Relocating To LA

MathewsMan · 01-13-2009, 07:51 AM

Just found this forum yesterday. I am relocating from Chattanooga TN to Louisiana in April and wanted to try to make some hunting and fishing contacts and get some perspective on the area. Initial house hunting for the area seems to put me me in the Covington or Folsom area. Is anyone familiar with that area and what the duck hunting might be like? I won't be far from Lake Ponsitrane (haven't looked up the spelling of it) and I notices several marshes nearby.

If you have any knowlege of the area it would be appreciated!

MathewsMan

Coot · 01-13-2009, 09:05 AM

Drop me a PM when you get settled....... I live in Mandeville (5 miles south of Covington).

Fresh Water Fishing is good!

Salt water fishing is AWESOME!

You have several NRA's and WMA's to duck hunt within 75 miles from you including Big Branch NRA, Manchac WMA, Pearl River WMA, Salvador WMA, Biloxi WMA, etc...

Here is a link to the LDWF website to get you started:

http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/hunting/wmas/

I also recommend you subscribe to the Louisiana Sportsman Magazine. There are a ton of articles in there that will point you in the right direction of where you can hunt and fish.

They have a website and forum too,

http://www.louisianasportsman.com/

Here is one other hunting and fishing forum,

http://www.rodnreel.com/

Good Luck with your move!

Gun Doc · 01-13-2009, 05:21 PM

That feller Coot seems to be a little hard on equipment, but he sure is easy on people!

marshmaster · 01-13-2009, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gun Doc

That feller Coot seems to be a little hard on equipment, but he sure is easy on people!

seems like me and coot would get along great

should meet up some time

usmc0844 · 01-13-2009, 07:51 PM

Dont let coot make you run your motor in the sand........Wink .......Wink......JK Coot

Coot · 01-13-2009, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marshmaster

seems like me and coot would get along great

should meet up some time

You are probably right, but I don't know if I want to follow you in your boat the way you run it.

Just joking!

Coot · 01-13-2009, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by usmc0844

Dont let coot make you run your motor in the sand........Wink .......Wink......JK Coot

Yeah, I am hard on props. I might be the king of wearing props out I admit, but Marshmaster is king on wearing out a hull!

MathewsMan · 01-14-2009, 09:23 AM

Thanks Coot. Aprreciate the info. I'll take a look at the other forums you mentioned and get a subscription to the magazine.

As for you other fellers.....I've been known to wear out a few props myself. I was stationed for a few years in Beaufort SC and its not uncommon to hit a sandbar that seemed to form from outta nowhere!! Ive gone out many times and followed my exact track on the return trip only to run aground on a sand bar. Aggrevating!!

Looking forward to getting down there and getting back on some redfishing! From what Ive read, it seems LA has some decent refishing.

I have a 21ft Trophy center console so I am hoping to get some offshore fishing in as well. Have not had a chance to really research a whole lot about the offshore stuff there but I am sure I will figure that out soon.

Quick question about the offshore stuff though. Are there many oil rigs near the coast for grouper/snapper fishing??? Just curious. Don't know much yet about the situation there so I am just now starting to dig around and figure out what the fishing/hunting scene looks like.

Thanks again coot. I'll be in touch soon.

MM

Coot · 01-14-2009, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MathewsMan

Quick question about the offshore stuff though. Are there many oil rigs near the coast for grouper/snapper fishing??? Just curious. Don't know much yet about the situation there so I am just now starting to dig around and figure out what the fishing/hunting scene looks like.

MM

Welcome to sportsman's paradise. I don't do much offshore fishing, but there are rigs close in out of Venice (i.e. 7 mile rigs) where you can catch red snapper and mangrove snapper among many other species. My speciality is red fishing and trout.

Good Luck with your move.

MathewsMan · 01-14-2009, 10:03 AM

I did quite a lot of red fishing when I was in SC. Really hoping to get more into the offshore stuff there. The problem I had in SC with the offshore fishing was my boat holds 84 gallons of fuel and in order to really reach blue water there (100+ ft) you pretty much had to run about 70 miles offshore. I just simply didn't have that kind of range with trolling time. So I am really hoping that my boat fits the bill for LA a little betteer than it did in SC. I don't have a smaller boat right now that really allows me to fish the flats/marshes. My boat has a deep V hull and fishing the marshes is a little tricky. I made it work for me in SC but its definately challenging. So I hope at some point after relocating i can find a way into a smaller boat to do the red fish/trout fishing.

MM

Coot · 01-14-2009, 10:32 AM

You will be suprised where and what you can fish for with the 21' Trophy.

