Places where you wouldn't eat the fish you catch.

[dmtfish]

I have been curious about the calcasieu estuary since moving to the LC area. I can't help but think about the water quality when fishing the prien area, since the backdrop is all refineries. I did quite a bit of internet research to find out just how safe the fish were to eat from the Calc estuary, and in particular the Prien area. I was disappointed at the lack of data and studies out there. As mentioned in some previous posts, Bayou D'Inde seems to be a hot bed, so I dont fish it. I did come across one study that compared LC residents (who ate fish on a reg basis from lake calc) to residents of Lafayette (who ate fish from Verm bay on a reg basis) and compared different toxin levels in the blood (If I remember correctly is was mainly dioxins that they measured). Residents from Lafayette had a slightly elevated level compared to LC residents, which kind of took me by surprise. Anyway, I fish Prien all the time and eat the fish on a regular basis. Figure cant be any worse than my other bad habits!

[jchief]

Originally Posted by dmtfish

I have been curious about the calcasieu estuary since moving to the LC area. I can't help but think about the water quality when fishing the prien area, since the backdrop is all refineries. I did quite a bit of internet research to find out just how safe the fish were to eat from the Calc estuary, and in particular the Prien area. I was disappointed at the lack of data and studies out there. As mentioned in some previous posts, Bayou D'Inde seems to be a hot bed, so I dont fish it. I did come across one study that compared LC residents (who ate fish on a reg basis from lake calc) to residents of Lafayette (who ate fish from Verm bay on a reg basis) and compared different toxin levels in the blood (If I remember correctly is was mainly dioxins that they measured). Residents from Lafayette had a slightly elevated level compared to LC residents, which kind of took me by surprise. Anyway, I fish Prien all the time and eat the fish on a regular basis. Figure cant be any worse than my other bad habits!

There was some stuff years ago where they were going to dredge Bayou Dind'e and the PPG outfow. It was determined that it was better left alone due to the contaminants in the mud.

[Jasonf]

I had read a DEQ report where they basically are going to put an articulated block mat down and then pour a concrete pad over the sediment in upper bayou d'inde to contain it. They said there was no other way to deal with it without stirring it all up and making it worse. I don't know when they are supposed to start, but I know that a few of the plants are paying for it.

[Smalls]

Bayou D'Inde is probably the worst of all. I don't know if it is still this way, but I've been told that at one point, you could see the bottom like you were in a swimming pool--no vegetation or fish. Don't know how true that is, though.

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[grizzon30s]

Nothing that comes from the vermillion is getting on my plate!!
It's a shame that river is so nasty. So much potential there.


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[duckman1911]

Read the title of this thread out loud and my son says" im not sure about that but there's some places downtown you wouldn't want to eat the crabs you caught". I was laughing so hard I thought I was gona pee myself. Mom wasn't quite as amused as I was.lol

[AlexOrtego]

MILLERS LAKE in evangeline parish!


1. idk why anyone would want to fish it
2. all the camps drain everything into there

[Catcher'sMitt]

well I will scare the hell out of you........ I have been fishing in big lake for close to 40 years. A friend of mine who had a big environmental testing lab, told me over 7 years ago, that the whole estuary should be a superfund site.

I have cut way back on eating BG fish over the years. I'm still kicking though. lol

[Cripley]

There is currently a project going on next to I 10 bridge what they are doing is pulling EDC out of the ground and recovering it from the water. Also the reason they have not redone I10 bridge is due to the EDC contamination that is residual from the EDC spill from the 90's. And if you think this would just wash away wrong EDC is heavier than water and sinks to bottom and pockets in the mud. In saying all that I catch fish all through the estuary and I eat em all. Love it or leave it if I die I die happy.