382 Acres of Marsh on Bayou la Loutre

382.8 acres of Louisiana marsh on Bayou la Loutre in St. Bernard Parish, east of New Orleans. At roughly $509 an acre this is priced as a large-acreage hold rather than a building site, which is what marsh ground of this size usually is. This is a water access only tract. There is no road to it. Reaching the property means going by boat, and that should shape how you think about the purchase. The setting is the draw. Thousands of acres of wetland surround this tract, supporting redfish and speckled trout fishing, duck hunting, crabbing and shrimping, with Lake Borgne and the Gulf within reach and the Biloxi Marsh close by. Three smaller adjoining tracts are available separately: 50 acres, 30 acres and 20 acres. They are not one contiguous block, so buying more than one does not give you adjoining ground. A location study by McKay & Associates, a Louisiana engineering and land surveying firm, places these holdings from the legal descriptions and USGS quadrangle maps. It is expressly not a boundary survey and no field work was done, so treat the boundaries as indicative and commission your own survey if that matters to you. Elevation, flood zone, permitted use and mineral rights all need checking for your purpose. St. Bernard Parish sits immediately east of New Orleans, so this is coastal wetland within easy reach of a major city rather than somewhere remote. The nearest launches are at Yscloskey and Hopedale. Duck season and the spring redfish run are the two times of year this country is busiest, and a holding of this size gives you room to hunt and fish without crowding a neighbour. Call the land owner, Matt, at 812-241-5653.