Fishing at Lake Judge Perez, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

• Overview

  Lake Judge Perez is set in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It sits 6 miles in from the sea. Roughly 1,143 acres of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. There is roughly 32 miles of bank, and each arm behaves like its own water. It lies lower than most water we list in Louisiana. Some 12 miles away sits Port Sulphur, the nearest settlement. The big place round here is New Orleans, 29 miles distant. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lake Judge Perez

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish reported in the area, according to open records, include channel catfish, spotted gar and Alligator gar. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Lake Judge Perez a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 82°F and January near 54°F. The whole calendar is open, with dawn and dusk the productive hours in summer. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. On Lake Judge Perez the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the catfish, fish bottom baits into the deeper holes and let them sit. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Raquette Bay is 4.1 miles distant. Confirm before you fish Lake Judge Perez.