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Lake P Bank Fishing
Posted on 3/3/14 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 3/3/14 at 2:13 pm
Are there any decent places to fish Lake P on the Northshore without a boat? Would also be helpful to not have to trespass.
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Posted on 3/3/14 at 2:14 pm to BayouBrawl
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Would also be helpful to not have to trespass.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 3:15 pm to BayouBrawl
You can wade fish in fountainbleu park beach. Can't promise you'll catch anything though.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 3:29 pm to BayouBrawl
You can try Sunset Pt. I used to fish there and had mixed results
Posted on 3/3/14 at 3:42 pm to DrTyger
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You can wade fish in fountainbleu park beach.
I haven't been there in a while, but when we used to go to Fountainbleu, it was like one giant alligator nest. Maybe some got blown away by the intervening hurricanes.
But that place was beautiful.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 4:00 pm to DrTyger
Likely won't catch much off Fontainebleau. You can catch reds wade fishing around the mouth of bayou Lacombe. It's probably the best bank fishing on the northshore. It gets deeper and has some nice grass beds. Wade out past the grass beds and cast to them or in them if you're weedless and retrieve out. This can be done working from lake road all the way to the mouth.
You can catch jackfish between the jetties on the lakefront but not until late summer/fall.
You can catch jackfish between the jetties on the lakefront but not until late summer/fall.
This post was edited on 3/3/14 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 3/3/14 at 4:06 pm to BayouBrawl
Thanks guys!
Posted on 3/3/14 at 5:00 pm to BayouBrawl
Posted on 3/3/14 at 5:21 pm to VanRIch
Wade fishing in early March? No thanks.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 1:24 pm to Hammertime
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Sunset Pt.
This is my usual spot. Rarely catch anything worth bragging about but it's fun nontheless. Easy drive from BR, plenty of lighting, and rarely overcrowded. Even when it is busy, most people are friendly enough to let you squeeze in.
Only downside is that it doesn't allow alcohol.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 1:30 pm to Bassassin
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Easy drive from BR
you drive from BR to fish Sunset Pt.?
Posted on 3/5/14 at 1:46 pm to BayouBrawl
Told this story many times, probably on here even.
I grew up in Metairie, in the 70's/80's. As a kid, we made many long bike ride from Ithaca Street - close to what was then Sam Barth (now Ecole Clasique, unless it's changed again), all the way down Transcontinental, to Folse Street. A friend of ours who's dad was a Dr. lived on Folse, and we could park out bikes at his house, jump the levee, and wade out there and fish. This was circa 1978, when I was 12.
The lake was full of what we called "eel grass" then. Not sure what it's real name is, but that's what we called it.
On good days, it would be nothing for us to be pedaling back to Ithaca St with a stringer of trout, flounder, and reds hanging from our handle bars. Old guys would stop, and asked where we'd caught them. We'd always tell them off Folse Street.
In the 80's, the Lake started being dredged for shells used in construction, and it quickly turned to choc milk. The eel grass died, and the fish left.
After I got older, I read where a moratorium had been placed on dredging the Lake. The environmentalist were very happy, and they said that in about a hundred years, the trout would return.
Pretty sure Dudley caught his 10+ pounder that made the top ten in La about two years later lol.
Good times, boys, riding your bike to fish Lake P.
Good times, I tell you.
I grew up in Metairie, in the 70's/80's. As a kid, we made many long bike ride from Ithaca Street - close to what was then Sam Barth (now Ecole Clasique, unless it's changed again), all the way down Transcontinental, to Folse Street. A friend of ours who's dad was a Dr. lived on Folse, and we could park out bikes at his house, jump the levee, and wade out there and fish. This was circa 1978, when I was 12.
The lake was full of what we called "eel grass" then. Not sure what it's real name is, but that's what we called it.
On good days, it would be nothing for us to be pedaling back to Ithaca St with a stringer of trout, flounder, and reds hanging from our handle bars. Old guys would stop, and asked where we'd caught them. We'd always tell them off Folse Street.
In the 80's, the Lake started being dredged for shells used in construction, and it quickly turned to choc milk. The eel grass died, and the fish left.
