How To Safely Boat Around Dredge Pipes On Louisiana’s Coast

Dredges are common in Louisiana, especially in and around the Mississippi River. There they are used to remove siltation from shipping lanes in order to keep the channel navigable for boat traffic.

But today we see their use more often thanks to coastal restoration efforts.

All across Louisiana’s coast, these large, floating machines have been used to rebuild land, from Cocodrie to Grand Isle to Venice to Shell Beach to Slidell.

Dredging has rebuilt a good bit of Louisiana’s coast, but the whole operation can pose a non-trivial navigational risk, especially to novice boaters who don’t have years of experience fishing across Louisiana’s coast and haven’t negotiated underwater dredge pipes a whole lot.

Well, it’s time to put an end to that! This guide reveals how these dredges work, the risk they pose to boaters, how to safely navigate around them as well as additional navigational resources.

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