Marsh & Bayou’s
Fishing Forecast
Lake
Pontchartrain
by Chas Champagne
DockSide TV / Matrix Shad
985-707-9049
[email protected]
Well, the Bonnet Carré Spillway is open as most
know, and it started in January. Fresh, dirty, and cold
Mississippi River water is flooding the Lake Pontchartrain
basin. Let’s hope by the time you read this, all the Bonnet Carré bays will be closed and the lake will be on its
path to becoming salty again. I have been getting many
questions on what to expect from the spillway this year
and truthfully I have no idea for a couple of reasons. For
one, this is the first time the spillway has ever been
opened in January in 60 plus yea