re: Fishing in and around Mandeville

Agree with MadtownTiger - I would hit up the end of Lake Rd. (434) you can either fish the marsh or lake.

I preferred Bayou Cane and did decent when I fished Reds/Specks in the area. My preferred method was to paddle out to the mouth then fish from the mouth out into the lake and the area around there. Personally I like to eat croaker so I would tip a gold spoon with shrimp and cast out, allow the spoon to hit the bottom and then reel it in. Using this technique I would normally pickup a random assortment of fish with a decent number of croakers mixed in. (specks, reds, croaker, flounder, small striped bass, channel cats, ground mullet, drum, etc...)

Never caught high numbers of specks or reds however I almost always came back with enough to feed the family. I liked to Bass fish from the launch to the mouth, then swap up techniques at the mouth of the lake. Then on the way home hit up any spots where you caught or missed a bass along with the spots that are too good to pass on. Makes for a nice trip.



I lived in Slidell/Irish Bayou so I am not sure how easy it would be but if you can find a launch near the Causeway I would imagine that would be the best place to go as long as the wind permitted. I used to fish the twin spans/hwy 11/train trestles from my pirogue and it worked great. You can go all the way up to the pilings then use either your hands, the wind or the current to keep you near them and then just use a 'drop shot' technique fishing straight down. It can be a lot of fun if there is no wind or a huge pain if the wind picks up on you.

Lake road is really beautiful. The marsh with the tree line to the east is awesome. I've been duck hunting out there this season and thought about what great red fishing must be in there. I usually head to Delacroix because I like to get away and I know it so well but this year I may have to try out the big branch marsh.

I banged a chick whose dad owned either green point or goose point, can't remember. I was telling him where we hunted over there, and he was like, "Uh...that's my property".

There the only ones allowed to run air-cooled, I know that.

But in more detail I just go west along the bank off of lake road to hunt so that's where I've have personally seen the thick patches of seagrass. But I'm sure if you go east they will be there as well.

I think next year I might start hunting east of lake road, never been to that side but my buddy picked up a 16' with a 40hp tiller so we might be scouting that side come August.

But OP, Big Branch is very kayak friendly for duck hunting as well so you might have something to do in the winter too.

Also on a side note during teal season I've seen some guys in kayaks tearing into some trout and reds along the grass.