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News:
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Deer: Oct 1 through Jan 31
Quail and pheasant: Nov 19 - Feb 28
Rabbit: Oct 1 - Feb 28
Squirrel: Oct 1 - Feb 28
Nutria: Sept 1 - Feb 28
Crows, blackbirds, cowbirds, and grackles: Sept 1 - Jan 1
Ducks, Coots and Mergansers: Nov 5 - Jan 28
Rails: Sep. 10-25, Nov 12 - Jan. 4
Gallinules: Sept 10 - 25, Nov 12 - Jan 4
Snipe: Nov 2 - Dec 4, Dec 17 - Feb 28
Canada Geese: Nov 5 - Dec 4, Dec 17 - Jan 31
Light and White-fronted Geese: Nov 5 - Dec 4, Dec 17 - Feb 12
Doves: Oct 8 - Nov 27, Dec 17 - Jan 15
Bobcat, raccoon, possum: year-round
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| The Acadiana Advocate: Small bass showing in Verret, Atchafalaya basins |
| Times-Picayune: Where to fish after fall cold fronts |
| Country Roads: The First Deer Hunters |
Events:
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| Blackpot Festival and Cook-Off, Oct 27-28 at Vermilionville in Lafayette |
| Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, Nov 8 at 10 am at the Capitol Park Welcome Center in Baton Rouge |
| Atchafalaya Basin Research and Promotion Board Meeting, Nov 9 at 9:30 am in Baton Rouge |
| Atchafalaya Basin Festival, Nov 11 in Henderson |
| Water Trails of the Atchafalaya, June 17 - Oct 29 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen |
| La Table Francaise, last Saturday of every month at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville |
| Les Courdre Pointes Quilting Circle, every Friday at 10 am at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville |
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Data is for 10/27/2017
ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.
Ohio River at Cairo
Location: Southernmost gauge on the Ohio River in Illinois Reading significance - used to forecast rises on the Mississippi. Lag time, 4 to 6 days.
Flood Stage: 40'
Stage: 21.6'
24 hour change: +1.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 23.0' by 11/1
Mississippi River, just south of ORCS, at Red River Landing
Reading: Mississippi River south of ORCS, after the diversion into the Atchafalaya
Flood Stage: 48'
Stage: 25.1'
24 hour change: -0.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 24.3' by 11/1
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 10.9'
24 hour change: 0.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.5' by 11/1
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 3.7'
24 hour change: 0.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.5' by 11/1
Atchafalaya River
Atchafalaya River at Simmesport
Flood Stage: 47'
Stage: 9.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.3' by 11/1
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 6.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.4' by 11/1
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 5.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.2' by 11/1
Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 5.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.8' by 11/1
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.9' by 11/1
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 2.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.1 by 11/1
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 2.5 by 11/1
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.18'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.85'
Bayou Courtableau (inside the floodway)
Stage: 18.08'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.67'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 6.30'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 6.00'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 9.73'
Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 17.44'
Work Canal near I-10
Stage: 8.84'
Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 5.24'
Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 3.13'
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