Lacassine do's and dont's
 

As its looking like there may be enough water to fish this year, what are some suggestions for someone who has never been in there before ?

Not looking for specific "honey holes" or anything like that, just more along the lines of where to run and where to stay away from...

Thanks,
Hydro

Don't cross any shallow flats to get to what looks like a better fishing area. If you are like me and weewacker you'll regret it


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Best thing to do is go a few times with someone who is familiar with the area and if your running and find yourself in shallow water don't get nervous hammer on it and don't break plane till you find a canal or deeper pond it's not as bad as you think I looked at the pool yesterday and it is still low but coming up

Make sure you have a good strong trolling motor that has a good smooth blade on it. You want to be able to chop through vegetation good. Any burs on the blade and it likes to grab it and wrap up, and you will be spending time cleaning your prop.

Also, slow down when you are making the turns on the main canal. Not sure if it is still the case but some of those turns are blinded by tall grass and you never know when there is a boat coming from the other way. I just slow down around turns to prevent any collisions.

And obey the no wake signs in the canals. Everytime I go I feel like I'm the only person that slows down for em. They are there for a reason. Like LCD said.

Have a push pole at all times

For Sure

Oh yeah have a push pole and don't lose it running the tall grass.


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Bring anything you got in Watermelon/red!!!!

black with blue tail fool!

Motor oil with red tail big dummy!

Where is the best place to launch, I want to give it a shot this year too.

Did you have to get out and push ???

Nope. We put his motor to the ultimate test


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Yee' Haw !!!

Thanks to all for the tips and info :D

Make yourself an anchor out of a rod afew feet long. Workes really well. Also sometimes it is better to start on the up wind side of a flat and just drift with the wind. Trolling motor scares alot of fish.

If you have never been go with someone else first. If not you better stay in the main canals. Lots of shallow flats. Stay away from it on opening day.

I encourage people to go on opening day. Just stay in the canals and watch all the other boats, where they run their big motors and where they are push poling and you will learn the do's and dont's very fast.

Let me know if you want company one day, I have been sevral times although I don't promise we will catch I do know a few spots to hit..... and that's for anyone that has an opening in their boat.

that was not a good day

Make sure to stay in the boat trails through the marsh, don't try to make new ones.


Warren

Figured I would dust this old thread off...

At least we will have water this year :D !

Hydro

We had water last yr but no feesh. Maybe this yr it'll be a little better. I still agree with the catch and release for a yr or two.


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Not sure about the water level coming up. Went ride to the weirs the other day and water was coming over the top of the boards, so of anything the water level will go down. Best boat to have in the pool is a mud motor. You may want to bring a GPS if you have never been. I've seen a few lost in there before. LOL

We went by the pool Thursday. It looked good as far as water level goes, but let me tell you, there ain't a lot of open water. Lot of vegetation.

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I'm ready to go!!!!

I don't understand why they don't bring the water level back up to what it used to be.

x2!!! That place is so poorly managed it's a shame

You said it poorly managed

They are supposed to burn it this week from what I saw on the news

Its managed for waterfowl, not bass. All it is, is a duck hole that happens to have bass.

bass that are stocked by the wlf

That's fine. But keeping the water level down during the summer is doing nothing for the ducks. When it gets hot the vegetation over grows the whole marsh and where are the ducks supposed to land when they get here in the winter? Raise the water level in February and drop it in September. Raise the water level in the hot months and it will keep the vegetation down. That would do great for the ducks.

Only problem I see with this statement is it makes way to much "cents"

Oh lawd now we iz thinking alike.


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Supposedly would kill or not let the "right" stuff for ducks grow if they did.

It does seem that there would be a "happy medium" somewhere in there.

Who decides on what the water level will be in the impound??

Yes ldwf does stock the impoundment, but that is just a courtesy to the general public because that place happens to hold enough water for bass. Lacassine isn't run by ldwf, it's run by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, "the feds," who don't manage it for fish because the place was never intended to be a sport bass fishing lake.

Is the depth issue with the perimeter canals, trails, or the marsh ponds ???

I didnt think it was a mud motor only sitution ?

Hydro

Hydro, the only canal that maybe an issue is far north west corner but I have ran all over the west pool with no issue unless getting stupid when water is low and getting in the flats..... unless its been removed there was a piece of pipe on the north side of the levee that now splits the west pool towards east end of levee, its under water and several people have hit it.

Can u still run a mud motor this year

Yes

As long as it is 40 hp and under

Anyway to mark the pipe on a map and post ?

Thanks,
Hydro

I am not sure of exact location since I don't run that side of levee but general location would be.... If you launch at new launch, which puts you into sw pool, run south to the first levee and if you run north side the pipe is a few hundred yrds west but I always run on south side of that levee or I fish out of old launch further north.

Which launch is which (new/old) ? Never fished there, flown over it 100's of times...

Hydro

When you drive into the refuge the road will come to a split and old launch is to the right but if you go straight at the split there's a newer launch which will allow launching to both sides of the road.... if you decide to use old launch make sure you pay attention to "end of ramp" sign