Do you guys like the fresh water flushing of BL?

[Reefman]

Do you feel the specks move out of the fresher water to the south part of the lake? I have always thought that there is a salty layer of water on the bottom with the fresh water on top. The specks in my opinion don't move that much with dropping salinities, however their feeding habits become different. Fish stay on the bottom until levels rise. I fish mostly VB and do find that we can catch fish in rather muddy fresh water. They do hug the bottom with the baits needing to be slowly worked. Ever notice the color difference of specks caught in a low salinity area?

["W"]

Originally Posted by Reefman

Do you feel the specks move out of the fresher water to the south part of the lake? I have always thought that there is a salty layer of water on the bottom with the fresh water on top. The specks in my opinion don't move that much with dropping salinities, however their feeding habits become different. Fish stay on the bottom until levels rise. I fish mostly VB and do find that we can catch fish in rather muddy fresh waterk. They do hug the bottom with the baits needing to be slowly worked. Ever notice the color difference of specks caught in a low salinity area?

Yea..100% they move when salinity falls..females for sure, males can stand lower salinity than females but the move

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Reefman

Do you feel the specks move out of the fresher water to the south part of the lake? I have always thought that there is a salty layer of water on the bottom with the fresh water on top. The specks in my opinion don't move that much with dropping salinities, however their feeding habits become different. Fish stay on the bottom until levels rise. I fish mostly VB and do find that we can catch fish in rather muddy fresh water. They do hug the bottom with the baits needing to be slowly worked. Ever notice the color difference of specks caught in a low salinity area?

This should change that.................

http://www.laseagrant.org/

[Reefman]

Originally Posted by Raymond

This should change that.................

http://www.laseagrant.org/

Thanks for that info Raymond....very interesting grafts and such....still doesn't change my opinion on how and why I fish cetain areas of VB w/ low salinities.

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Reefman

Do you feel the specks move out of the fresher water to the south part of the lake? I have always thought that there is a salty layer of water on the bottom with the fresh water on top. The specks in my opinion don't move that much with dropping salinities, however their feeding habits become different. Fish stay on the bottom until levels rise. I fish mostly VB and do find that we can catch fish in rather muddy fresh water. They do hug the bottom with the baits needing to be slowly worked. Ever notice the color difference of specks caught in a low salinity area?

Saltwater is heavier than fresh, so, yes, the fresh sits on top. This is why they call it "The Wedge" when the Mississippi River is low and saltwater pushes as far north as Lake Jackson. It wedges underneath the river water. I've caught plenty of fish in Delacroix when the river water was on top.

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Salty

Saltwater is heavier than fresh, so, yes, the fresh sits on top. This is why they call it "The Wedge" when the Mississippi River is low and saltwater pushes as far north as Lake Jackson. It wedges underneath the river water. I've caught plenty of fish in Delacroix when the river water was on top.

Lake Jackson or Fort Jackson???

[Duck Butter]

Was playing Army in Belle Chasse after Katrina hit and we would get off work and catch limits of redfish right off the bank of the MS River there in December. Water was at pool stage, no rain, had almost 2.5 feet clarity in the MS RIVER! Was awesome, the catfish would bite at night and they were slap full of corn from where they loaded corn onto the barges, a few rains up north sent the reds back south though.

[2ndamendment]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

Was playing Army in Belle Chasse after Katrina hit and we would get off work and catch limits of redfish right off the bank of the MS River there in December. Water was at pool stage, no rain, had almost 2.5 feet clarity in the MS RIVER! Was awesome, the catfish would bite at night and they were slap full of corn from where they loaded corn onto the barges, a few rains up north sent the reds back south though.

Redfish or speckled trout? Do redfish have a higher tolerance to fresh water in respect of salinity being low from the top of the column to the bottom?

[Ray]

Originally Posted by 2ndamendment

Redfish or speckled trout? Do redfish have a higher tolerance to fresh water in respect of salinity being low from the top of the column to the bottom?

Redfish can take freshwater and lower temperatures better than Trout.
But that don't mean there are no Trout there. Just not as many as Reds.

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by 2ndamendment

Redfish or speckled trout? Do redfish have a higher tolerance to fresh water in respect of salinity being low from the top of the column to the bottom?

Like Ray said, redfish can be caught in almost pure freshwater at times.

[meaux fishing]

Redfish can actually live in freshwater lakes they just cant spawn in freshwater

[Duck Butter]

I would think (I have only fished W's Lake ten times or so, so no expert) that the LNG canal would be plenty salty still after this rain. It is deep and sheltered from a large influx of freshwater, there is only that one little bayou that runs into it. Even when the main lake looks like hot chocolate after a big rainstorm, that canal is always clear. That is where I would be if I had to go this weekend to catch trout.

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Ray

Lake Jackson or Fort Jackson???

Originally Posted by Ray

Screwed that up, didn't I.
Meant Fort.