catfish around lafayette?

[bull1134]

Anyone know any good catfish holes around the lafayette area? Might go one night if this weather ever stops.

[Armand16]

Catfish haven

[T and F fishing]

If your looking for a night trip try the charenton canal with some live bream .....don't fish with anything less than 20 lb line and a good drag. Have some nice ones

[Electro]

Where is the charenton canal located?

[cajun]

In Charenton.:*****:

[T-Bone]

The Charenton canal starts underneath the "Baldwin Bridge". This is the bridge on Hwy 182 between Baldwin and Franklin. The canal runs underneath the Hwy 90 overpass out to the Jaws which leads out to West Cote Blanche Bay.

[Dink]

Find a sandbar in the atchafalaya river. You'll catch all you can handle. I usually put in at krotz springs and head south 2 miles

[cajun]

T-Bone is partly correct. The Charenton canal starts at the SE end of lake Fausse Point, flows SE along the levee to the Charenton canal control structure, then turns South, meets up with the old bayou Teche, flows SE, then leaves the bayou Teche, flows S under the Balwin bridge and empties into West Cote Blanche Bay. The canal and control structure were built after the flood of 1927 because the natural drainage of the lake Fausse Point area was cut off by the Atchafalaya Basin levee system. Although I find catfishing good all along the canal, I think the area around the control structure is best. Fish on both sides, in the basin and on the south side. I've seen catfish in excess of 30 pounds caught there. Flatheads (Opelousas) cats are delicious in a Court Bouillon.

[wtretrievers]

Delcambre canal bout half a mile south on west bank there some drain pipe that drain from a seafood processor. Seen plenty caught right there.

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by wtretrievers

Delcambre canal bout half a mile south on west bank there some drain pipe that drain from a seafood processor. Seen plenty caught right there.

Make sure you get there early or the old men will take the good spots. Night fishing would be good right there....might have to give that a shot myself.

[T and F fishing]

To fish those seafood processing drain pipes better go during shrimp season when they are actually processing if not it gets to run around and fish in the canals around the area normally produce some nice cats

[bull1134]

thanks everyone, any boat launches for the charenton canal, or delcambre canal?

[Montauk17]

Look up delcambre,la on google maps.....the launch is just south of bayou carlin fisheries.