Darren wrote:Nice hunts! Funny you say that about the blind setup down that way. The one and only time I've hunted in that general area was in an absolute monster of a Hilton, just like the one you were in, but much larger and elevated off the ground/water. The pond I hunted, sadly, wasn't even a pond anymore due to erosion but looked a lot like where you were though I was much closer to Grand Chenier. Glad you did some shootin!
We're back after them Wed and Thurs I think
On this section they are trying to get the marsh to fill back in by building berms across a large expanse of open water. These berms have been in place for 8 years now. With that, they have added control structures to divert fresh water from White lake, so I was told, into this marsh while trying to keep salt water out. I did notice some coon tail floating around that was probably pulled up by the poule d'eau, so it may be working. They have also noticed a decrease in salinity. There's been a lot of erosion of theses berms over the years though, as there is more open water now, at least from what I saw this weekend, then what was captured in this photo from 2012. Stretching 3 or 4 miles south of these berms and open water is a normal vegetated marsh to the gulf. It was an interesting place to hunt.