Keith Lusher It's been a while since we've heard from Ashley Ferguson. If you recall, she was the go-to person with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Telemetry Study that tracked Speckled Trout and numerous other types of fish in the Lake. Now Ashley says the Department has a new focus when it comes to the Lake Pontchartrain area. The permit that calls for 4 new artificial reefs to be constructed was filed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in January was recently approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The reefs will be located in Lake Borgne and the Biloxi Marsh and will go by the names of: the Shell Pad Reef, Grand Banks Reef, Cabbage Reef and West Karako Bay Reef. Ferguson says that construction could start as early as this spring, depending on weather and contractor availability. The project is a partnership between the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation and the LWDF. Each site will be approximately 1 acre but LDWF plans to expand the reefs up to 10 acres at a later time. The reefs will be made up of large limestone chunks, shells, and reef-balls.
Proposed sites of the new artificial reefs in lake Borgne
