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[Chechem]

Morning, Chech. I hope my golf game today turns out better than my fishing, or rather non-fishing day yesterday.

Was it a no-fishing day, or was it a no-catching day?  BIG difference.

It was a no-catching day. We had a few hits, but they all got off. I hooked into something large, probably a bull red, that almost jerked me into the water. I had too much drag and by the time I set it, he got off. Actually straightened the hook.

I love to catch redfish; not so much as pompano.  I have a friend who fishes the marshes for them with a flyrod.

[BAMAWV]

Morning, Chech. I hope my golf game today turns out better than my fishing, or rather non-fishing day yesterday.

Was it a no-fishing day, or was it a no-catching day?  BIG difference.

It was a no-catching day. We had a few hits, but they all got off. I hooked into something large, probably a bull red, that almost jerked me into the water. I had too much drag and by the time I set it, he got off. Actually straightened the hook.

I love to catch redfish; not so much as pompano.  I have a friend who fishes the marshes for them with a flyrod.

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Ted Juracsik designing and manufacturing salt water fly reels while fishing 200 days a year.

[Chechem]

For those who would doubt (in a mean-spirited way); my buddy in Louisiana.

[BAMAWV]

For those who would doubt (in a mean-spirited way); my buddy in Louisiana.

Man-made reservoirs for cane irrigation? Salt water/brine erosion control reservoirs? I'm asking.

[Chechem]

For those who would doubt (in a mean-spirited way); my buddy in Louisiana.

Man-made reservoirs for cane irrigation? Salt water/brine erosion control reservoirs? I'm asking.

Natural ponding from salt creeks following subsidence of salt marshes. 
Large scale: results from lack of riverine-sediment deposit and accretion due to COE levees and river diversion. 
Small scale: local ponding.

[BAMAWV]

For those who would doubt (in a mean-spirited way); my buddy in Louisiana.

Man-made reservoirs for cane irrigation? Salt water/brine erosion control reservoirs? I'm asking.

Natural ponding from salt creeks following subsidence of salt marshes. 
Large scale: results from lack of riverine-sediment deposit and accretion due to COE levees and river diversion. 
Small scale: local ponding.

I wonder if that is how your buddy got out there-- COE levees I mean?

[XBAMA]

It was a no-catching day. We had a few hits, but they all got off.

maybe ya'll should have went flounder fishing ... 

[BAMAWV]

It was a no-catching day. We had a few hits, but they all got off.

maybe ya'll should have went flounder fishing ... 

Ya'll have me wantin' some C-food so bad I'd settle for all-you-can mullet --- cole slaw and hush puppies, please! BTW, we have been gorging on fresh water trout for the last month.

[Chechem]

For those who would doubt (in a mean-spirited way); my buddy in Louisiana.

Man-made reservoirs for cane irrigation? Salt water/brine erosion control reservoirs? I'm asking.

Natural ponding from salt creeks following subsidence of salt marshes. 
Large scale: results from lack of riverine-sediment deposit and accretion due to COE levees and river diversion. 
Small scale: local ponding.

I wonder if that is how your buddy got out there-- COE levees I mean?

You're not following this.  Southern Louisiana is sinking (subsidence).  This is due primarily to events following the levee building begun over 60-80 years ago.  The photo is in a salt marsh typical of Louisiana.  Ponding is followed by open water.  Over 20-30 years fresh marsh becomes salt marsh, tidal creeks and dense marsh become ponds, then lakes, then bays.  This is a broad-scale pattern (thousands of square miles).  See Click here for link

The levees saved the houses and people; the wetlands changed as a result.

[Chechem]

It was a no-catching day. We had a few hits, but they all got off.

maybe ya'll should have went flounder fishing ... 

Man, I love me some flounder.

[Chechem]

Here's a flounder I caught in Alaska (well.... halibut).

[BAMAWV]

For those who would doubt (in a mean-spirited way); my buddy in Louisiana.

Man-made reservoirs for cane irrigation? Salt water/brine erosion control reservoirs? I'm asking.

