Any of you fish on Blind river - what's the fishing like there?

Fished there a little bit a few years ago. Tough for bass. Few regulars catch some fish there but you won't load the boat. We mainly caught panfish when we caught anything.

"Blind river"
Probably don't have to worry if your hook is too shiny.

Podnah of mine weighed in 14lbs there Saturday.

I've seen the signs that say Blind River, driving through in my truck a few times. Is it a real river or just a big long slough?

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Wonder why it doesn't produce bass

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Don't know. Buddy of mine lived off New River for a while and we would fish it running from his house. We never figured it out for bass other than catching a few small ones every now and then. Could just be I'm a bad fisherman...

Did ya'll try the bayous and sloughs feeding into it?

Yes, but we never ventured south of I-10 Always fished the northern portion.

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Any of you fish on Blind river - what's the fishing like there?
I think the biggest challenge with Blind river is it needs some flow. Most of it is stagnant water

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this... water quality, DO and PH issues

The swamp in that area has struggled due to water stagnation ever since the levees were put up on MS river. Northwest of the lake is still occasionally refreshed by Amite river. but blind river basically drains everything north of the MS river to French settlement between Prairieville and Garyville. But flow is all based on the rain that falls exactly in that area. Whereas most others like Amite pull flow from much further away as well, like areas of MS. Used to be the MS river refreshed the swamp in that area on the yearly. Not that I'm complaining - I enjoy the levee protection just as much as the next guy. But it's a good lesson in unintended consequences.

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A plan is in the works to create a diversion into the maurepas swamp, which would be a drastic improvement.

But who knows how long it will take for that to happen.