Launching from Bayou Black you going to get some tired arms paddling you have to run a good ways to fish that area. If you want to bang the the banks there are plenty of places to fish off the side the road. Just remeber, when you're in a boat you want to bang the banks, but people on the bank try to cast in the middle of the canal
. Pull your bait along the bank and keep moving unless your fishing catfish but it seems like you already know how to catch them. Good Luck and welcome to the area.