Kayak fishing spots close to the Northshore

Bayou Lacombe, Bayou Liberty, Cane Bayou

Those are all good spots for kayak fishing

Watch out for gators in cane bayou

You ain't lying. Especially this time of year that bayou is just chock full of gators.

Went Saturday. Counted zero down to the lake and 16 coming back!
Only two about 7 feet and the rest were small.

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Went Saturday. Counted zero down to the lake and 16 coming back!

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Taking a new kayaker with us. He’s always getting snagged on a tree, even in open water.

Is Cane bayou safe for him given the prevalence of alligators? Or would fishing a different spot be advisable?

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Louisiana needs to extend alligator hunting for another month. The alligator population is getting overcrowded and dangerous.

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Need to expand public hunting opportunity. Commercial prices are down and they get a lot from farms, so the commercial hunters aren’t taking as many

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Or would fishing a different spot be advisable?

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if that's the case, go all way down Lake Rd past Glockner's to Pontchartrain launch and fish the coves and inlets

I've seen some big boys in Cane Bayou.

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the ones that won't get out of your way know they can take you if they wanted

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Had this happen to me in Reggio last year. They usually dip out and appear further down the bayou. I watched this dinosaur crawl off the marsh and intersect my path. Then it stayed there awhile before it went under. It had to be every bit of 12ft or more. Almost shite myself and decided I was done fishing for the day

ETA: be careful in areas where a lot of them are present. Big one is bound to be somewhere nearby

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Lake Rd past Glockner's to Pontchartrain launch and fish the coves and inlets

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Are you referring to the launch at the end, and go east/west along the lake shore ?