-15 North Pass Island Beaches

The beaches at the end of North Pass Island would make a good place to make your last camp of your expedition (if the weather is good). In inclement weather, approach island from backside. Celebrate your arrival. And then turn back for higher and safer ground elsewhere. The easiest approach to the best beach is from the south side of the island via right hand fork of the main channel Pass a Loutre. The waters ocean side are very shallow, another good reason to make your landing from the backside.

Southeast Pass

Five and a half miles down Pass a Loutre the Southeast Pass splinters off to the southeast, and offers an enticing route to the Gulf. There is some noticeable flow entering SE Pass, but it’s a little slower than what you experienced in Pass a Loutre. Southeast Pass is completely contained by a Pass a Loutre State Wildlife Wildlife Management Area, so you might see fishermen and hunters (especially during duck season), and is brimming full of birds and other wildlife.

-5.5 RBD Mouth of Southeast Pass

Southeast Pass splinters off Pass a Loutre to the southeast in a smaller channel lined by cane marshes and a few clumps of willow

-7 RBD Pass a Loutre State WMA Picnic Area

At mile -7 a shelf of mud has been deposited on the right bank descending of Southeast Pass that is the last dry land until you reach Southeast Pass Island. A boat dock has been placed here, with a grassy park above and a picnic table. This would make for a good picnic spot, and a possible place to overnight.