Baton Rouge Bank Fishing

bravo3 · Feb 21, 2011

Anyone know of any good lakes or ponds to fish? Bringing a buddy that hasn't really done much fishing..even any neighborhood spots as I may know someone in the neighborhood. All I can seem to find is the BREC parks.

Or better yet, does anyone have a stocked pond that wouldn't mind us partaking in some catch and release in?

themcfarland · Feb 21, 2011

go towards lafayette and there at ramah they do some catching along the water.. lsu lakes but you cant eat them.. miss river bank fishing.. boat launch....

bravo3 · Feb 21, 2011

ramah by where you catch crawdads? heard about that...

BayouDeputy · Feb 21, 2011

When you get off in Ramah, cross over the levee towards the boat launch. you'll see the road split, one way goes under the interstate and along a bayou, the other goes to the launch. I see most of the catching done in the bayou to the left.

bravo3 · Feb 22, 2011

oh ok. i may try there sunday

lsu fan · Feb 22, 2011

The pond behind lakeside daiquiri's on burbank is ok. Usually the neighboring condo parkign lot is open, and we used to go through there and set up on the bank, no one seemed to mind, you could even launch a canoe if you want.

We also fished below the bridge where burbank turns into siegan on fountainbleu bayou and caught a few sac-a-lait there.

Fishing was never very productive for us in BR but it was fun.

Covington · Feb 22, 2011

lsu fan said:
The pond behind lakeside daiquiri's on burbank is ok. Usually the neighboring condo parkign lot is open, and we used to go through there and set up on the bank, no one seemed to mind, you could even launch a canoe if you want.

We also fished below the bridge where burbank turns into siegan on fountainbleu bayou and caught a few sac-a-lait there.

Fishing was never very productive for us in BR but it was fun.

we've done almost the exact same thing, caught plenty of bass in that pond off burbank by lakeside

bravo3 · Feb 22, 2011

sweeeet! much closer to me! keep the honeyhole locations comin guys

Renegade · Feb 24, 2011

The Lake at the BREC park on N. Sherwood Forest (between Greenwell Springs and S. Choctaw) is stocked with Rainbow Trout.

There's some decent fishing at Blackwater Conservation Area (corner of Hooper and Blackwater Road)

Also some decent fishing at Waddill Wildlife Refuge on Flannery (between Greenwell Springs and S. Choctaw)

bravo3 · Feb 24, 2011

damn, i forgot about waddell.

what bait do you even use for rainbow trout?

CrkdLtr · Feb 24, 2011

Renegade said:
The Lake at the BREC park on N. Sherwood Forest (between Greenwell Springs and S. Choctaw) is stocked with Rainbow Trout.

There's some decent fishing at Blackwater Conservation Area (corner of Hooper and Blackwater Road)

Also some decent fishing at Waddill Wildlife Refuge on Flannery (between Greenwell Springs and S. Choctaw)

Definitely these two over any of BREC's ponds.

zbroome said:
damn, i forgot about waddell.

what bait do you even use for rainbow trout?

I've heard of people using small marshmallow's for bait to catch trout. Other than flies/fly fishing you can go to the bait store and see if you can find Salmon eggs or imitation salmon eggs.

bravo3 · Feb 24, 2011

crkd...you are saying waddell and blackwater over BREC?

i hear the BREC on N. Harrell's Ferry is decent, but idk.

i know blackwater has two lakes, is one better than the other?

Renegade · Feb 24, 2011

I've caught mid-sized bass in the lake with the island at Blackwater. Never caught anything more than brim in the other one.

CrkdLtr · Feb 24, 2011

zbroome said:
crkd...you are saying waddell and blackwater over BREC?

i hear the BREC on N. Harrell's Ferry is decent, but idk.

i know blackwater has two lakes, is one better than the other?

Yeah I prefer Waddell and Blackwater over any of BREC's ponds, however I think they are all over fished.

I do second the recommendation of fishing in Ramah. In fact, once the snow starts to melt up north and the Mississippi River begins to rise (like 28 - 30 feet plus on the Baton Rouge scale) you should be able to catfish off the river levee with good success.

bravo3 · Feb 24, 2011

ramah is sounding better and better...today on my way home i noticed a lake in that partially devoped neighborhood kinda right by george o'neal and o'neal. seen a few fishing ppl fishing in it...might go try to that sunday

matthewrich · Oct 30, 2012

Its good that you are going fishing but I would suggest you to once go through the data of fish population and then go for fishing. So that you don't catch the ones which have been becoming extinct. Hope you will find this useful and will enjoy fishing with your friend.

Renegade · Oct 30, 2012

matthewrich said:
Its good that you are going fishing but I would suggest you to once go through the data of fish population and then go for fishing. So that you don't catch the ones which have been becoming extinct. Hope you will find this useful and will enjoy fishing with your friend.

Beeramid · Oct 30, 2012

I guess what Matthew was saying was, if you catch any blue fin tuna or red snapper in those ponds, throw em' back. :rolleyes:

Dalee · Aug 19, 2014

bravo3 said:
crkd...you are saying waddell and blackwater over BREC?

i hear the BREC on N. Harrell's Ferry is decent, but idk.

i know blackwater has two lakes, is one better than the other?

They are kind of both the same to me. I've caught 6lb + bass in both of them. The best time to catch them is in the spring. Blackwater has to be one of my favorite spots to fish

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