Tidal water has no streamflow gauge. Tide predictions, water level and water temperature from the nearest NOAA stations are in the readings below.
Lake Pontchartrain is a saltwater flats in Louisiana, listed as Agency-named saltwater fishing water by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (2026 Louisiana Recreational Fishing Regulations, official eRegulations edition).
6 guides and 1 shop nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Hopedale & the St. Bernard marshes.
Lake Pontchartrain is a saltwater flats in Louisiana. Our destination hub Hopedale & the St. Bernard marshes is 38 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters.
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
No agency access map yet; see Regulations.
Shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Lake Pontchartrain: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Lake Pontchartrain, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Lake Pontchartrain in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Chef Menteur PassSabine Lake at Pleasure Island, Port Arthur, Texas. Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Chef Menteur Pass.
Louisiana · about 23 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Lake St CatherineGalveston Bay from Skyline Drive near the Texas City Dike, Texas. Photo: Jeremy Mosley, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake St Catherine.
Louisiana · about 24 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Unknown PassSouthern Corpus Christi Bay as Tropical Storm Beta neared the Texas coast. Photo: Supportstorm, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Unknown Pass.
Louisiana · about 27 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not RigoletsThe May River looking east from the Calhoun Street dock, Bluffton, South Carolina. Photo: Townofbluffton, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Rigolets.
Louisiana · about 30 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Pass ManchacThe Ashley River at sunset from Brittlebank Park, Charleston, South Carolina. Photo: Ianmccor, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pass Manchac.
Louisiana · about 18 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Lake MaurepasFly fishing on a flat in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Maurepas.
Louisiana · about 23 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under saltwater.
On the Saltwater areas named in the Louisiana Saltwater Line Definition (saltwater lakes and passes) list (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (2026 Louisiana Recreational Fishing Regulations, official eRegulations edition), read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
New Orleans, LA · 16 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons
Nearby
Saint Bernard, LA · 33 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons
Nearby
St Bernard, LA · 35 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons
Nearby
What 6 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 6 nearby guide websites
Hopedale is a small fishing community at the end of the road in eastern St. Bernard Parish, in the marshes east of New Orleans; Lake Borgne lies to the north, and beyond it the Rigolets and Chef Menteur Pass join Lake Pontchartrain to Lake Borgne.
Destination hub · 38 mi away in a straight line
A saltwater flats fly-fishing checklist: a 9 ft 8 weight rod, sealed-drag reel, tropical line, fluorocarbon leaders and shrimp/crab flies, plus sun protection and flats booties, with estimated prices and where to buy.
9′ rod, 8 weight, sealed-drag reel, tropical floating line · Bonefish, redfish, permit and other flats species
Open the checklistSight casting, the strip set and sun on the water.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on saltwater flats
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Lake Pontchartrain.
No stories from here yet.
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown; tides from NOAA CO-OPS. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Lake Pontchartrain” (lake) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Tide predictions predictions for NOAA station New Canal USCG station, Lake Pontchartrain (8761927), 10.9 miles from this water in a straight line. Times are local time at the station; heights in feet above mean lower low water.
Thu, Nov 5
Fri, Nov 6
Sat, Nov 7
Predictions are astronomical tide tables; wind and pressure move real water levels. Station predictions page
Observed Nov 5, 5:48 PM CST at New Canal Station (10.9 mi)
Checked Nov 5, 5:59 PM CST; observations refresh at most every 15 minutes and predictions daily. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Chef Menteur PassSabine Lake at Pleasure Island, Port Arthur, Texas. Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Chef Menteur Pass.
Louisiana · about 23 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Lake St CatherineGalveston Bay from Skyline Drive near the Texas City Dike, Texas. Photo: Jeremy Mosley, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake St Catherine.
Louisiana · about 24 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Unknown PassSouthern Corpus Christi Bay as Tropical Storm Beta neared the Texas coast. Photo: Supportstorm, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Unknown Pass.
Louisiana · about 27 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not RigoletsThe May River looking east from the Calhoun Street dock, Bluffton, South Carolina. Photo: Townofbluffton, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Rigolets.
Louisiana · about 30 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Pass ManchacThe Ashley River at sunset from Brittlebank Park, Charleston, South Carolina. Photo: Ianmccor, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pass Manchac.
Louisiana · about 18 mi
Agency-named saltwater fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Lake MaurepasFly fishing on a flat in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Maurepas.
Louisiana · about 23 mi