I have a 24' bay boat I use for trout and reds, but when fishing red fish close in I much prefer my Gator Trax Rig with the casting deck and all. I plan to add a poling platform to it this summer.

marshmaster · 01-14-2009, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coot

Yeah, I am hard on props. I might be the king of wearing props out I admit, but Marshmaster is king on wearing out a hull!

yea yea good on there Coot

MathewsMan · 01-14-2009, 05:46 PM

Coot: I totally agree. I put my boat in some of the smallest little creeks throwing a castnest during shrimping season. I can and have been in creeks with only about 2 1/2 ft of water. Certainly not eh best rig for the job is all. Its sometimes problematic casting and throwing nests over the bow rails and all that.

Im sure I will get by on the boat I have for now but I am hoping to add something smaller in the future for bass fishing/redfishing/duck hunting etc....

I would love a nice 18 foot aluminum boat I can dual purpose for fishing and duck hunting. That would really set things up nicely.

MM

BLM · 01-15-2009, 10:26 AM

man...moving from the nooga to LA. I'd be pretty freakin' pumped about that. Wish I was moving back.

The only thing I can tell you is that LA has more great places to hunt and fish than most others...hence the "sportsman's paradise" motto. If you're an avid outdoorsman, your main problem will come from spending too much time on the water and in the woods. You could spend the next few years trying new places just on the eastern half of the state from Funroe all the way to Delacroix. Enjoy it. Living in Atlanta makes me realize how much I took for granted when I was growing up.

MathewsMan · 01-21-2009, 08:39 AM

BLM: thanks for the post. I am really excited about mmoving. Granted my office is in the 9th ward but I'm sure it will be ok. I have been on recruiting duty for the last three years and haven't had any time off. Getting back to some normal working hours and having weekends off will be refreshing to say the least. Before moving to Chattanooga on this assignment I used to be on the water or in the woods nearly every single weekend. I am really anxious to having that opportunity again.

Dont know how you do the Atlanta thing. Little too busy of a place for me. Good thing is there should be plenty of opportunities for hunting in fishing not far from there....

Chattanooga has been a pretty good place to live. Its just unfortunate that I haven't had any time off to really be able to get out and do much hunting or fishing. Many people here say this area is a very good hunting/fishing place.

MM

Coot · 01-21-2009, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MathewsMan

Granted my office is in the 9th ward but I'm sure it will be ok.

It will be ok if you practice your 2nd Amendment Rights!

MathewsMan · 01-23-2009, 08:15 AM

LOL. I have a concealed carry permit....I don't carry a whole lot here but I certainly will be when I get there. I made a trip to N.O. during the Christmas holiday just to scope things out since I had never been there before. After seeing the area surrounding my office I actually envisioned having to wear my flak jacket and body armor to work everyday.

Im sure its really not THAT bad but its certainly a different place than I have ever lived before.

Out of curiosity, back to tthe subject of hunting, I recently watched an episode of Arrow Affliction (hunting program) where they were bowhunting alligators/croc's and I am not positive they were in LA but I think they were. Basic setup was attatching a buoy to the arrow line and spotlighting for them in an alumininum flat bottom boat. It actually look fairly challenging to get a shot on one. Anyways....what exactly are the general rules on hunting alligators there? I pulled up the LA hunting regs and did a little reading but didn't really find anything on them. Is there legal bowhunting for alligators there?? Is it a draw type of thing? Is there actually a season for this kind of hunting?

Mathews

MathewsMan · 01-23-2009, 11:18 AM

Correction: The arrow affliction program was hunting gators in Florida not LA. Looked it up.

MM

Coot · 01-23-2009, 07:35 PM

I don't know much about alligator hunting. Never done it, but La. has a season and you must get tags. Not sure on the allowed methods to take them either.

RPS · 01-23-2009, 07:49 PM

You going to be stationed at NSA NO?

MathewsMan · 01-26-2009, 08:03 AM

I'll be stationed at the Naval Support Centeer with 4th Marine Air Wing.

COOT: thanks. I'll try to find more info on it.

MM

RPS · 01-26-2009, 09:07 AM

That was my last duty station, with 4th MAW on Dauphine Street. We used to run out the front gate to Canal Street during the day, but don't try it after dark in less than squad strength!

MathewsMan · 01-26-2009, 10:05 AM

I hear ya! I'm a little dissapointed with the housing situation but I'm sure it will work out . Might need some pistol range practice before I head that way. Lol!

