There is a canal on the refuge about 3 miles east of gibbstown bridge on the north side of the intracoastal. Not sure if it is open to fishing or not.

That canal is on the eastern boundry of the Cameron Prairie NR.

It looks like the road that the ramp is on has a good bit if water access to the cut that the ramp is on. Im gonna have to find me a map that better explains the burns area and laccasine before i go out there

the intracoastal is often muddy and the only real fishing in there is for catfish and gar on trot lines or jug lines or limb lines. the canals that feed off it are usually muddy until you get far back into them. the burns is a decent place to fish if you have a permit. it will be expiring soon, though, for 2012.

You would be alot better off trying somewhere eles. Water is always muddy around there and it's really only good for catfish. The burns can be good but need a permit and it's bout to close. Bell city drain ditch is good if the waters clear but you'd be better off launching in bell city.

Well i didnt plan on fishing the ICW i thought it would be a different area. Ive fished the ICW and black bayou numerous times with no luck. After reading the info online i thought i found a place for bream and bass amd crappie closer than the calcasieu

It's talking about that roadside canal. You can fish it but you have to park at the refuge and walk along the side of the canal. You can walk down the west side of the canal, the grass is usally mowed and what not.

Any sacalait in it?

Don know, I don fish from the bank and have never fished there. I know der is bass and bream in it.

Yes there is sacalait in there.

If there are sacalait down there, why arent there any in black bayou? Ive fished it numerous times with shiners and jigs and never got a bite

One thing you gotta remember about down there is that it was all recently hit by two major hurricanes and filled with saltwater. The fish are just starting to make a decent comeback. Sacalait gonna take a while they don't handle saltwater very well.

Big burns is closed as of Sunday. There is a canal off of the north canal that is in refuge you can fish it until mid October. You go east under gibbstown bridge and then go north at the first canal then go west at the first canal. Went a few months ago and it was very grassy and had quite a few limbs in the water. It is pretty good for catfish but it was very hard to navigate through last time i went