Thread: Little Lagoon Pass

Albeit a man made catroshpy, the fishing where the westerly flow drains back to the gulf is phenomal at low tide. About 200 yards west of the pass mouth is one heck of a fishing hole.
I would suggest a short wire leader as large packs of ravenous blues tend to gather about 2 hours before low tide.....just sayin'

14716153_10157690575640397_4317487489265463015_n.jpg what do you think #r? I wish it was about 200 ft longer. And I know the boaters won't like it. I belive it's just being discussed right now.

Originally Posted by CarlF

Bottom line is that it appears that the Lagoon never historically/naturally had a pass that stayed open 365 days of the year and someone thought they knew better than mother nature when they tried to create one. As usual, we see how that has worked out.

True dat. Not much mystery to it. Plenty of BS, but not much mystery.

Lagoon pass a constant struggle in Gulf Shores | GulfCoastNewsToday.com

“How much time do they need to have,” resident Steve Kichler said.

Took a picture when I was in the area last Friday.

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Everytime i try to go out on boat the excavation gang surrounds me

To supposedly fix his drainage my neighbor had the city dig out in front of my house making an ditch that cannot be mowed and no longer allows parking because of the angle. Did not fix his drainage. I know the squeaking wheel always wins but why do upstream owners always get cared for first? In this example lagoon is upstream of littoral drift towards beaches to the west.

Originally Posted by Pier#r

Lagoon pass a constant struggle in Gulf Shores | GulfCoastNewsToday.com

Thanks for posting, this article shows the quandary that the State is in because of the lawsuit and court order.
They are forced to try to keep open a pass that doesn't want to naturally stay open in a system that naturally fluctuated having a pass and not having one and between almost completely fresh to hyper-saline depending on the season, rainfall and groundwater inputs.
All while balancing impacts to down-drift property owners who will sue if they don't maintain the long-shore sediment transport.

What's the real solution?
Remove all the structures and let the pass naturally close up?
Spend more money on a different jetty configuration that may or may not really work?
Just live with it and keep dredging & by-passing?
?????

Feb 20, 2017 pics by Steve Jones...
https://www.facebook.com/steve.jones...8511803&type=3

Originally Posted by Pier#r

Feb 20, 2017 pics by Steve Jones...
https://www.facebook.com/steve.jones...8511803&type=3

I saw him take those pictures but didn't know who he was. I thought that it could be him, but unsure, and didn't talk to him. Now I wish I could have thanked him or all of his beautiful pictures that '#er has put on the forum.