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Fishing (Official Thread)

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Taosman;1700214; said:
Logically, taking any fish from those waters would be very chancy.
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I think I'm still good so far.
If it even starts creeping westward, I'll just head onto the reserve instead.

It's completely surround by levees, and water control structures.
If they don't want it in, it ain't coming in.

I just need to find a smaller motor for my boat so I ain't got to paddle everywhere I go.
 
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Nutriaitch;1700506; said:
I think I'm still good so far.
If it even starts creeping westward, I'll just head onto the reserve instead.

It's completely surround by levees, and water control structures.
If they don't want it in, it ain't coming in.

I just need to find a smaller motor for my boat so I ain't got to paddle everywhere I go.
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Still a few miles off shore, but the slick has made it way west of the River.
Rumoured to be as far west as Grand Isle.

For those of you not familiar with this are, The strip of land that extends out toward Grand Isle is pretty much the last thing between me and the spill.

If it gets west of Grand Isle/Fourchon, there is nothing left to stop it from getting to the marshes I call home.
Pretty much a straight shot, I can be in Grand Isle in less than half an hour by boat.

What makes this even worse, is now that it is west of the river, the 2 most fragile area of state wetlands is in sight.

The Barataria and Terrebonne basins are some of the most fertile fishing and gaming regions in the country. Yeah I'm biased, but they are also some of the most beautiful places in the world.

Unfortunately, they are also disappearing at a faster rate than any other wetland in the country. The equivalent of more than a football field of land is swallowed by the gulf everyday.
 
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Taosman;1701054; said:
I was, of course, referring to the effected waters.
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that is where it becomes tricky.

all we know of the oil spill is what we can actually see floating on the surface.
That part is projected to be due south of me within a day or two.

Right now, that is still a few miles offshore.

Question is this:

What is hovering below the surface, but not stuck to the sea floor?

And where is THAT part of the spill?

Natural tides and currents below the surface move at different speeds (and sometime directions) than those on the surface.

So who the hell knows what if (if any) other ares may already be contaminated?


I'm on call this weekend, so launching the boat isn't an option.
I'm hoping to be able to take my kids next weekend, because if the projections are accurate, that shit will begin working it's way into the marshes and bays that I like to fish.
 
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well, fishing in the gulf has been closed west of the Mississippi to the eastern end of the Atchafalaya basin now.

inside of the barrier islands is still open.

I'm pretty much dead center of the new area that has been closed. so I'm thinking i got a week or two at most to get out and catch some fish.

here's a map showing the latest projections for the spill.
my hometown is around the arrow.

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Nutriaitch;1707610; said:
got to sneak in another trip before the spill invades my honey holes

only got one limit today (even though we had 3 people in the boat)
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made sure the short one had a good time, just in case it is a long time before we can do it again
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One of these pics is adorable. I'm not saying which.
 
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Nutriaitch;1701889; said:
well, fishing in the gulf has been closed west of the Mississippi to the eastern end of the Atchafalaya basin now.

inside of the barrier islands is still open.

I'm pretty much dead center of the new area that has been closed. so I'm thinking i got a week or two at most to get out and catch some fish.

here's a map showing the latest projections for the spill.
my hometown is around the arrow.

Projection.png
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How did the oil spill really effect fishing in the gulf?
 
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