12 public waters in the Florida Parishes region — 9 lakes/reservoirs and 3 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on a Louisiana licence.
See every public fishing venue in Louisiana on the map, with boat ramps, camping, parking and full rules for each one.
At nearly 408,000 acres, Lake Pontchartrain is Louisiana's largest estuary and a premier saltwater-transition fishery spanning six parishes. Red drum and spotted seatrout dominate the inshore flats and channels, with black drum, sheepshead, and southern flounder adding seasonal variety; freshwater largemouth bass and catfish thrive in the lake's interior and tributary systems.
St. Charles, Lafourche and Jefferson Counties, Louisiana — Lake Salvador is a 49,967-acre lake, managed by Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries: A south-Louisiana natural lake (Verret, Salvador, Des Allemands, Palourde, Fausse Pointe, Henderson, Boeuf) — cypress-rimmed, shallow, and tidally influenced. Largemouth Bass, sac-a-lait, Bluegill, chinquapin and Goggle-Eye in the fresh water, and Red Drum ('Redfish'), Speckled Trout and Sheepshead where it turns brackish toward the coast. Lac des Allemands calls itself the 'Sac-a-Lait Capital of the World'.
Lake Cataouatche (7,432 acres) sits in St. Charles and Jefferson Counties, Louisiana, managed by LDWF public boat launch. A small Louisiana state, parish or community lake — Largemouth Bass, sac-a-lait, Bluegill, chinquapin and Channel Catfish, usually with a boat launch and often electric-motor-only. Fished on the standard Louisiana licence.
The Bonnet Carré Spillway's old clay-extraction pits were deliberately filled and stocked with bluegill and largemouth bass for recreational fishing. When the spillway is opened to relieve Mississippi River flooding, it also connects to the river proper, temporarily bringing in catfish, gar and other river species alongside the resident stocked fishery.
In Lafourche and St. Charles Counties, Louisiana, Dufrene Ponds is a 1,516-acre lake, managed by LDWF public boat launch. A small Louisiana state, parish or community lake — Largemouth Bass, sac-a-lait, Bluegill, chinquapin and Channel Catfish, usually with a boat launch and often electric-motor-only. Fished on the standard Louisiana licence.
Simoneaux Ponds, a 1,103-acre lake in St. Charles County, Louisiana, managed by LDWF public boat launch: A small Louisiana state, parish or community lake — Largemouth Bass, sac-a-lait, Bluegill, chinquapin and Channel Catfish, usually with a boat launch and often electric-motor-only. Fished on the standard Louisiana licence.
Baie des Chactas Lake (571 acres) sits in St. Charles County, Louisiana, managed by State Fish and Wildlife. A small Louisiana state, parish or community lake — Largemouth Bass, sac-a-lait, Bluegill, chinquapin and Channel Catfish, usually with a boat launch and often electric-motor-only. Fished on the standard Louisiana licence.
Baie du Cabanage Lake (412 acres) sits in St. Charles County, Louisiana, managed by State Fish and Wildlife. A small Louisiana state, parish or community lake — Largemouth Bass, sac-a-lait, Bluegill, chinquapin and Channel Catfish, usually with a boat launch and often electric-motor-only. Fished on the standard Louisiana licence.
Bayou Couba (196 acres) sits in St. Charles County, Louisiana, managed by Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries. Public lakes across the Southeast typically hold largemouth and other black bass species, bream (bluegill and redear/shellcracker sunfish), black and white crappie, and blue, channel and flathead catfish -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
In Lafourche and St. Charles Counties, Louisiana, Bayou des Allemands is a 25 km river or creek. A Louisiana bayou or slow river (Teche, Lafourche, Macon, Boeuf, Tensas, D'Arbonne, Dorcheat, Tickfaw, Tangipahoa, Bartholomew) — largemouth and Spotted Bass, sac-a-lait, Bluegill, chinquapin and Goggle-Eye, channel and Flathead Catfish, choupique and Gar. Slow, tree-lined, tannin-stained water fished from the bank, a pirogue or a bass boat.
St. Charles County, Louisiana — Saint Charles Canal River is a 9 km stream: A Louisiana bayou or slow river (Teche, Lafourche, Macon, Boeuf, Tensas, D'Arbonne, Dorcheat, Tickfaw, Tangipahoa, Bartholomew) — largemouth and Spotted Bass, sac-a-lait, Bluegill, chinquapin and Goggle-Eye, channel and Flathead Catfish, choupique and Gar. Slow, tree-lined, tannin-stained water fished from the bank, a pirogue or a bass boat.
The lower Mississippi River in Louisiana is a major trophy blue catfish fishery, along with strong flathead and channel catfish populations, gar (including the primitive alligator gar), buffalo, and typical panfish/bass species in backwaters and oxbows. Species list reflects well-established general LDWF/regional knowledge rather than a single fresh citation this session (search budget exhausted).
Across its mapped waters, St. Charles Parish holds 22 species on PiscaMaps, including Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Bluegill, Black Crappie, Redear Sunfish, Blue Catfish, Bowfin and White Crappie.
Ramps, put-ins and species for every water — plus the carp layer no other US app has.
Open the Louisiana map Join PiscaMapsSince the 2022 licence overhaul, one Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries resident Fishing License (about $17) covers every public water in the state, fresh and salt. The non-resident annual is about $68, with short-term non-resident trips sold. Louisiana has no freshwater trout and no trout stamp. Louisiana residents 60 and older buy a reduced-price Senior licence, residents born before 1 June 1940 are exempt, and anglers under 18 fish free. Buy at wlf.louisiana.gov.