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I have a friend wanting me to go down to Grand Bayou and fish this weekend. I have never been there and was wondering if it is a good crappie fishing lake. If anyone has any information it would be greatly appreciated . I have been searching for a map of the lake with no luck
it can be a GREAT crappie lake. my wife's uncle has a deer lease that borders the lake and when they draw it down, no one can use the launch. he has a john boat that he pushes off into the lake and goes around and marks all the tops. i have caught some absolute hogs out of there. but i don't go enough to really know where to send you. good luck!!
Thanks doc that's encouraging going to try cranking [emoji106]
just be aware, there are lots and lots of brush tops out in the "open water". it doesn't have as defined channel as cypress. but there is definitely deeper water running fromthe bridge to the dam.
If you are talking about Grand Bayou in Coushatta,LA. they have drained it a lot. There is some water in it but the channel behind my son's house is dry. Better call the office there before you go.
Thanks for heads up. The lake has been drained and is still open... but people were having to push small jon boats off the trailers. Guess that means I'm out till the water level rises
Grand Bayou can be a challenge for a first timer - that channel (or channels) is a winding labyrinth across the whole lake that can make you pull your hair out. But if you manage to stay on top of it long enough you can find some brush tops and 90% of the year that's where the fish are. And by the bridge.
That being said - Never been when the water was low. Is it so low that you can only see the channel?? Id love to go and scope it out.
On any body of water, take your cell phone and go to Google Maps, on the top left menu bar click on it and scroll down to Terrain, click on Terrain and it will show you where you are and where the channel is. The little blue triangle will be you and it will move when you move. Josh and I use this feature a lot. It works.
Tried it once - couldnt see my dang phone out in the sun. Its just a little thin blue line on the blue water you can barely see it. So its really accurate?!
Everytime we have used it, it was very accurate. I put my hat over my phone till I can see where I'm at. LOL!!!Quote:
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Once your phone finds you on the map you can zoom is as close as you want to where you can even see individual trees in the water.
"gene"
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When I go to Google Maps on my cell phone (IPhone 4) and click on the top left menu bar I don't see "Terrain". Did I misunderstand something?
Thanks
Charlie
Charlie, I have a Samsung S-5 Droid through Verizon. When I open Google Maps, at the top is a search bar that has "Search Google Maps" in it. On the right side of that search bar is a picture of a Microphone. On the left side of that search bar is 3 horizontal bars. If I touch those bars a window opens that has a list that says, "Your Places, Your Timeline, Explore, Traffic, Public Transit, Bicycling, Satellite, Terrain, Google Earth." That is where "Terrain" is.Quote:
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My IPhone has the three bars, like yours, but when I click on them they do not have a "Terrain" option. But I went to my desktop and opened GE and it has the three bars and does have the "Terrain" option. When I select Terrain it does not show the lake as a photo like you normally get with GE but it shows it like a GPS map and the creek is not shown.
I was really hoping this would work for me. None the less I appreciate your helping hand.
Charlie
Might want to check this sight out. We know it as Grand Bayou, but the official name is John K. Kelly Grand Bayou Reservoir. http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/d..._mp-a_2013.pdf
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A good read. Thanks for sending it to me.
Charlie