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New Orleans bass fishing
Posted on 11/8/18 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 11/8/18 at 8:23 pm
Hey guys, I just moved to NOLA and i'm living in the CBD. I've got a rod with me and was looking to do some easy bass fishing between work shifts and after classes.
Any advice on places to hit up? I've heard City Park and Bayou St John. Any particular places within the park or bayou that are accessible and you've had luck with? Or any other spots around the city worth checking out?
Any advice on places to hit up? I've heard City Park and Bayou St John. Any particular places within the park or bayou that are accessible and you've had luck with? Or any other spots around the city worth checking out?
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Posted on 11/9/18 at 2:49 am to BraveUlysses
Been a while since I've fished City Park, but when I did, I found fish under many of the bridges that cross the water. I'd toss a plastic worm under the bridges as far as I could and just slowly retrieve it with some popping action to make it come up and then dive.
But, like I said, it's been a while, so no telling how the trend is now. I do know for the annual City Park Bass Fishing Rodeo they do turn in some nice fish every year.
But, like I said, it's been a while, so no telling how the trend is now. I do know for the annual City Park Bass Fishing Rodeo they do turn in some nice fish every year.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 4:08 am to gumbo2176
First off, there are no such thing as a bass in New Orleans. They are called Green Trout. 
Old school here.
Yes, City Park is loaded with bass. Check the regulations to fish there. Bayou St John too!
Old school here.
Yes, City Park is loaded with bass. Check the regulations to fish there. Bayou St John too!
Posted on 11/9/18 at 7:34 am to fishfighter
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Green Trout.
yup
Posted on 11/9/18 at 7:41 am to BraveUlysses
This bridge in City Park.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 9:46 am to theOG
Please bring your concealed carry weapon with you while fishing in city park.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 10:01 am to mikeytig
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Please bring your concealed carry weapon with you while fishing in city park.
Have you ever been to City Park?
NOLA is full of horrible areas where you'd be right to feel unsafe, but City Park during fishing hours isn't one of them.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 10:13 am to fishfighter
quote:
First off, there are no such thing as a bass in New Orleans. They are called Green Trout.
So true. I checked out a few videos on u-tube last night about fishing City Park and one young man caught a bass 9.31 lbs. on an official scale. He returned it to the lagoon.
He was also talking about cichlids that have really taken to the lagoons. They also talked about the abundance of perch in them too.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 10:28 am to gumbo2176
Yeah, it is really entertaining fishing the park. Very kid friendly too, my almost 5 year old son loves it. It's really gotten him into fishing.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 10:36 am to theOG
Saw a guy heading into the park this morning with a fly rod as I was driving past on City Park Ave.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 10:56 am to theOG
I was surprised at how accessible it is. Easy to walk around most spots. Depending on time of year may be tough to find open bank without weeds. Have never felt unsafe.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 11:09 am to TheDrunkenTigah
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I was surprised at how accessible it is.
A friend of mine, now deceased, use to fish the lagoons of City Park at least 2-3 times a week. He was mostly a catch and release guy, but he would take one or two home from time to time for dinner.
The guy was a diabetic and lost a leg up to the knee because of an infection that just wouldn't go away. That didn't stop him from going out to the park to wet a line, though not as often as he once did. He had no issues getting to his fishing holes.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 11:20 am to BraveUlysses
Look up M. Hood Fishing on YouTube. He does a lot of fishing in that area, mostly a whatever bites kind of guy but occasionally targets Bass.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 11:28 am to CHEDBALLZ
As a very young kid, I grew up there and learn to fish there. We had family get together's every weekend. 
That was back in the 1960's.
That was back in the 1960's. Posted on 11/9/18 at 11:35 am to TheDrunkenTigah
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Depending on time of year may be tough to find open bank without weeds.
I've caught a lot of fish off of the bridge I posted earlier in this thread. Went there specifically b/c I couldn't find a spot without a lot of weeds.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 11:45 am to fishfighter
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That was back in the 1960's.
My fishing was mostly in Audubon Park back then. My dad died when I was just 8 years old and we'd spend a good bit of the summer months at my aunt's house on Magazine St. near Napoleon Ave.
I'd catch a bus to the park and fish those lagoons catching mostly perch. My aunt was nice enough to cook whatever I brought back to the house.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 1:37 pm to gumbo2176
quote:70s and early 80s hammered bass and sac au lait in audubon park
That was back in the 1960's.
My fishing was mostly in Audubon Park back then. My dad died when I was just 8 years old and we'd spend a good bit of the summer months at my aunt's house on Magazine St. near Napoleon Ave.
I'd catch a bus to the park and fish those lagoons catching mostly perch. My aunt was nice enough to cook whatever I brought back to the house.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 1:57 pm to choupiquesushi
City Park lagoons, Pontchartrain Park lagoons, Lake Bullard, Bayou Savage (technically New Orleans), Highway 11 between Irish Bayou and Chef Menteur Highway.
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