After I got older, I read where a moratorium had been placed on dredging the Lake. The environmentalist were very happy, and they said that in about a hundred years, the trout would return.
Pretty sure Dudley caught his 10+ pounder that made the top ten in La about two years later lol.
Good times, boys, riding your bike to fish Lake P.
Good times, I tell you.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 3:30 pm to TigerTreyjpg
To add some other spots:
Rigolets bridge on Hwy 90
Chef Pass bridge on Hwy 90
It has been over 10 years since I have even been over in this area however you used to be able to park and walk out to fish in this area. From what I remember you could park near Fort Pike and walk out. If you can find a place to access the Rigolets/Chef the bank fishing is not bad. Use live mullet/cocahoes/shrimp/crab or dead shrimp. Trout are hit and miss from shore (more miss than hit) but you always have a shot at a nice red or big drum especially if you have some cracked crabs.
Hwy 11 'Southshore'
You can exit on Frontage Rd and fish the lake here or you can head down Frontage to the bridge over Irish Bayou Lagoon. If you like to wade fish you can walk the shoreline near Hwy 11 for a good ways here. Otherwise your best bet is to sit on the cement piles and fish under Hwy 11. Great place to wade for specks/reds with a top dog or popping cork when the temp is right.
Hwy 11 Irish Bayou bridges - there are two bridges in Irish Bayou. Decent chance for specks at the bridge closer to the levee. Current runs fairly hard under the bridge when the tide is flowing. This time of year you can also catch blue cats here.
You can also fish near Hwy 11 / I10 on the Slidell side at the ends of either Lakeview Dr (Rat Nest Rd) or Harbor Dr. The Harbor Dr Seawall can hold specks at certain times of the year, and I have caught specks fishing near the bar 'The Dock' during the cooler months. Best fishing to me is actually between the bar and boat launch in the canal.
Rigolets bridge on Hwy 90
Chef Pass bridge on Hwy 90
It has been over 10 years since I have even been over in this area however you used to be able to park and walk out to fish in this area. From what I remember you could park near Fort Pike and walk out. If you can find a place to access the Rigolets/Chef the bank fishing is not bad. Use live mullet/cocahoes/shrimp/crab or dead shrimp. Trout are hit and miss from shore (more miss than hit) but you always have a shot at a nice red or big drum especially if you have some cracked crabs.
Hwy 11 'Southshore'
You can exit on Frontage Rd and fish the lake here or you can head down Frontage to the bridge over Irish Bayou Lagoon. If you like to wade fish you can walk the shoreline near Hwy 11 for a good ways here. Otherwise your best bet is to sit on the cement piles and fish under Hwy 11. Great place to wade for specks/reds with a top dog or popping cork when the temp is right.
Hwy 11 Irish Bayou bridges - there are two bridges in Irish Bayou. Decent chance for specks at the bridge closer to the levee. Current runs fairly hard under the bridge when the tide is flowing. This time of year you can also catch blue cats here.
You can also fish near Hwy 11 / I10 on the Slidell side at the ends of either Lakeview Dr (Rat Nest Rd) or Harbor Dr. The Harbor Dr Seawall can hold specks at certain times of the year, and I have caught specks fishing near the bar 'The Dock' during the cooler months. Best fishing to me is actually between the bar and boat launch in the canal.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 4:21 pm to TigerTreyjpg
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Good times, boys, riding your bike to fish Lake P.
I did this so much as a kid.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 4:26 pm to TigerTreyjpg
Awesome story. 
My dad grew up on fourth st in marrero. He talks of when his step father. He owned Bordelon lumber at the base of the Huey P. He would drop my dad off on the banks near bayou segnette. At that spot (whatever got cleared from the boat) he would fill a big bait bin with huge sac a lait, bream, and green trouts with a cane pole. Must have been awesome to be a kid back then
My dad grew up on fourth st in marrero. He talks of when his step father. He owned Bordelon lumber at the base of the Huey P. He would drop my dad off on the banks near bayou segnette. At that spot (whatever got cleared from the boat) he would fill a big bait bin with huge sac a lait, bream, and green trouts with a cane pole. Must have been awesome to be a kid back then
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