Running across Lake Maurepas to Ponchartrain

Its a long arse ways and a little wind will make it miserable

Oh well excuse the hell outta me

I’ve been in the little lake during really bad weather back in my ignorance phase and seen stumps in the troughs of the waves.

I do this quite often but normally backwards from the way you plan to. I'll launch at mouth of Tchefuncte and ride to the Tickfaw or way up Blind river. The wind is the only real obstacle, follow the channel markers out of the rivers and stay a couple hundred yards from the lake banks and you'll be good to go.

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careful if you decide to enter the mouth of the Tangipahoa Rive

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They just dredged it. Also got a nice new public ramp.

Over the summer I ran from the prop stop to t-rivers in my prodigy boat with a 37 gator tail. It’s an 18/51 surface drive boat and the motor is a tiller handle. The ride there took a while but wasn’t bad. We left t-rivers with just enough light to get back in perfect conditions and a storm blew in. It was getting real dark on us in maurepas and the waves were much bigger than my boat is built to handle. Definitely the dumbest thing I’ve done in my boat and the closest I’ve been to sinking it.

I've done this a few times in a bay boat. I live off the diversion and have friends that have camps on north pass. I can say thag lake Maurepaus is dirty. The mouth is real bad. Stay left and hug the buoys to the Chanel.

Thanks for the info guys.

Like I said, just for kicks, may never do it. But if I do, I'll do it on a nice weather day.

What's the typical depth of Maurepas?

it's a fun boat ride. me and ms mack run from tin lizzies to mitendorf's several times each year to go eat. as long as there isn't a strong SE wind its a nice boat ride.
a little chop is nice to get the female flotation devices bouncing

I've made that run several times. Not sure what size boat you have but you'll be able to handle maurepas easy in good weather. Follow the markers coming out of tickfaw as it is getting narrow. Mouth of the amite is tricky as well if you've never been down it. Imo the amite river is the best view to just ride.

One thing to watch for coming from tickfaw headed towards south pass is an outrigger of a sunk shrimp boat. It's sticking up a few feet out of the water. Last time I was out there, someone had put cones and such on it to try and make it more visible.

The big lake can get bad. I've experienced more big swells than white caps. I've never been across to nola but I have been to Madisonville for lunch several times. BE SURE to follow markers at the mouth of the Tchefuncte. It is extremely shallow if you try to go straight into mouth. You make a dog leg to get into it. Follow the markers and have fun.

Looking forward to summer time now!