re: First time St. Tammany Pier

I've taken my son and nephew there a few times since it opened a few years ago and have caught fish each time.

Bring some fresh shrimp or live shrimp and you can catch sheepshead and flounder around the pilings. Bring a pier net so you can bring them up.

You can put out a few crab nets to run too.

All depends on tide and season as to whether you will catch specks and reds; i've seen a couple reds caught there, but haven't caught anything myself.

I wouldn't go there in the hopes of filling a cooler, but it's a nice place to bring the kids.