01-13-2009, 07:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
MathewsMan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Currently Chattanooga. Relocating to New Orleans Age: 36 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Relocating To LA Just found this forum yesterday. I am relocating from Chattanooga TN to Louisiana in April and wanted to try to make some hunting and fishing contacts and get some perspective on the area. Initial house hunting for the area seems to put me me in the Covington or Folsom area. Is anyone familiar with that area and what the duck hunting might be like? I won't be far from Lake Ponsitrane (haven't looked up the spelling of it) and I notices several marshes nearby. If you have any knowlege of the area it would be appreciated! MathewsMan

01-13-2009, 09:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Coot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mandeville, LA Age: 43 Posts: 3,474 Thanks: 21 Thanked 30 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA Drop me a PM when you get settled....... I live in Mandeville (5 miles south of Covington). Fresh Water Fishing is good! Salt water fishing is AWESOME! You have several NRA's and WMA's to duck hunt within 75 miles from you including Big Branch NRA, Manchac WMA, Pearl River WMA, Salvador WMA, Biloxi WMA, etc... Here is a link to the LDWF website to get you started: http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/hunting/wmas/ I also recommend you subscribe to the Louisiana Sportsman Magazine. There are a ton of articles in there that will point you in the right direction of where you can hunt and fish. They have a website and forum too, http://www.louisianasportsman.com/ Here is one other hunting and fishing forum, http://www.rodnreel.com/ Good Luck with your move! __________________ HOOKED ON QUACK ! 1750 Gator Trax HuntDeck - BPS 4000 Hyper Sport GEAUX SAINTS!!!! *WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!*

01-13-2009, 05:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gun Doc Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Austin Age: 56 Posts: 2,322 Thanks: 10 Thanked 8 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA That feller Coot seems to be a little hard on equipment, but he sure is easy on people! __________________ "GatorFlats" - HyperDrive Sport 4000T When you get to thinkin' you're a man of importance and influence, try orderin' another man's dog around. "Clinging to guns and religion since 1959"

01-13-2009, 07:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
usmc0844 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Age: 33 Posts: 378 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA Dont let coot make you run your motor in the sand........Wink .......Wink......JK Coot __________________ Beating the water into submission with a HD4000 pushing a Gator Trax 1750 Huntdeck.......Cuz' chicks dig it

01-14-2009, 09:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
MathewsMan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Currently Chattanooga. Relocating to New Orleans Age: 36 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA Thanks Coot. Aprreciate the info. I'll take a look at the other forums you mentioned and get a subscription to the magazine. As for you other fellers.....I've been known to wear out a few props myself. I was stationed for a few years in Beaufort SC and its not uncommon to hit a sandbar that seemed to form from outta nowhere!! Ive gone out many times and followed my exact track on the return trip only to run aground on a sand bar. Aggrevating!! Looking forward to getting down there and getting back on some redfishing! From what Ive read, it seems LA has some decent refishing. I have a 21ft Trophy center console so I am hoping to get some offshore fishing in as well. Have not had a chance to really research a whole lot about the offshore stuff there but I am sure I will figure that out soon. Quick question about the offshore stuff though. Are there many oil rigs near the coast for grouper/snapper fishing??? Just curious. Don't know much yet about the situation there so I am just now starting to dig around and figure out what the fishing/hunting scene looks like. Thanks again coot. I'll be in touch soon. MM



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01-14-2009, 10:03 AM	#10 (permalink)
MathewsMan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Currently Chattanooga. Relocating to New Orleans Age: 36 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA I did quite a lot of red fishing when I was in SC. Really hoping to get more into the offshore stuff there. The problem I had in SC with the offshore fishing was my boat holds 84 gallons of fuel and in order to really reach blue water there (100+ ft) you pretty much had to run about 70 miles offshore. I just simply didn't have that kind of range with trolling time. So I am really hoping that my boat fits the bill for LA a little betteer than it did in SC. I don't have a smaller boat right now that really allows me to fish the flats/marshes. My boat has a deep V hull and fishing the marshes is a little tricky. I made it work for me in SC but its definately challenging. So I hope at some point after relocating i can find a way into a smaller boat to do the red fish/trout fishing. MM

01-14-2009, 10:32 AM	#11 (permalink)
Coot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mandeville, LA Age: 43 Posts: 3,474 Thanks: 21 Thanked 30 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA You will be suprised where and what you can fish for with the 21' Trophy. I have a 24' bay boat I use for trout and reds, but when fishing red fish close in I much prefer my Gator Trax Rig with the casting deck and all. I plan to add a poling platform to it this summer. __________________ HOOKED ON QUACK ! 1750 Gator Trax HuntDeck - BPS 4000 Hyper Sport GEAUX SAINTS!!!! *WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!*

