Lejeune Pond in Union Parish: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Union Parish, Lejeune Pond is a Louisiana water. It lies 125 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 7 acres — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Union Parish list. Claiborne is the closest town at 7.8 miles. After that come West Monroe at 9.7 miles and Brownsville at 11 miles. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Lejeune Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Open occurrence data for the surrounding area lists creole darter, slough darter and cypress darter. Presence in the area does not guarantee a fish on the day. Fish Lejeune Pond to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 82°F on average, January about 44°F. Heat sets the pattern from late spring onward. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. The season on Lejeune Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. If the gate is shut, Eagle Lake at 4.2 miles is the nearest alternative. Where Lejeune Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.