Use to fish ruddock when I went to Slow Learners University.
Yeah, put my quarter in the bubble gum machine and got my degree went on to Texas A&M not much better.
Ruddock usually good in the spring and I had some good sucess there.
When Amite/Tickfaw would flood they would have a mud/mirky/clear water line at mouth of ruddock and Maurepas. That was bass on. You have rocks by bridge, stumps, and canal flowing into Maurpas and you could see the baitfish hanging on that line.
I have also used the kelly plow jocket worms back there done well. Miss the guy at WestMarine who knew his stuff he left. He brought in the kelly plow jocket worms.
It is a tidal place and I have done well at times and others I couldn't give away a lure to the bass.
Years ago it was known to fish off the side of road after good rain with broken back rebel when water flowed out the culverts on old Hwy 55 and people would catch ice chest full of 4lb bass. That was in early 1990's.
One morning in a canal off Ruddock I still remember to this day a beautiful cool morning in March. Nice light coat of fog on the water. Saw huge owl on a branch above the runout where bass was popping. 1st cast bam nice 2lb bass, 2nd cast bam nice bass similar size, and third cast a that owl came after me and tore up my left arm trying to get to that lunker lure. My friend said I was screaming like a pig in heat and he was laughing his butt off.
It is funny now, but then it wasn't.