Weirs Closed

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by toodeep

right now every one is crying because you don't have the fish you are suppose to, next you will be crying when the marsh is gone and big lake will butt up to the intercostal. if you need more testimonials look in Leeville Louisiana that use to be fresh water and have cypress trees every where. now there is saltwater to Cut off. but the weirs should be open. why not make a roll over for bay boats

that side of the state is the poster child for saltwater intrusion, erosion, subsidence, man fricking with nature, etc., I often wonder if some of the folks on this site have ever ventured over that way, its where I used to do most my saltwater fishing and every year I go down there the change is clear as day to me. My hippie bro in-law and our fams go down to Grand Isle every year for the last 5 and he even noticed that some of the little islands of marsh we were fishing have disappeared, he has some spots marked on his phone that are literally not there anymore.

Otherwise, I think the fishing this year is a little off all over the place due to the weather, even in north Louisiana. People are complaining about the fishing up there with white perch, with all kinds of interesting theories The winter time bite lasted way into March this year when you on normal years would be catching fish spawning. Just last weekend everyone fishing the banks were complaining about the lack of fish, we were able to find a bunch of fish still staged out waiting to spawn. 17 of the fish were females still full of eggs, and that is strange for late April on the lake we were fishing.

And to add to the everything is late comment: wading birds like Great Egrets that you can set a clock by when they arrive and start making nests in February were a few weeks behind schedule as well. We normally have chicks ready to fly right now, but most are still sitting on eggs or they just hatched in the last 2 days. Last week there were roseate spoonbills just starting nests which is a month behind schedule. Many other casual observations as well