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Cant wait to see what benefits that hope canal diversion brings
Me too. I grew up on the Amite and there are tons of places on the Amite and Blind that look like they would be perfect for bass, but I've never had much luck. Hopefully it'll bring the oxygen levels up to make for better fishing.
Posted on 5/28/21 at 3:36 pm to Greenseed
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We just want some of that diversion canal water to run through the swamp.
One would think the water flowing down the Diversion into Blind river would flow into the swamp, but apparently that doesn’t happen, even when you got past blind rice and the man made levees from digging the Diversion. The fishing improved noticeably after the ‘16 flood
Posted on 5/28/21 at 3:37 pm to Koolazzkat
People shoot wood ducks?
Posted on 5/28/21 at 5:19 pm to wickowick
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I have lived on the Diversion for 20 years, on my second home for the last 14 years. My master has a raised porch about 30’ off the ground and I can see a long way at dusk. 10 years ago I could see 100 ducks mainly wood ducks at dusk during hunting season, perhaps 200-250 after a cold front. Today, I am lucky to see a dozen. The lack of new water to replenish the swamp, combined with savania has made the ducks move on from this area
When I was little we'd get to the blind on Catahoula while it was still dark and wait for shooting hours and the first gunshot would raise what had to be thousands of ducks. It is pretty crazy seeing that many birds, look like mosquitoes around a light bulb. Now you might see ten raise up and take off. The whole state seems to be going down hill.
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