New Orleans City Park Tournaments
Host dates, first-place weights and launches on New Orleans City Park.
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For New Orleans City Park the schedule is assembled from host announcements only, each linked.
The New Orleans City Park rules of play, as printed: heaviest bass and other categories; one-day rodeo.
Host pages linked in each row; retrieved October 2026.
New Orleans City Park on the Bayou State event list
So far New Orleans City Park shows 2 scheduled events, 0 of them coming up, beside 1 published result. LDWF and New Orleans City Park Conservancy and New Orleans City Park / LDWF put events on New Orleans City Park. Organizer pages place the start at New Orleans.
New Orleans City Park winners as the hosts printed them
| Date | Event | Winner | Winning weight | One-day five-bass (lb) | Big fish | Parish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | 77th Annual Big Bass Fishing Rodeo and Fishtival (2026), Bass Category – Adult (adult) | Mike Laviolette | Joe Courcelle Award | Orleans Parish |
Every winner links to the page that posted it.
Past Louisiana dates on New Orleans City Park
| Date | Event | Organizer | Takeoff | Parish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | 77th Annual Big Bass Fishing Rodeo and Fishtival (2026) | LDWF and New Orleans City Park Conservancy | New Orleans | Orleans Parish |
| 2025-03-29 | 76th Annual Big Bass Rodeo Fishing Tournament (2025) | New Orleans City Park / LDWF | New Orleans | Orleans Parish |
Reading New Orleans City Park from season to season
In the LDWF layer New Orleans City Park covers about 114 acres, in Orleans Parish. LDWF lists an average depth of 3 ft. LDWF names largemouth bass, bluegill for this water.
LDWF has placed 9 freshwater artificial reefs here, among them Marconi Fishing Pier, Children's Museum Lagoon 1 and Children's Museum Lagoon 2. LDWF Inland Fisheries office: District 8; 61384 Fish Hatchery Rd, Lacombe, LA 70445; 985-882-5228. Louisiana anglers 18 and older carry a Basic Fishing License: $17 a year for residents and $68 for nonresidents.
LDWF Inland Waterbodies with Management Plans, boat launch inventory and freshwater reef layers, USGS; retrieved October 28, 2026.
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| Species | Daily limit and size | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Black bass (largemouth and spotted) | 10 daily | Open year-round |
| Striped or hybrid striped bass (or any combination thereof) | 5 daily; no more than two over 30" total length | Open year-round |
| White bass | 50 daily | Open year-round |
| Yellow bass | 50 daily | Open year-round |
| Sunfish (bream) | No daily limit | Open year-round |
| Crappie (black and white) | 50 daily; 100 fish possession limit | Open year-round |
| Bowfin (choupique) | No daily limit; 16" MLL | Open year-round |
| Buffalo fish (or their hybrids) | 25 daily; 16" MLL | Open year-round |
| Catfish (blue, channel and flathead) | 100 daily in the aggregate. An angler may possess up to 25 undersized catfish of the three species combined.; Blue Catfish: 12" MLL; Channel Catfish: 11" MLL; Flathead Catfish: 14" MLL | Open year-round |
| Freshwater drum (gaspergou) | 25 daily; 12" MLL | Open year-round |
| Paddlefish | 2 daily (fish cannot be retained alive & cannot be harvested by snagging methods); 30" max lower jaw fork length | Open year-round |
| Shad | 50 pounds daily | Open year-round |
| Sturgeon | No legal harvest or possession | Closed (no legal harvest or possession) |
| Other freshwater fish (all species of bream and garfish) | No daily limit | Open year-round |
| Crawfish | 150 pounds daily | Open year-round |
| Rainbow trout (Get Out & Fish! community ponds) | five fish per person (daily limit) | Stocked mid-January to early February, pending a decrease in water temperatures |
Limits and seasons as printed in the 2026 Louisiana Recreational Fishing Regulations (LDWF pamphlet, updated September 21, 2026), page 19 (pamphlet PDF); confirmed on the LDWF freshwater finfish page October 28, 2026.
New Orleans City Park on a tournament morning
Launches serving New Orleans City Park
- West End Launch on Lake Pontchartrain1-lane concrete ramp, public, Metairie
- Bonnabel Boat Launch on Lake Pontchartrain2-lane concrete ramp, public, Metairie
- Seabrook Launch & Pier on Lake Pontchartrain3-lane concrete ramp, public, Arabi
- Bayou Segnette State Park8-lane concrete ramp, public, Westwego
- Williams Boulevard Boat Ramp on Lake Pontchartrain4-lane concrete ramp, public, Kenner
- Bayou Bienvenue Marina on Chef Menteur Pass2-lane concrete ramp, public, Chalmette
- Gulf Outlet Marina on Chef Menteur Pass2-lane concrete ramp, public, Chalmette
- Eddie Pinto's Marina on Chef Menteur Pass2-lane concrete ramp, public, Chalmette
Series that stop at New Orleans City Park
New Orleans City Park launch parishes
- Orleans Parish
New Orleans City Park tournament-day gear
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Where Louisiana trails go when not on New Orleans City Park
- Atchafalaya Basin5 events
- Barataria Bay54 events
- Caddo Lake1 event
- Caney Creek Reservoir5 events
- Cross Lake1 event
- D'Arbonne Lake5 events
- False River2 events
- Grand Bayou Reservoir2 events
- Henderson Lake1 event
- Indian Creek Reservoir1 event
- Lake Bruin1 event
- Lake Claiborne2 events
- Lake Concordia1 event
- Lake Des Allemands5 events
- Lake Verret, Grassy Lake and Lake Palourde5 events
- Mississippi River Delta2 events
- Toledo Bend Reservoir26 events
Fish to recognise before a trip to New Orleans City Park
Photo: United States Fish and Wildlife Services, Public domain
Photo: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain
Photo: (c) Quinn, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Photo: USFWS Mountain Prairie, Public domain
Water near the New Orleans City Park weigh-ins, in photos
Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 2.0
Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 2.0
Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 2.0
New Orleans City Park contests, the common Louisiana questions
How busy is New Orleans City Park on the Louisiana circuit?
2 on host pages, 0 still to fish, with 1 published result.
Which date heads the New Orleans City Park calendar?
No host page read has posted a future date here.
What do New Orleans City Park champions usually weigh in?
Results on this water use other scoring, so the five-bass average leaves it out.
Who holds New Orleans City Park tournaments?
LDWF and New Orleans City Park Conservancy and New Orleans City Park / LDWF.
Which public landing handles New Orleans City Park weigh-ins in Louisiana?
Starting points named by the hosts: New Orleans.
How heavy was the latest winning New Orleans City Park sack?
Mike Laviolette took 77th Annual Big Bass Fishing Rodeo and Fishtival (2026), Bass Category – Adult (adult) (2026-03-28) with the top score.
Does a New Orleans City Park tournament need a fishing license?
Louisiana anglers 18 and older carry a Basic Fishing License: $17 a year for residents and $68 for nonresidents.
Where do Louisiana teams register for New Orleans City Park?
Registration runs through each Louisiana host; click the event title in its row to reach it.
May a parish club list a New Orleans City Park date on this page?
The Add a tournament button on this page accepts trail, club and rodeo events.
Learn New Orleans City Park before takeoff
Every LDWF launch here is on the water page.
Know a tournament that is not listed?
Send it here with a link to the organizer’s event page or schedule. Weekly and monthly ones only need to go in once. If that page shows the name and the date (or the day of the week), it goes on this page right away. If not, we check it by hand within a week.
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