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Best bass fishing pond in Baton Rouge?

Posted on 4/8/24 at 5:27 pm
Posted by BK2022
Member since Aug 2022
15 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 5:27 pm
Looking for somewhere to pond hop and look for some bass in Baton Rouge/ Prarieville areas. TIA
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
11496 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 5:31 pm to
The pond behind Pennington is loaded. White buzzbait at night. Listen for the hit.
Posted by blueboxer1119
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2013
8043 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 5:35 pm to
White Oak Landing

If you can not get run off.

If security shows up, pretend you are deaf and give them some fake mumbo jumbo sign language.
Posted by DieselTiger1
9 Dragon
Member since Oct 2008
13672 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 9:19 pm to
RIP OB fishing map. That was fun while it lasted
Posted by John_V
SELA
Member since Oct 2018
1761 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:28 pm to
There's a pond off Essen Lane by I12 behind that tower if you wanna go catch a few. I don't think there's even security but not sure how pressured it is either.
Posted by Capt ST
Hotel California
Member since Aug 2011
12889 posts
Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:41 pm to
Mondays at BRCC used to be pretty good.
Posted by TankBoys32
Member since Mar 2019
2846 posts
Posted on 4/9/24 at 12:40 am to
I’ve had some luck at those condos off Ben Hur by LSU. I’ve heard people have had luck at Women’s hospital. It sucks cause there’s a ton of ponds but most are private and people will run you off (which I get). Just want to wet a line and catch and release but there’s jackasses who will take every decent fish out of a pond to eat.
Posted by Koolazzkat
Behind the Tupelo gum tree
Member since May 2021
1722 posts
Posted on 4/9/24 at 4:16 am to
Not a pond but a canal that dumps into the pond at Greenwood park in Baker. Lavey Lane near Hwy 19. Park at the strip mall by Baskins Robbins and fish the canal between the shopping center and residential area. A 6” black with blue tail Texas rigged plastic worm will catch the hell outta 10-12” bass every afternoon about an hour before dark. I did this after work every spring and summer at least twice a week. Also the pond behind Mike Anderson’s on Lee Drive has some hammers but you have to be stealthy and sneak through the brush from Nickolson to not get busted there. Any Topwater noise making lure with a white belly will produce violent strikes all summer there. Good luck and let us know how you fared.
Posted by Achilles Hill
Member since Mar 2024
233 posts
Posted on 4/9/24 at 10:30 am to
Hopefully they will have University Lakes fixed up soon.

Posted by LSUbub12
South Louisiana
Member since Dec 2013
84 posts
Posted on 4/9/24 at 1:16 pm to
I used to live off Ben Hur at what was called the cottages. The pond over there was loaded with bass and sac a lait.
KVD red eye shad lipless crankbait was my weapon of choice.
My biggest went around 5.
I’m not sure how easy it is to get back there now and not be runoff.

I used to live near Pennington and got run off bc some old hag that was walking called security on me.
I caught a few each time but nothing to write home about.
Posted by NorthEnd
Member since Oct 2007
2149 posts
Posted on 4/10/24 at 6:08 am to
Caught an 11-8 in the wedgewood pond in the 80s. She’s still in there hopefully! Biggest bass I’ve ever seen in person.
Posted by LSUbub12
South Louisiana
Member since Dec 2013
84 posts
Posted on 4/10/24 at 6:34 am to
Yea that pond and woods by the cottages were absolutely loaded with wildlife besides fish.
I never saw deer but tracks were absolutely everywhere. Unfortunately would see dead deer on Burbank and Nicholson.
My god the amount of wood ducks made me envious as a duck hunter.
I’d wake up early sometimes just to watch them come in and out.
Yes most of the woods have been cleared and developed which is sad.
The fishing was awesome and easy especially if you hit it just right.
One time in the spring 2 buddies and I caught about 50 slabs in 2 hours and had a huge fish fry.
It was a special pond for sure.
Posted by Rust
Member since Feb 2019
587 posts
Posted on 4/10/24 at 7:13 am to
If you can fish any of the neighborhoods down Burbank, they generally have pretty decent fishing. Buddy of mine used to live in University Villas and we’d catch plenty of 2-3lb bass and some nice sac-a-lait in there

Posted by 72LATraveler
Member since Aug 2014
121 posts
Posted on 4/10/24 at 7:24 am to
The biggest bass around were in the pond at the end of Strain Rd in Lakepark. During the spawn it was nothing to catch multiple fish over 6lbs.
Posted by sta4ever
The Pit
Member since Aug 2014
15389 posts
Posted on 4/10/24 at 8:14 am to
What about some of the creeks and stuff around BR? Like that creek/bayou they fixed up at Highland Rd Park, across the street from the Disc Golf course. Or Ward’s Creek, that creek that runs along I-10, in between the interstate and Mall of LA, goes underneath the Siegen overpass, and ends up merging with Bayou Manchac by the state fair fairgrounds, on Airline.

I’ve never fished these places before, but they may be worth checking out.
Posted by John_V
SELA
Member since Oct 2018
1761 posts
Posted on 4/10/24 at 10:16 am to
If anyone is adventurous there's a pond that was dugout back in the day behind the topgolf that was loaded with decent bass when a guy I know fished it a few times.

He said it was dugout to build up I12 and is super deep but idk how accessible it is.
Posted by 97channels
Member since Apr 2024
35 posts
Posted on 4/13/24 at 4:54 pm to
The pond at Blue Cross off Bluebonnet used to hold crazy numbers of really big sacalait back in the late 80s as well as big blue cats.
Posted by mytigger
Member since Jan 2008
14852 posts
Posted on 4/14/24 at 9:21 am to
The pond at ITT on airline was my go to years ago.
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