Waterfowl hunting on Long branch is restricted to perminant blinds only that are assigned by drawing before the season. The area north of Axtell road is open to hunting on a walk in / boat in basis. The area surounding the north end of the lake is Atlanta Conservation area. This area has a number of good sized ponds that may also provide a little waterfowl hunting worth doing.

Longbranch Lake is not the best place in the world to hunt ducks but it does provide a good hunt every once in a while. This photo is of a good morning we took just two ducks shy of a limit for each of us. Just one mallard and one "other" duck away from a limit. The conditions this year were a little rough as the lake level was more than 4 foot low. There would be a lot more area available to open hunting in a year with normal lake level. As it was this year there was almost no water at all in the north east area north of Axtel road.