01-14-2009, 05:46 PM	#13 (permalink)
MathewsMan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Currently Chattanooga. Relocating to New Orleans Age: 36 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA Coot: I totally agree. I put my boat in some of the smallest little creeks throwing a castnest during shrimping season. I can and have been in creeks with only about 2 1/2 ft of water. Certainly not eh best rig for the job is all. Its sometimes problematic casting and throwing nests over the bow rails and all that. Im sure I will get by on the boat I have for now but I am hoping to add something smaller in the future for bass fishing/redfishing/duck hunting etc.... I would love a nice 18 foot aluminum boat I can dual purpose for fishing and duck hunting. That would really set things up nicely. MM

01-15-2009, 10:26 AM	#14 (permalink)
BLM Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Roswell Age: 32 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA man...moving from the nooga to LA. I'd be pretty freakin' pumped about that. Wish I was moving back. The only thing I can tell you is that LA has more great places to hunt and fish than most others...hence the "sportsman's paradise" motto. If you're an avid outdoorsman, your main problem will come from spending too much time on the water and in the woods. You could spend the next few years trying new places just on the eastern half of the state from Funroe all the way to Delacroix. Enjoy it. Living in Atlanta makes me realize how much I took for granted when I was growing up.

01-21-2009, 08:39 AM	#15 (permalink)
MathewsMan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Currently Chattanooga. Relocating to New Orleans Age: 36 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA BLM: thanks for the post. I am really excited about mmoving. Granted my office is in the 9th ward but I'm sure it will be ok. I have been on recruiting duty for the last three years and haven't had any time off. Getting back to some normal working hours and having weekends off will be refreshing to say the least. Before moving to Chattanooga on this assignment I used to be on the water or in the woods nearly every single weekend. I am really anxious to having that opportunity again. Dont know how you do the Atlanta thing. Little too busy of a place for me. Good thing is there should be plenty of opportunities for hunting in fishing not far from there.... Chattanooga has been a pretty good place to live. Its just unfortunate that I haven't had any time off to really be able to get out and do much hunting or fishing. Many people here say this area is a very good hunting/fishing place. MM

01-23-2009, 08:15 AM	#17 (permalink)
MathewsMan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Currently Chattanooga. Relocating to New Orleans Age: 36 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA LOL. I have a concealed carry permit....I don't carry a whole lot here but I certainly will be when I get there. I made a trip to N.O. during the Christmas holiday just to scope things out since I had never been there before. After seeing the area surrounding my office I actually envisioned having to wear my flak jacket and body armor to work everyday. Im sure its really not THAT bad but its certainly a different place than I have ever lived before. Out of curiosity, back to tthe subject of hunting, I recently watched an episode of Arrow Affliction (hunting program) where they were bowhunting alligators/croc's and I am not positive they were in LA but I think they were. Basic setup was attatching a buoy to the arrow line and spotlighting for them in an alumininum flat bottom boat. It actually look fairly challenging to get a shot on one. Anyways....what exactly are the general rules on hunting alligators there? I pulled up the LA hunting regs and did a little reading but didn't really find anything on them. Is there legal bowhunting for alligators there?? Is it a draw type of thing? Is there actually a season for this kind of hunting? Mathews

01-23-2009, 11:18 AM	#18 (permalink)
MathewsMan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Currently Chattanooga. Relocating to New Orleans Age: 36 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA Correction: The arrow affliction program was hunting gators in Florida not LA. Looked it up. MM

01-23-2009, 07:35 PM	#19 (permalink)
Coot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mandeville, LA Age: 43 Posts: 3,474 Thanks: 21 Thanked 30 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA I don't know much about alligator hunting. Never done it, but La. has a season and you must get tags. Not sure on the allowed methods to take them either. __________________ HOOKED ON QUACK ! 1750 Gator Trax HuntDeck - BPS 4000 Hyper Sport GEAUX SAINTS!!!! *WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!*

01-23-2009, 07:49 PM	#20 (permalink)
RPS Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sulphur,la Age: 41 Posts: 213 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA You going to be stationed at NSA NO?

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01-26-2009, 08:03 AM	#21 (permalink)
MathewsMan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Currently Chattanooga. Relocating to New Orleans Age: 36 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA I'll be stationed at the Naval Support Centeer with 4th Marine Air Wing. COOT: thanks. I'll try to find more info on it. MM

01-26-2009, 09:07 AM	#22 (permalink)
RPS Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sulphur,la Age: 41 Posts: 213 Thanks: 6 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA That was my last duty station, with 4th MAW on Dauphine Street. We used to run out the front gate to Canal Street during the day, but don't try it after dark in less than squad strength!

01-26-2009, 10:05 AM	#23 (permalink)
MathewsMan Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Currently Chattanooga. Relocating to New Orleans Age: 36 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Relocating To LA I hear ya! I'm a little dissapointed with the housing situation but I'm sure it will work out . Might need some pistol range practice before I head that way. Lol!

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