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Bayou Segnette/Westwego / Re: apple snails

« Last post by WestwegoMan on Jan 07, 2015, 8:38 PM »

Definately not good. Saw an article a few years ago where they were finding them in drainage ditches all over.

I was wondering how long it would take for them to make their way through the pumps.

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Bayou Segnette/Westwego / apple snails

« Last post by marreromad on Jan 07, 2015, 9:10 AM »

Conditions

Air Temp. (F°):

56

Wind Direction:

nw

Weather:

Sunny

Tide:

Falling

Time of day:

Noon

Oh shit ,don't like what i found at the camp.These are not supposed  to be here,heard their not good to have around.

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Forum Information, FAQ's and Request / Re: Weather conditions on reports

« Last post by WestwegoMan on Jan 02, 2015, 8:41 PM »

By request, I just added fields for wind direction and speed to the template for the reports sections.

 Air Temp. (F°):
Water Temp. (F°):
Wind Direction:
Wind Speed:
Weather:
    Sunny
    Cloudy
    Rain
Tide:
    Rising
    Falling
    No Movement
Time of day:
    Morning
    Noon
    Evening
    Night

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News and Information / Re: Bayou Segnette cabin info.

« Last post by WestwegoMan on Dec 23, 2014, 8:38 PM »

Article has been updated. Projected completion date has been set for the fall of 2015.

http://www.bayoustatefishing.com/news-and-events/a-new-look-coming-to-bayou-segnette/

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News and Information / 25th annual Christmas Tree recycling project

« Last post by WestwegoMan on Dec 20, 2014, 9:21 PM »

From Jefferson Parish,

JEFFERSON PARISH PREPARES FOR 25th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING PROJECT



Christmas trees will be collected curbside throughout unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Gretna, Harahan, Lafitte and Westwego on January 8, 9, and 10, 2015.

In Kenner, trees will be collected on January 7, 8 and 9, 2015. Garbage trucks will make one pass through each neighborhood to collect trees.

Residents of unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Lafitte, Gretna, Harahan, and Westwego are advised to place trees curbside on the evening of Wednesday, January 7th.  Garbage trucks will make one pass through each neighborhood to collect trees on January 8, 9, and 10, 2015.

Kenner residents are advised to place trees curbside on the evening of Tuesday, January 6th, 2015. In Kenner, garbage trucks will make one pass through each neighborhood to collect trees on January 7, 8 and 9, 2015.

For more information or to volunteer, contact the Jefferson Parish Department of Environmental Affairs at (504) 731-4612.

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Bayou Segnette/Westwego / catfish

« Last post by marreromad on Nov 12, 2014, 6:32 AM »

Conditions

Weather:

Sunny

Tide:

No Movement

Time of day:

Evening

Finally some cats biting. Not much but got about 11 of them. Here is the best one. tasted good.

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News and Information / Amendment No. 8

« Last post by WestwegoMan on Oct 20, 2014, 10:40 PM »

Amendment No. 8 needs our attention come election day on Nov. 4th.

Amendment No. 8 protects the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries-managed Artificial Reef Fund. Since 1986, this Rigs-to-Reefs Program gets its money from oil and gas companies when platforms off our coast are used for artificial reefs.

The short explanation: A corporation declares its intention to donate the platform to the program, and the fund receives half of the money the company saves by not having to dismantle the platform and hauling it to a scrap yard. Most of the platform’s superstructure is removed, then the rig’s above-water structure is cleaned, and if not toppled in place then towed to a reef site, sunk and, voila, we have another fish-holding site.

Since 1986, more than 300 platform “jackets” have been used to establish 70 reef sites off our coast, and it has cost our state nothing. After some wrangling, the fund was used as the state’s match to establish some 30 inshore artificial reefs from Lake Pontchartain west into Calcasieu Lakes.

After so many years of watching the fund grow, then watching the money put to good use to provide fish habitat in our deteriorating marshes, the Jindal administration decided to raid the fund of $44.5 million rather than cut into the budgets of other programs.

The point to be made here is that neither our state’s executive nor the legislative branches shed one ounce of sweat in generating these funds, but were quick to find a quick-fix for their problems instead of sweating to fix funding problems in other areas. The money in the Artificial Reef Program was not their’s to take. Yeah, they believed it was, and there was almost no way to call their hand in court.

Amendment No. 8 will take care of that, and will solve the same problem we had after several administrations believed it was OK to raid the Conservation Fund, the mechanism that drives the LDWF.

The LDWF is only state agency that does not receive State General Fund money. Basically, our license fees, federal funds from taxes on hunting and fishing equipment that track our license sales, and some oil and gas revenues go into the Conservation Fund. We had to have a constitutional amendment to protect that fund from raids, too. The Artificial Reef Fund needs the same protection.

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News and Information / Re: Bayou Segnette cabin info.

« Last post by WestwegoMan on Oct 07, 2014, 10:57 PM »

Received this today via email from The Floating Dock Shop.

Hi, I own a firm that has just been contracted by the Prime contractor of the rebuild of the park cabins to begin work in mid November on the replacement of the cabins...and they will FLOAT! We are excited to see this project finally come to be.

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Bayou Segnette/Westwego / Re: La. Cypress Canal 9-29-14

« Last post by ncochran on Oct 01, 2014, 9:24 AM »

Awesome pic hehe. Fishing with kids can be challenging, but always ends  up being rewarding.

As for the reds in Lafitte, they should be there and biting. I know a guy that limits out there all the time. He lives on the base in Belle Chasse. He throws corks/shrimp and claims to be on the water at 6, and limited out and back to the base by 9. Haven't fished with him, but have seen the pictures of a few of his trips. I don't know exactly where he is fishing down there.

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Bayou Segnette/Westwego / Re: La. Cypress Canal 9-29-14

« Last post by Choupic on Sep 30, 2014, 9:23 PM »

I took my lil girl fri but the water was pumping in . We did catch 5 and would have caught more if it wasn't for the water being so high and coming in like it was . We had one right at 14inches , didn't get any pics but of my baby girl .

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