re: Anyone here ever fish Tchefuncte River in Covington?

I have a few theories but they’re just that. It was much better prior to Katrina. We used to catch a lot of bass on the river.

I think that the amount of lay downs and cover that developed in the river post-Katrina gave the fish a much more dispersed habitat. I also think the river has been really overfished since Katrina as the population on the northshore has grown significantly. The river sees a ton of boat traffic for its size. It used to be the case that the boat traffic stayed closer to Madisonville, but it’s grown a lot up near three rivers. I’ve had some good days out there, but never anything great and I’ve never caught any big bass. Biggest I’ve ever caught in the river was probably 3.5lbs. I do decently well with the sacalait but again I only really fish them during the spawn, which has just started I think.

Best advice I can give you is to try to get off of the main river into the smaller rivers, neighborhood canals, or areas that are close to being oxbows, but like I said, I’m not a super successful Tchefuncte angler.

I’ve done better on the Bogue Chitto, Pearl, and Tickfaw. I don’t fish any of those rivers often anymore just they’re further away and I’m not huge on freshwater fishing like I used to be. 4th street launch is 6 minutes from my house. Anything further, I’d just as soon go to the marsh or fish the pond in my back yard .