Louisiana Coverage
Barataria and Delacroix Duck Migration Forecast
The marsh either side of the river below New Orleans, out to the Delacroix and Plaquemines leases. Tide and wind set the water here, not ice.
See today’s live scoreAll of LA
Season dates: Louisiana duck season 2026-27, dates and migration timing
Where Barataria and Delacroix is
Barataria and Delacroix is drawn from 12 parishes in Louisiana: East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Jefferson, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington and West Feliciana. Those are the parishes its shape on the DuckCast map is built from, so a hunter in any of them reads this region’s score.
When Barataria and Delacroix peaks
DuckCast’s season model puts the pintail peak here around mid December. This follows the statewide pintail curve. That is a modelled typical curve, not a prediction for any single year. The actual push depends on cold fronts and freeze-up upstream, which is what the daily score tracks. Always confirm season dates with the state wildlife agency, linked below.
What DuckCast watches upstream of Barataria and Delacroix
3 upstream stations feed this region's freeze line, nearest first: Natchez, MS, about 160 miles northwest, Vicksburg, MS, about 195 miles north and Greenville, MS, about 270 miles north. When those stations ice over, the score here starts climbing before anything changes in the local sky.
Radar over Barataria and Delacroix
Each morning DuckCast reads the night’s NEXRAD data from KMOB, the National Weather Service radar at Mobile, about 120 miles northeast of the region’s weather point. That is well outside the region, so treat the radar reading as area context rather than a measurement of this ground. Radar sees every bird in the air, not only ducks, so it confirms or questions the score rather than moving it.
Locations stay generalized
Hunter reports for Barataria and Delacroix are always shown at the region level. DuckCast never collects or displays exact coordinates, so filing a report here never burns a spot.
Also covered in Louisiana
Nearest first. Distances run between the regions’ weather points.
- Terrebonne and Lafourche Marsh, about 55 miles west
- Atchafalaya Basin, about 105 miles west
- Southwest Rice Prairie, about 155 miles west
- Southwest Coastal Marsh, about 185 miles west
- Catahoula and Little River, about 185 miles northwest
- Northeast Delta, about 190 miles northwest
- Ouachita and Boeuf, about 240 miles northwest
- Red River and Northwest, about 290 miles northwest
Across the state line
- Coastal Marsh, Mississippi, about 85 miles northeast
Season dates and regulations change. Always verify with Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries. DuckCast forecasts conditions, not legal seasons.