Lily Lagoon Fishing Guide, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana

• Overview

  Lily Lagoon is a Saint Tammany Parish water, Louisiana side. The sea is 0.9 miles distant. At 2 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. On size it sits at the modest end of our Saint Tammany Parish list. Pearlington lies 4.1 miles from the water. Eden Isle follows at 10 miles, then Slidell at 11 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Lily Lagoon

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Time trips to the tide table rather than the clock here. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public wildlife records from this area list blue catfish, flathead grey mullet and channel catfish. Reported species tell you what lives around here, nothing more. Lily Lagoon fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 82°F and January about 51°F. Summer is the season to work around, not winter. March through May is the strongest run, with autumn a second stretch. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. That shapes the year on Lily Lagoon.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Joes Lagoon, 0.2 miles out. For Lily Lagoon, the notice at the access point is the final word.