2BRKnot

Thank you for the info and your time.

KemoSabe, have you run through Lake Charles from the landing under the I-10 Calcasieu Bridge?

Thanks OleBallCoach and KemoSabe. I'll just be boat riding to try out a boat I might buy. It doesn't have to be in Prien Lake. Are there any public boat landings in Lake Charles you can recommend?

The Ocean

What a prick thing to say. What is wrong with you, my man?

I want to start feeding the bream around my dock. What food/feed should I use, and where can I buy it? TIA

I appreciate all of the responses. I knew I could count on the OB baws.

Joseph Mengis. He's great.

Zero minutes

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It's an easy DIY project. I did this myself and it worked perfectly. First, figure out where the bats are entering and leaving. It will be higher than 6' above the ground. More often the location will be at or near the eave (usually where the eave and outside wall meet), but it can be at a gable vent. Bats cannot take off from the ground like birds can. They need to jump out of a high location which allows them to gain momentum/speed on the way down to start their flight. The location can be as small as the thickness of your thumb, or slightly smaller. Look for the telltale sign of brown skin/fur rubbings the bats leave behind as they leave and re-enter the hole. Buy a tube or two of exterior caulk and a small roll of fiberglass window screen from Lowes or HD. Use the caulk to close off all other possible exit/entrance locations. Then, hang about 2 ft of fiberglass screen over the suspected opening using duct tape. Apply the tape horizontally 1"- 3" higher than the hole so the screen drapes over the hole. Do not tape the sides or bottom of the screen. The bats will leave at dusk and will return right before dawn. The screen is light enough to allow the bats to crawl out of the hole and downward along the wall to the bottom of the screen and then jump outward to start flying at dusk. When they return, they won't be able to get back into the hole and they won't figure out that they can crawl up the wall and under the screen. They will find another place to roost and your problem is solved. You can remove the screen after a couple of days. As some of the other posters said, grab yourself a chair and a couple of beers and watch the bats leave at dusk. Don't be surprised if you count 100 or even many more bats. Now is a good time to do this project. Bats have their babies in the summer. The babies are able to fly by mid-October. Therefore, the chances of trapping a juvenile bat in your attic or soffit are greatly minimized, if not eliminated. It's an easy project. You can do this in an hour or two.

Thanks jmarto1