Ducks at Lake Martin

[T-Bone]

Anybody hunt ducks at Lake Martin in St. Martin Parish? Wondering if they have more than just woodies and is it crowded?

[Montauk17]

Don't waste your time....the locals think they own the place.

[duckfreak]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

Don't waste your time....the locals think they own the place.

XX-5

[specksNdaSURF]

Originally Posted by T-Bone

Anybody hunt ducks at Lake Martin in St. Martin Parish? Wondering if they have more than just woodies and is it crowded?

they have birds ....just have to hunt fronts.....but if u dont have an established blind i wouldnt attempt going.....i hunted there a lot when i was younger

[duck enticer]

I used to hunt out there when I was younger and you could actually hunt from the levees. I could kill a couple of wood ducks every morning. They would roost on the lake and leave out in the morning. You could pass shoot them on the levees and do okay.

I never went out to the blinds on the main lake, but did witness that type of hunting. Imagine a landscape of painted bottles for decoys and a blind every 200-300 yards. A poor flock of ducks would come into the lake and everyone would break loose hail calling. The ducks would circle one set and leave it for another on and on until someone would take a chance on a 70 yard hail mary. This was 15 years ago, and I would imagine not much has changed.

What we did do and were able to kill a few doing was go to the outskirts of the lake where the thick stuff was. Clumped trees and matted vegetation areas. We accessed these areas from the levees with a canoe/pirogue. we had a couple of good hunts like this. Kind of the same story with any public area, if you can get away from the pressure you will have a little more success.

[T-Bone]

I am a deer hunter at heart but I went to my lease which is not too far from Lake Martin and those woodies were flying all over and landing in the flooded cypress timber. That is a rush. I had two land on the water at about 30 yards or so and I shot thinking I would take em both with one shot, ha, they both just flew off. I guess with the wings tucked in they have alot more armor to protect em. I think I could get hooked real easy with this duck hunting.

[Duck Butter]

Don't waste your time unless you want to shoot a woodie or two maybe

[YellowMouth7]

those guys are not nice.........been peppered (on purpose) while fishing before.......even though I was on trolling motor only and giving a very wide birth they still felt it nessisary to shoot at "nothing" in my general direction.

TB