Fly fishing in Louisiana.
Live flows, rules, access maps and nearby guides.
- 20waters
- 3with a live gauge
- 21designated
Photo credit
Caddo Lake on the Texas-Louisiana line. Photo: Maciej Kraus, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
20 fly-fishing waters in Louisiana have a page here, 2 with a live USGS flow gauge and 20 with an official agency designation (such as Agency-named bass water or Agency-named saltwater fishing water).
More about Louisiana
13 fly-fishing guides and 4 fly shops in Louisiana are listed, unclaimed unless marked. Destination hub: Hopedale & the St. Bernard marshes.
21 watersMost fished first
- Sabine LakeSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Sabine RiverFreestone river · Agency-named bass water · live flow
- Chef Menteur PassSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Lake MaurepasSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Lake PontchartrainSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Lake St CatherineSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Pass ManchacSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · live flow
- Raccoon IslandSurf and shore · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- RigoletsSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Unknown PassSaltwater flats · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Whiskey IslandSurf and shore · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Wine IslandSurf and shore · Agency-named saltwater fishing water · tides
- Caddo LakeLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- False RiverLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- John K Kelly-Grand Bayou ReservoirLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Lake PalourdeLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Lake VerretLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Larto LakeLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Saline LakeLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Shad LakeLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water
- Toledo Bend ReservoirLake or reservoir · Agency-named bass water · lake level
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About the Louisiana list
About this
20 Louisiana rivers, creeks, lakes and flats with a page: each with its official agency designations and their source, live USGS flow where a gauge exists, the state’s regulations and access map, and the guides and shops nearby. Waters that cross into Louisiana from a neighbouring state are included.
A Louisiana water is here because the state agency lists it under an official designation, because guides and shops in our directories name it on their own websites, or because a live USGS gauge sits on a river a guide names. Species appear only where an agency page states them. “Most fished first” ranks by designations and by how many guide and shop websites name the water.