Sabine Island WMA C
Another kayak paddle trip out of Niblett’s Bluff Park in Louisiana into the Sabine Island WMA area. Here the plan was to go up the Old River but the water was going pretty fast. Which is ok if you take care with the eddies and, especially, the turns where the current hits hard when you crossover. But a mistake, a mis-stroke, on powerful flatwater means a long trip downstream, farther than you expect, and probably without the boat. So instead, the route goes into the Lundy Slough area and follows a narrow interior slough north where it again hits Old River. The route comes back by tracing a second channel south and was pretty exciting. These interior channels can be seen by satellite map and are navigable only when the water is up.
30.20048,-93.6795
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Above: Somewhere inside the island, moving good.
Above: Rats.
Above: Long canal picture.
Above: May not look fast but it’s going pretty quick, it’s up against the shoreline and there are bubbles.
