Bank Fishing

Ride to the bank of the river anywheres heck it borders B.R. fish catfish put a pretty big weight a couple feet from ya hook put almost anything on the hook for bait cast out a few feet with the ole zebco and let it sink then reel in till the line is tight and wait it wont take long. You can make it fun. bring a picnic build a lil drift wood fire and roast weenies, etc. If you are interested say so lots of baws here will be glad to fill this with information some of it useful

There are no good fishing spots within an hour of baton rouge for bank or boat fisherman unless you want to do a river float trip.

What Captain Ray said. I fish the Mississippi River around the N.O. area and as far down as Lower St. Bernard Parish. Lately I've found that earthworms work best for bait.

I've also take out fresh shrimp market bait, blood baits like beef melt, beef liver, chicken gizzards and hearts and have hardly gotten a bite on any of it, but the worms work the best.

The main problem with the river now is you need to know where the rip-rap is so you don't lose a lot of tackle on snags. Rip-rap is what we call the large chunks of broken up cement that the Corp has used for erosion control and in some spots it is near the bottom of the levee and others, it can be 100's of feet out from the bottom of the levee. With the river as high as it's been, that stuff can't be seen.