Any one in the Baton Rouge area?

[Lambo6]

I'm orginally from the Eastern shore of Maryland but , I have recently moved to Baton Rouge for college, It was tough leaving all my fishing holes at home and boat access. But , Im excited im sure this area has a lot of promising fishing spots.

I'm living with a family in a golf course community with quite a few ponds, I havent got to all of them yet and some are blocked off by houses. But the two I have spent a little bit of time fishing were a little hard to figure out but once i did i started catching some small bass here and there but I'm not sure theres a whole lot of big fish in there.

Just feeling kinda lost in new territory wondering if anyone from the area knew any decent spots , I can throw my line, As i said no boat access but i dont mind driving or walking a little to get there , Thanks in Advance!

[Catt]

I don't remember which one but one of the campus lakes that can be seen from I10 held the state record.  

[Sam]

You can fish the lakes on campus by LAkeshore Drive and the sorority ouses.

There is a big pond by the Cow Palace, too.

I am sure you will meet some great people in Baton Rouge and at LSU who go fishing.

Try saltwater fishing, too.  Redfish fishing is spectacular.

Now fall in love with LSU and Louisiana and look at the beautiful flowers in February!!!  ;D   ;D   ;D

[atx_newbie]

Now fall in love with LSU and Louisiana and look at the beautiful flowers in February!!! ;D ;D ;D

Ok, I agree with falling in love with LSU and Louisiana, but what flowers?  Granted, I'm from north LA, which is a completely different place, but we didn't have much in the way of flowers.  Except for the magnolia trees, those are great.  But we never had any others.

As for the fishing, it's too bad you didn't post about six months ago.  My sister lived in BR, and her boyfriend was an avid fisherman in the area.  But they just moved to Houston.  I can still ask him if he knows of anywhere though.

[T-Bone]

University lake held the state record 10-15 years ago and the fishing there is pretty good.  There is a conservation site that is few miles north of Baton Rouge, there are a couple nice ponds and the last time I went out there I caught a couple 3 lbs. bass, the only draw back is all the vegetation which can get annoying.

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T-Bone

[Sam]

Flowers bloom in Louisiana in February while they bloom in Maryland in May so the Louisiana weather is better suited for fishing all year.

Now, fishing on the LSU campus.

Campus Lake is off South Stadium Drive across from the Cow Palace, aka Livestock Exhibit Building.

College Lake is across the street from Campus Lake, to your southeast, off West Lakeshore Drive.

University Lake is the big lake along Lakeshore Drive across the street frm both Campus and College lakes.

City Park Lake is off Dalrymple, too, so check it out.

Campus Lake is easy to fish.  Just walk around the bank.

Crest Lake is off Dalrymple Drive, across from University Lake, but I have never fished it.

College Lake has some places to fish from the shore.

University Lake is the challenge. There is a lot of vegetation along the shoreline so you will have to look for openings to fish the Lakeshore Drive side. And the private houses will block your efforts on the other shore.

I have never fished City Park Lake.

You can walk to these five lakes from anywhere on campus.

Walk over the the Alumni Association Building, 3838 Lakeshore Drive, and then look for the TKE House and three other frat houses together on the lake side of the road.  Start there as there are some openings to the pads and grass along the shoreline behind these four frat houses to fish University Lake.

Use topwater frogs on braid or something to punch through the pads and grass. Otherwise, look for openings and throw your plastics and other baits. Then decide to go either towards Crest Lake or back towards campus and Campus and College Lakes.

I never fished the Mississippi River area adjacent to the campus but you may want to recon that area which is past the baseball field and vet school on Skip Bertman Drive.

But with the five lakes on or adjacent to the campus you should keep yourself busy until you meet some other fishermen and go out with them.

There are a number of apartment complexes and subdivisions off Nicholson Drive so get a map of Baton Rouge and look for the blue ponds, etc.  Rand McNally has a great Baton Rouge street guide and I know the bookstore carries it.  Or used to carry it.

There is a lake off Laurel Lakes Avenue but you need a car to get there.

There is a lake in the College Town area but I have never visited it.  It is off Aberdeen Avenue behind Robert E. Lee High School, known as Lee High.

Be sure to get a resident Louisiana fishing license although I have never been bothered and I don't have one.

I fish these places when I go to Alumni Association or Undergraduate Recruiting meetings and I use a two piece ultra light rod and light reel which makes catching anything a lot of fun.

With that said......are you ready for some football?  

Geaux Tigers,

Sam

P.S. Secret way to check out of the bookstore on football Saturdays is to go to the register upstairs. Keep this a secret as this register is always open without a long line.

[Lambo6]

Wow thanks for all the great responses , havnt got a chance to fish much due to the storm coming and all that. Keeping my fingers crossed that it wont be too bad.

I did meet one guy from the new orleans area that offered to take me out there and catch some redfish , from what ive heard that is a great sport fish as well.

So far im loving it the weather is great a little hot but itll be awesome in november im sure,

A few great things ive already realized about Baton Rouge is football game was awesome ! And there are so many fishing shows on the local cable networks which we dont have in maryland and Bass Pro and Cabelas are both within a ten to 15 mile drive so thats always a plus!

[saint romain]

Yeah, I was pretty excited when they decided to build both of them (Cabelas and Bass Pro) , and I live a good 25 minutes away; its always worth the drive though.