Teal Opener

Saturday 10th, 3 boats 3 hunters, I knocked one down before I got to it 4’ gator had breakfast, other 2 hunters didn’t fire the gun, between the 3 of us we saw about a dozen or so teal. Not many whistlers around did see a few black duck pairs floating around.

What area of the state are you hunting. No good reports from SE LA.

I heard 3 reports from Delacroix area that stated there were no teal.They are in SW La though.

Been out fishing just about every morning back of Delacroix , only seen a pair of squealers , will chasing tailing reds in morning at first light !

Wizard religiously read your post! Hadn’t seen proud papa post in a while, teal #’s low at best is all I can say.

mulletsqisher : yesterday ventured just about 20 miles of marsh chasing reds , water was higher than before and winds were kicking , no sight of any ducks to be found , wanna the reasons I gave it it , to many MT skies from seasons past , as I was running around I’ve noticed that the grasses have been dying back earlier , we haven’t had much rain , and the diversions haven’t been running very much or not , the water has become a lot more salty early this year , a few duck ponds ived chased reds in were covered with grass are now empty from what I can see , teal eat small seeds , not much good for them to find in higher water in or marshes , as for big ducks , they now have that imprint of flooded corn fields up north that they don’t have fly any farther than the next corn fields with heated ponds now , how sad it has become and j see no changes being done about it up north , to many politicians involved i assume : Good Luck folks this season , I’ll be out there fishing !

Wizard loads of reasons, really turned south around the 2018/19 season, mild winters up north, disappearing habitat, low duck #'s way too many to list including flooded corn, rice fields in southwestern part of the state holding their own, we'll give it a shot and may well be fishing to! Grass turning we've noticed as well, DP canal basically choked up with Lillys, Crows Foot beginning to choke up as well, PLH bass never really turned on this year as well.