is st. joseph harbor open yet???
 

i wonder if they still have st. joseph harbor closed down. its almost october and still havent heard anything abt that place opening up. im dying to go casting for shrimp since i do not have a boat for the time being.

It is still closed, drove there this weekend and workers there said that there is a contractor problem and they dont know how much longer it will be.

ahhh!!! its driving me insane. i dunno where else to go to be able to cast for shrimp.

I know, I miss that place also, but in honesty - you can run down and buy 25 lbs/shrimp off the boats in Delcambre for what it costs to run down from Laf to Rockefeller:) But that is not what I like to do either:spineyes:

You could cast for shrimp down price lake rd. at the end of the road on right side also my friend that has a camp around joesph harbor was told it will open in 2 weeks but I heard this before so hopefully this time will be true.

only way to find out!!!!! :headknocker::headknocker::headknocker:

u made a good point but at least u do know its fun to be out there and casting for them urself.

Nopes...... Heard 2-3 days ago wont open this year..... Gotta love dem state workers..

WHAT!!! IS THAT A FACT OR JUST RUMORS.. WE DUNNO FOR SURE DONT WE... DOESNT ANYONE KNOW HOW TO CONTACT THAT AREA AND FIND OUT FOR SURE IF ITS GONNA STAY CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. OR WILL OPEN UP IN TWO WEEKS. :pissed::pissed::pissed:

This is the number for the refuge 337-491-2593. I called about 3 weeks ago and the lady said there was not a date set when it would be open.

thanks im gonna call them tomorrow and find out some info and will update yall on here when i get some info...

I heard closed "indefinately" a couple weeks ago. I also heard that they put a new women engineer in charge of the project, not that that makes any difference of course.

IMO......some women really know how to get a job done. This could be a good thing, if it is true.

I heard at the earliest it will re open in spring 2013

I hope yall are all just bull s h i t t i n g cause i was planning on putting a dent in the shrimp population out there this october.

From another site.....

DAMN!!!

Just got word from a VERY reliable source that there is now legal action between the State and the Contractor who has been doing the upgrade work at Joseph Harbor in the Rockefeller Refuge. All further work has been postponed, and it could be – according to my sources – next Spring before the work is completed and the site is again open to the Public.

Spring!!

And if that doesn’t suck royally, I don’t know what does! I mean, I might have died from old age before the place is open again!

Just one of the benefits of the low bid for a government project…

Everyone forgets about rollover....they been tearing up the shrimp over there. Gotta get there early to beat the crowd.

Yeah, ive been there a few times in the past couple of weeks and only caught my limit one time. It just sucks there because there is hardly any parking and when josephs is open it spreads the shrimp warriors out. Thanks for the info.

The big weir on the left is the best one....pogie meal makes it easier to load up.

Yep, thats where i caught em. Im gonna have to get me some of that ole stinky pogie meal i guess. So people have been catching at rollover within the past few days?