Natural ponding from salt creeks following subsidence of salt marshes. 
Large scale: results from lack of riverine-sediment deposit and accretion due to COE levees and river diversion. 
Small scale: local ponding.

I wonder if that is how your buddy got out there-- COE levees I mean?

You're not following this.  Southern Louisiana is sinking (subsidence).  This is due primarily to events following the levee building begun over 60-80 years ago.  The photo is in a salt marsh typical of Louisiana.  Ponding is followed by open water.  Over 20-30 years fresh marsh becomes salt marsh, tidal creeks and dense marsh become ponds, then lakes, then bays.  This is a broad-scale pattern (thousands of square miles).  See Click here for link

The levees saved the houses and people; the wetlands changed as a result.

I meant nothing technical.  The levees often have roads (simple dirt or pea gravel) which are often the only way to travel except by boat. There was no boat pictured in the flyrod picture. The COE levees opened up a way to get in and out of areas (say south of LA HWY 90) so that sugar cane and I guess rice production increased. You are correct about decreasing wetlands. The old guys speak of it as if it has been cut in half in their lifetime.  Isn't this the basis of the arguments during the BP spill for and against barriers reefs?

[Chechem]

I meant nothing technical.  The levees often have roads (simple dirt or pea gravel) which are often the only way to travel except by boat. There was no boat pictured in the flyrod picture. The COE levees opened up a way to get in and out of areas (say south of LA HWY 90) so that sugar cane and I guess rice production increased. You are correct about decreasing wetlands. The old guys speak of it as if it has been cut in half in their lifetime.  Isn't this the basis of the arguments during the BP spill for and against barriers reefs?

This photo is a hundred miles from the levees along Hwy 90.  Anyhow, I know what you mean; I lived 2 blocks from the levee for 5 years.

In the pic, the guy with the fish walked the marsh from a boat.  But you're right;  the road atop the levee gives access to much of the marsh.

The marsh is subsiding (becoming open water) at a rate of 30-60 sq. miles per year in some regions.  Yes, the old guys have watched it happen.

The barrier-reef arguments started back when John Breaux tried to save oil money for LA.  The old law stated (as I recall) that rigs within 3 miles of the coast (3?) belonged to LA; those beyond were federal.  Marsh loss and open water meant rigs (and $$$) were being lost by the state.  The law was changed; marsh continues to disappear.  The barrier, as proposed, is a hopeless dream.

[BAMAWV]

I meant nothing technical.  The levees often have roads (simple dirt or pea gravel) which are often the only way to travel except by boat. There was no boat pictured in the flyrod picture. The COE levees opened up a way to get in and out of areas (say south of LA HWY 90) so that sugar cane and I guess rice production increased. You are correct about decreasing wetlands. The old guys speak of it as if it has been cut in half in their lifetime.  Isn't this the basis of the arguments during the BP spill for and against barriers reefs?

This photo is a hundred miles from the levees along Hwy 90.  Anyhow, I know what you mean; I lived 2 blocks from the levee for 5 years.

In the pic, the guy with the fish walked the marsh from a boat.  But you're right;  the road atop the levee gives access to much of the marsh.

The marsh is subsiding (becoming open water) at a rate of 30-60 sq. miles per year in some regions.  Yes, the old guys have watched it happen.

The barrier-reef arguments started back when John Breaux tried to save oil money for LA.  The old law stated (as I recall) that rigs within 3 miles of the coast (3?) belonged to LA; those beyond were federal.  Marsh loss and open water meant rigs (and $$$) were being lost by the state.  The law was changed; marsh continues to disappear.  The barrier, as proposed, is a hopeless dream.

I'm just a drilling guy and know very little about land contracts or offshore leases. Rigs are situated long before BAMAWV arrives on the scene.  But the GOM is divided up like a big azz checkerboard and then labeled with such colorful, geographical, or historical names as Brazos, Pecan Island,etc. But since the MMS (Mineral  Mgt. Service) was replaced by BOEM (Bureau of Energy Mgt) their web sites with maps of federal vs. state rigs have been taken down or are under construction. Click here for link  I was trying to look up the mileage where federal waters begin until I ran into the bureaucratic cluster____!

[Chechem]

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