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Located about 25 miles from New Orleans, Lac des Allemands is a natural 12,000-acre lake fed by many surrounding Barataria Basin bayous, including Bayou Chevreuil and Grand Bayou.
The basin is full of bayous, drainage canals, access canals, and navigation channels.
The main channels are the Barataria Waterway and the Intracoastal Waterway. Lac Des Allemands is a very shallow lake, reaching a maximum depth of 10 feet, but it is on average only five feet deep.
It is 5.5 miles long and 6.5 miles wide. Lac Des Allemands, with its canals, bayous, cypress swamps, and fallen trees, are ideal for fish, and the lake has been justifiably named the Catfish Capital of the World.
There are numerous fishing camps on the lake's shoreline. Besides fish in the lake, cypress-lined bayous provide home to raccoons, otters, egrets, frogs, great blue herons, alligators, and bold eagles.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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