Flat
Yea I have waded West Cove since the mid 90's and fished reefs that had "bolder" sized oyster mounds. It has always been my experience that when you find these particular flats they will hold the real big sows. One month after they started dredging we started to notice these bolders and mounds of oyster beds were gone leaving a hard flat surface, immediately the big girls starting showing up less and less. Until now, on several flats that would consistently hold big fish, are gone. Like night and day-
Areas that have not been dredged ARE STILL HOLDING BIG FISH- so I know this to be a determining factor on the flats the Sows prefer.
Bottom line is there just is no need for the dredging on the lake, with farm raised pasteurized oysters flooding the market that pose NO HEALTH CONCERNS.
Calcasieu is finacially backed by recreational fisherman. Thousands of inshore fishing licenses both in-state and out of state issued every year in comparison to the couple hundred oyster permits issued-NOT EVEN CLOSE
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