Sunday, March 05, 2006

Atchafalaya swamp trip



I took my boy paddling today, parked and launched at Uncle Dick Davis' campground. I've camped there and fished for a lot of years. There has been renovation of the campground; restrooom rebuilt, new water well, and RV hookups upgraded. Well, I always found a spot to tuck the tent into, but would prefer to be further from civilization. We paddled down to Bay Begnard, wondering about camping possibilities. There is some state land there, so I will investigate further. That hidden lake was always one of my favorite fishing holes. I caught my largest fly- rod bass there. It was isolated and quiet. There was a ditch one could pole or paddle a canoe through to the lake. If water was low, it would require a portage. Now, however, so many power boats have been through, so that the ditch is wide and deep. Now there is boat traffic. It's just not enjoyable to fish public waters on the weekends. Anyway, it was too late in the day and too windy to fish, but we made a few fruitless casts around the stumps and tree- tops.

Waypoints from Butte La Rose trip

Obvious error -101 ft N30.38227 W90.64846

State land 2 ft N30.28450 W91.73577

Landing -3ft N30.30250 W91.73522

Ramp 12ft N30.30167 W91.73523

Parking 11ft N30.26965 W91.70692

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