Fishing in the New Orleans City Park is allowed for the public with a freshwater fishing license from the State of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. It is located at 1 Palm Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124. The fishes that are found in the 11-mile lagoons in the City Park are bass, catfish and perch. Read More..

The registration for the City Park's Big Bass Fishing Rodeo takes place in the month of March every year. The registration is usually 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at the Casino Building at Parkview Cafe. The fishing begins at exactly 6:00 a.m. and the weigh-in takes place at 11:00 a.m. The entry fish is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 12 years old and under. The entry fee includes a raffle ticket for fishing tackle prizes. Read More..

Lafitte Louisiana is a sportman's paradise where you can fish out Speckled Trout and Redfish surrounded by a beautiful scenery and abundant wildlife which thrive in the Louisiana marsh. Lafitte is located just a few minutes from downtown New Orleans, on the banks of Bayou Barataria. When you travel along Louisiana Highway 45 and follow the Bayou, you will see the banks of Lafitte Skiffs, or shallow draft shrimp boats ideal for shrimping the marsh. Read More..

Another fishing place in Southern Louisiana is Papa Joe's where you can fish for Redfish, Speckled Trout and Bass. Papa Joe, with more than 30 years of hunting and fishing experience in waters of South New Orleans, is an excellent guide to assist you in the fishing trip. The usual trips are one or two day charter trips with a maximum of 50 people. Read More..

Leeville or Grand Isle is by far the top bank fishing spot in New Orleans, Louisiana. You can drive down in Highway 1 in lower Jefferson Parish and pass the Leeville Bridge. When you see flooded marsh off to the right, just go straight the highway and it will go parallel towards Grand Isle. Most fishermen say that it provides perfect catches 12 months of the year for Speckled Trout, White Trout, Redfish, Sheepshead, Drum, Channel Mullet and Flounder. Live Bait is available and works best but the market shrimp is usually used as an alternative. Read More..

The Steamboat Natchez Riverboat Cruise offers a trip across the mighty Mississippi River. You can choose from the two kinds of cruises: Dinner Jazz Cruise and Harbor Cruise. The Dinner Jazz Cruise is a 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. cruise on the Steamboat Natchez. Read More..

The Cajun Encounters offers more quiet and up-close tours on smaller boats that can accommodate at least 24 passengers around the back bayous for a real Cajun experience in New Orleans. It basically offers swamp tours, city tours and plantation tours all over New Orleans. Read More..

The Honey Island Swamp is the least-altered river swamps in the country. The tour to the Honey Island Swamp is a narrated nature tour into the 250 square mile swamp. It is a home for alligators, bald eagles, black bears, birds, nutria, owls, snakes, turtles, and wild boars. Read More..

Jean Lafitte Swamp and Airboat Tours offers a swamp boat tour into the heart of Southern New Orleans on a pontoon, a kind of boat Cajun-style. You will be able to view the moss-draped cypress trees, plant life, and various creatures that live there. The whole tour is narrated packed with legends and lore of Louisiana's untamed wildlife. Read More..

Jean Lafitte Swamp and Airboat Tours also offers a two-hour thrilling cruise around the swamps and bayous of New Orleans on a Chevy 454 airboat. The airboat includes a captain that tells more about the Cajun way of life. During the ride, you can also see lots of creatures such as alligators, snakes, and other native creatures. Read More..