Local Bayous and Bay

[santaman2000]

A while back I mentioned bayous and Toddy stated she had thought a bayou was a swamp. The following videos of a couple of local bayous should dispell that. A bayou is basically a mini-bay. They often open onto a larger body of water such as another bayou or a true bay, but also they sometimes open directly onto the Gulf of Mexico (they're just too small to be considered a bay unto themselves)

First off, Rocky Bayou: https://youtu.be/9DVas-lf7gQ and https://youtu.be/aKe-uDRhRm8

Next, Tom's Bayou: https://youtu.be/na0X0i9obSw

Then Cinco Bayou (with a small city of the same name along its shores) https://youtu.be/anoNX95gy68

The above bayous all, open (directly or through other bayous) onto the Chocwhatchee Bay: https://youtu.be/ZjE8W2pzAn4 and fishing under the Mid Bay Bridge https://youtu.be/2vpm03ywtTg Looks like they had a good day: at least one each of redfish, Sheepshead, and Black Drum.

 

[Toddy]

I did ? can't find the thread now.

I admit I thought that they were shallow areas often fringed with wet footed type shrub trees. More like carr wetlands.
Not much like those videos

More like this description on wikipedia.

"In usage in the United States, a bayou (/ˈbaɪ.uː/ or /ˈbaɪ.oʊ/, from Cajun French) is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area, and can be either an extremely slow-moving stream or river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), or a marshy lake or wetland."

 

[santaman2000]

I did ? can't find the thread now.

I admit I thought that they were shallow areas often fringed with wet footed type shrub trees. More like carr wetlands.
Not much like those videos

More like this description on wikipedia.

"In usage in the United States, a bayou (/ˈbaɪ.uː/ or /ˈbaɪ.oʊ/, from Cajun French) is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area, and can be either an extremely slow-moving stream or river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), or a marshy lake or wetland."

Some bayous are indeed like the ones Wiki describes. The bit about them being typically found in flat low lying areas is pretty much the norm (most of the Gulf Coast has a very low elevation --- the highest point in Florida is only a bit over 300 feet above sea level) In an area with colder waters and higher surrounding elevations fjords might be similar. The next bit (that they can be a slow moving stream or river) is somewhat true; they are often (but not always) fed by a such a stream at the inland end in addition to tidal action from the seaward end. The last bit about them being a marshy lake or wetland is possible but very rare, although they sometimes have a mangrove along a bit of the shore.

 

[Leshy]

https://youtu.be/fcTQCNntGEs


The best of the bayous...imho

😎

 

[santaman2000]

https://youtu.be/fcTQCNntGEs


The best of the bayous...imho



Ironically, they weren't Cajun; they were Californian. Loved that band though.

 

[Tengu]

I thought willow carr like we see along streams in Cornwall, and i visited at the Ayres, on the Isle of Man.

 

[Leshy]

Ironically, they weren't Cajun; they were Californian. Loved that band though.

Creedence is just the best....
Still can't get enough, after all these years...

 

[santaman2000]

I just lifted this photo from facebook. Somebody shared it this morning from Mallini Bayou in Mississippi showing where it opens into the bay and with the Bay Bridge farther out: