Top 10 Fishing Charters & Tours in Louisiana, United States

August 7, 2021 Enriqueta Cusson

Louisiana tourism is centered on New Orleans and the North Shore region in the southeastern corner of the state near the Florida border. West of New Orleans is the Great River Road, with the I-10 running to the Mississippi River port capital city of Baton Rogue. West of New Orleans along the Gulf of Mexico, the I-10 cuts through Lafayette and Lake Charles on its way past Abbeville to Texas. Central Louisiana is Lake Country, and home to cities like Alexandria and Natchitoches. In northern Louisiana, the I-20 runs west from Monroe to Bossier City, Shreveport, and East Texas. Unless Louisiana is very familiar and frequent territory, New Orleans will be the top choice for a Louisiana vacation. Though Mardi Gras, music, and the winning ways of the New Orleans Saints football team get the spotlight, there is much more to explore in New Orleans. Within New Orleans choose among Bourbon Street, Royal Street, the Upper and Lower French Quarters, the Warehouse and Central Business District, the Garden District and Uptown, and Mid-City. With street car lines linking the French Quarter to the Garden District, Convention Center, and everywhere else, it is easy for the whole family to get around. If long walks are your exercise, explore the scenic city on foot. An easy two-hour drive from New Orleans brings you to Baton Rogue, Natchitoches and Lake Country. Explore old Beauregard Town in downtown Baton Rogue, the historic homes of the Baton Rogue Garden District, and tour one or several working plantations. Walk the 33-block Historic Landmark District and tour the historic homes and churches of Natchitoches. Relive Spanish Empire history in Louisiana at Fort St. Jean Baptiste State Historic Site. Heading west from New Orleans is Cajun Country and Lafayette with its mix of French, French Canadian (Acadian), Spanish, and Caribbean cultures. Besides Cajun and Creole cookery, explore the Civil War heritage at the Lafayette Museum. Stop by Abbeville to view the courthouse designed by Hayes Town, St. Mary Magdalen Church, and have a seafood meal. With 75 annual festivals Lake Charles is Louisiana's Festival City, and home to the Creole Nature Trail Scenic Byway. Shreveport and Bossier City in northwest Louisiana are casino and entertainment centers. Shreveport is renowned for hosting the Louisiana State Fair in the fall. Plus floral centers, art galleries, and museums. Monroe in the northeast also has notable gardens.
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1. Jean Lafitte Fishing Charters

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Jean Lafitte Fishing Charters

New Orleans Fishing and Charter Guide Service specializing in redfish, speckled trout, and bass. Join Capt. E.J. Plaisance and his professional fishing guides on a fishing trip you won't forget. Located just 35 minutes from the New Orleans French Quarter in Lafitte, LA. While on your fishing trip, you will enjoy seeing alligators, bald eagles, blue and white herons, pelicans, ducks, nutria, and raccoons while having a great time catching your share of fish in our beautiful Louisiana marsh. Whether you are on vacation, in town for a convention, Sugar Bowl, Saints, Hornets, or Casinos, fishing New Orleans Style needs to be added to your agenda. Capt. E.J. has been fishing the bayous, marshes and swamps of Barataria for over 30 years. The Barataria Estuary begins roughly 20 miles south from the New Orleans French Quarter. Our guides are knowledgeable, friendly, USCG licensed, and trained in first aid. Our bay boats are in top condition and equipped with VHF radios and cellular phones, and navigational devices.

2. Bourgeois Fishing Charters

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Bourgeois Fishing Charters

Bourgeois Fishing Charters at the Cajun Vista Inn is only 25 minutes from downtown New Orleans and the French Quarter. Our Cajun Vista Inn and our remote Cajun Chalet bring a delve into the world of true “bayou” living. The Cajun Vista Inn is beautifully furnished with a Southern Louisiana Plantation Style that accommodates all corporate business as well as a family and friends. Most important, we have the absolute best escapes & adventures in New Orleans, LA. We offer the only game in town featuring our newest and most exhilarating fishing adventures at the Chandeleur Islands. Arrive on along the bayou of Lafitte, LA to take a Guided Trip to the fishing grounds of big specks and redfish of the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Most popular, we offer spin and fly-fishing in our professional Bay Boats that accommodate up to 4 guests per boat, guided by the best fishing Captains on the water.

3. Griffin Fishing Charters & Lodge

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Griffin Fishing Charters & Lodge

Griffin Fishing Charters & Lodge is proud to be the largest fishing outfitter located just 30 minutes south of New Orleans, Louisiana. We offer day-trips, all-inclusive packages, and specialize in large groups. Our guides are the best on the bayou! They are born and raised right here in Lafitte, and are ready to put you on the fish! We target Louisiana Redfish, but you can also catch speckled trout, black drum, sheepshead, catfish and more. Our newly renovated waterfront lodge sleeps up to 55 guests total in a private 1, 2, and 3 bedroom suites. Come down and enjoy some Cajun Hospitality with Griffin Fishing Charters & Lodge!

4. Calmwater Charters

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Calmwater Charters

Calmwater Charters offers 6 hour Inshore fishing charters trips using our 23' bay boat or native watercraft kayaks. We target speckled trout, redfish and flounder. We also do nature/birding/dolphin tours. The tours are two hours in duration and a favorite of families with kids visiting the island. We rent kayaks for $50 day, enabling access to lots of good fishing areas. Free fishing or paddling advice on the day of the rental is available to make your adventure a success. We depart each day from Bridge Side Marina in Grand Isle, Louisiana. Your Captain is experienced and knowledgeable with fifteen year guiding experience in the Barateria estuary. We can also help you coordinate multiple boat trips for parties of larger than four persons. We are fully insured and licensed. Prior reservations are recommended.

5. Salty Dog Charters

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Salty Dog Charters

Salty Dog is a fishing charter offering guided fishing trips within 30 miles of The New Orleans French Quarter. Harbored in Shell Beach, Louisiana, we are able to target tasty coastal fish in a variety of prime locations. We fish around oil rigs, islands, or the marshlands. Book one of our charters today, and we will guide you to some of the best coastal fishing in Louisiana!

6. Rojas Fishing Charters

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Rojas Fishing Charters

Rojas Charters offers the finest shallow water fishing in the country - just 35 minutes south of New Orleans. We catch redfish, speckled trout, flounder, black drum, sheepshead, and bass.

7. Wild Louisiana Tours

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Wild Louisiana Tours

Wild Louisiana Tours offers kayaking swamp tours outside of New Orleans, LA. Paddle through scenic cypress swamps on your kayak swamp tour and see all of the beautiful sites that make Louisiana famous. Come book your New Orleans kayak swamp tour today.

8. Fish Commander

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Fish Commander

We offer a variety of Offshore & Inshore Charter Fishing Trips in Grand isle, Venice, and Port Fourchon Louisiana. This area is known as the Tuna Fishing Capital of the world. There are many methods we use to fish such as trolling, using live bait, chumming, rig, wreck, and my favorite kite fishing. On an average offshore Fishing trip, you will be yellowfin tuna fishing, blackfin tuna fishing, wahoo fishing, red snapper fishing, mangrove snapper fishing, cobia fishing, marlin fishing, mahi mahi fishing, amberjack fishing, shark fishing and more, sometimes all in the same day. The inshore fishing in Grand Isle is incredible. It is no wonder Grand Isle is knows as Sportsman’s Paradise! Light tackle fishing in Port Fourchon and Grand Isle, Louisiana: Speckled Trout, Redfish, Drum, Sheepshead, Flounder and others. We fish the beaches, in the marsh, over wrecks, and rock piles. We work hard to make sure you have a r trip of a lifetime before, during and after your trip.

9. Big Dog Fishing Charters

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Big Dog Fishing Charters

Captain David Bourgeois and our team of saltwater fishing guides have a lifetime of experience with being raised on our beautiful Southeast Louisiana waterways. Our guides know the waterways of the Barataria Basin (surrounding Lafitte) and find the fish! We offer a full-service charter fishing business including 1 or multiple days of fishing, overnight accommodations, assistance with booking Transportation, Shipping Fish, etc. Call BIG DOG Charters today and book your trip. Our guides provide all of your equipment (rods and reels, tackle and bait) and the FUN! Customers love to fish with our BIG DOG Captains because we know how and where to fish! REDFISH * BLACK DRUM * SPECKLED TROUT * FLOUNDERS * MORE Located just a short drive from New Orleans, Big Dog Fishing Charters and our fishing guides will provide you with a day of fun in the sun and a catch you will be proud of!

10. South Louisiana Redfishing

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South Louisiana Redfishing

Charter fishing near Lafayette La. on Vermilion Bay's beautiful Marsh Island with Capt. Nash. Your South Louisiana fishing Guide for Light Tackle and Saltwater Fly fishing Charters for Redfish and Speckled Trout fishing near Lafayette Louisiana. Leaving from Cypremort Point on Vermilion Bay La. south of Lafayette is some of the best Red and Speck fishing spots in South Central Louisiana. Capt. Troy also guides fishing charters on Calcasieu Lake and offshore for Cobia Tripletail and Kingfish when tides and seasonal weather allows or Moon phases dictate better fishing conditions. Call us for more information and book your charter today!

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