Remote canoe launch locations in Pearl River WMA

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  • Hoggin

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    I want to hunt Pearl this weekend by canoe. Paddles and all. I'm looking for a remote small launch sufficient for a canoe captained by a dork with a paddle, a rifle and a 2WD truck. Has to be a small waterway so the wind doesn't blow me all around.

    Yesterday I scouted a small launch off of Middle River (the middle bridge off of I-10 Eastbound). It's a nice small launch but the embankment for interstate is steep and I'm afraid my old all-terrain 2WD tires would have problems in wet grass.

    There are a couple of smaller launches off of Hwy 190, but some of those waterways are kind of large for a paddled canoe.

    Is there a small canoe launch near English Bayou?

    Would love to get back near Perch Lake but I don't think I can paddle that far and back.

    Any ideas on locating a few small boat launches in remote areas of Pearl for hog stalking?
     

    mike84z28

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    You can get to English bayou but the only way I know of is a walk and you would need to drag canoe from the road. In the past I have launched a small flat boat at all the ones you listed above, just don't leave anything of value in you truck as those lots used to get hit a bunch, not sure how they are now.
     

    Hoggin

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    How would I get to English Bayou?

    Satellite shows two small boat launches where English Bayou meets the Pearl. Hunt Stand says that property is owned by "USA" which I'm sure means it's NASA's land. That suggests those two small launches on the east side of the Pearl are not public assess. Would be awesome to launch from either one of those small launches if they were public access.
     

    Emperor

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    The road to the small launch on the east side of the East Pearl was right before the gate of Stennis. You did not have to enter Stennis to get to that launch.

    Not sure about now, my time in there was the 90's. You could go straight across and actually be only a few hundred yards from Perch Lake. It was an animal Mecca in the 90's, and I never saw another hunter back there for years. ;)
     

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