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Why is Lake Maurepas not more heavily hunted and fished?
Posted on 9/4/24 at 10:44 pm
Posted on 9/4/24 at 10:44 pm
I’ve never heard of anyone going there to hunt or fish. I looked it up online and apparently it’s not a very popular destination.
Anyone know why? It seems like a large untouched freshwater lake would be an absolute haven for freshwater fishing and duck hunting.
Anyone know why? It seems like a large untouched freshwater lake would be an absolute haven for freshwater fishing and duck hunting.
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Posted on 9/4/24 at 10:47 pm to cbree88
Maybe Maura toss to the Outdoor Board, just saying.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 10:47 pm to cbree88
Posted on 9/4/24 at 10:57 pm to cbree88
One wise older fella told me once, Son if you wanna kill ducks down here, you betta bring them wit you 
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:00 pm to deathinthedelta
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One wise older fella told me once, Son if you wanna kill ducks down here, you betta bring them wit you
Why though? Lol
What makes that lake such a bad place to hunt or fish?
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:04 pm to cbree88
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It seems like a large untouched freshwater lake
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freshwater
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:08 pm to cbree88
Caught this in Pass Manchac
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:14 pm to cbree88
I know plenty of people that do.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:14 pm to cbree88
Gar hole
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:23 pm to soccerfüt
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freshwater
It’s definitely freshwater.
You might be getting it confused with Lake Ponchartrain or something.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:23 pm to LSUJML
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Caught this in Pass Manchac
Nice! That’s a good one.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:23 pm to cbree88
There was an explosion on a concrete tank barge in the middle of Maurepas in the mid ‘80s that killed two or three contract laborers instantly, ignition of flammable vapors in a confined space.
The coroner reportedly found two teeth.
Maybe around Spring of ‘87, if memory serves.
Also, Maurepas was a big deal in France.
The coroner reportedly found two teeth.
Maybe around Spring of ‘87, if memory serves.
Also, Maurepas was a big deal in France.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:25 pm to cbree88
That’s some tough arse deer hunting.
No food for the ducks.
Fishing is pretty popular though.
No food for the ducks.
Fishing is pretty popular though.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:33 pm to cbree88
1. it is very shallow - at its deepest is only 12 feet
2. it has three tributaries so it is full of mud, water clarity is terrible
3. it is relatively small so it has a pretty good current in it
4. it is shallow, so any wind makes it choppy as frick
2. it has three tributaries so it is full of mud, water clarity is terrible
3. it is relatively small so it has a pretty good current in it
4. it is shallow, so any wind makes it choppy as frick
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:41 pm to supatigah
I’ve fished it a couple of times. Soso results. Rather fish other places where I’ve caught more fish.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:43 pm to cbree88
Fishing in the lake is shite. Hunting almost impossible without a boat…but there are plenty deer out there…ducks too.
The Ida fish kill did a number but it’s coming back on the rivers.
The Ida fish kill did a number but it’s coming back on the rivers.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:48 pm to cbree88
The water in the lake is relatively shallow making it a place you don't want to be if the wing kicks up-that lake gets rough as hell quickly. The fishing in Pass Manchac and Lake Ponchartrain is better than in Maurepas.
I figure if either hunting or fishing in Maurepas was good people would be doing it.
I figure if either hunting or fishing in Maurepas was good people would be doing it.
Posted on 9/4/24 at 11:51 pm to cbree88
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It’s definitely freshwater.
You might be getting it confused with Lake Ponchartrain or something.
It is a brackish tidal estuary. Its salinity varies due to tidal action and water ingress from Ponchartrain.
Posted on 9/5/24 at 12:05 am to Obtuse1
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It is a brackish tidal estuary. Its salinity varies due to tidal action and water ingress from Ponchartrain.
You just copy and pasted that from Google, didn’t you?
Perhaps there is technically some interchange with Lake Ponchartrain through Pass Manchac wich makes it technically a brackish estuary, but no one is going to catch redfish, speckled trout, or any other saltwater fish in Lake Maurepas.
Posted on 9/5/24 at 12:10 am to cbree88
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You just copy and pasted that from Google, didn’t you?
Just had a camp on the Diversion for over 20 years and spent god knows how much time on Maurepas. It is a brackish tidal estuary due to the tides. I got schooled on the tides and Maurepas early on when I voiced I didn't think the tides could impact water levels on the canal.
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