Saltwater in Big Lake?

[ckinchen]

Not right now....

[meaux fishing]

Wow. Whos going jigging for sacalait in joes?

[donniej]

Im gonna look for bream beds behind the weirs

[DannyI]

Y'all late, caught some white perch in salt ditch! Hehe


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[huntin fool]

Impossible.. We slinging spanish Mack off my back porch. This flood is bringin' everythang. Done seen sasquatch wrestle a blue marlin.

[Capt.B]

The question I have is where is the location of the station and how deep are these samples being taken. Saltwater is heavier than fresh....

["W"]

That is kind of a false reading because its reading but upper water levels ..... The channel has plenty of saltwater and the charts are reading on the top flow

Lots of fresh coming down the channel but keeps saltwater pushed up in lake or even pinned in Black lake...

I would not use these charts as church until all is back settled down

[Slidellkid]

W,

When you say upper water levels do you mean the top of the water column near the surface?

Do you think the saltwater has been pushed near the bottom?

What are my chances in West Cove on Sunday morning? Or, would there be a much better place to try....I want to take the kids for some reds or whatever will bite.

[Salty]

Originally Posted by "W"

That is kind of a false reading because its reading but upper water levels ..... The channel has plenty of saltwater and the charts are reading on the top flow

Lots of fresh coming down the channel but keeps saltwater pushed up in lake or even pinned in Black lake...

I would not use these charts as church until all is back settled down

I believe the term is "wedge".

[mcjaredsandwich]

Originally Posted by Slidellkid

W,

When you say upper water levels do you mean the top of the water column near the surface?

Do you think the saltwater has been pushed near the bottom?

What are my chances in West Cove on Sunday morning? Or, would there be a much better place to try....I want to take the kids for some reds or whatever will bite.

Low tide at lighthouse is at 11:23am, almost foot and a half low. Might be more or less. Couple that with a light ne/ene wind, depending on how much waters comin down, be careful in wc.

If you just want kids to catch, dead skrimps at the jettys. Bound to hook into somethin.

[Gottogo49]

Originally Posted by Capt.B

The question I have is where is the location of the station and how deep are these samples being taken. Saltwater is heavier than fresh....

That sample site is on one of the old platforms in the lake south of Turners. It's not very deep there so it's probably fresh all the way to the bottom. The ship channel may have some salt down deep, it would be interesting to know. The problem with the ship channel is that it has big ships that churn up the bottom pretty well. You would think that East and West pass would have some salt on the bottom. West Cove is shallow but it gets a good tide flush. What do you think?

[inchspinner]

It was salty every where i went..... Down south

["W"]

The lake is plenty of salty for trout..... Maybe way up north it might be a little low but reds will be there..... West Cove would have to dry up not to hold salty waters....you have at least two high tides in 24hours each day....

You want to catch reds go to jetties ......should be real easy

[Capt.B]

Originally Posted by Gottogo49

That sample site is on one of the old platforms in the lake south of Turners. It's not very deep there so it's probably fresh all the way to the bottom. The ship channel may have some salt down deep, it would be interesting to know. The problem with the ship channel is that it has big ships that churn up the bottom pretty well. You would think that East and West pass would have some salt on the bottom. West Cove is shallow but it gets a good tide flush. What do you think?

As already stated salt water is heavier than fresh....most of the fresh run off will be concentrated in the heaviest flow areas and areas closest to the flow areas....you can bet deeper areas that don't have the heavier currents will still be diluted but will be salty enough to hold fish....E bank,S bank and areas in the cove should be still holding....the closer you get to the GOM the better....IMO

[jchief]

Good info B and W

[fishinpox]

Saltwater must be missing in lake p also , didn't catch a damn thing today

[Slidellkid]

I just have a 15 foot flat right now. Don't want to take the kids to the jetties in that with all the ship traffic. I may hit west cove.

[jchief]

put in at the nature trail and go right into west cove. If the tide is falling, hit the cuts in the sw corner of the lake or try West Pass.

[RedfishPoker]

wow - this is time for freshwater fishing some sacalait/bream/bass for a while..

[BossHog]

Since I'm not fishing the next week or so due to freshwater tornaments I'll give yall a rare report. Believe it or not the trout are in the lake busting shrimp the last 2 days. Water is muddy but lots of limits are being caught, just gotta know what to look for.(hint lair birds)