I made a trip yesterday morning to an area in the heart of New Orleans that is a land-locked bayou near the City Park.  The bayou used to be open up to Lake Pontchartrain but is closed off by some flood/water control structures.

It's fresh water and holds a fair amount of bass and other freshwater species.  A couple years ago, some redfish were stocked into the area for a local university study.  Several were implanted with radio tags.  Additionally, this area was flooded in Katrina and some wild reds may have made it in there with the flood waters.

I was fishing bass yesterday with a 4" Texas-rigged Power Worm and caught one small bass.  I then got a hit from a solid fish.  After being towed around for about 15 minutes, I managed to land a nice 34" red.  I was using a small spinning outfit with 10lb Berkley Nanofil line and it was quite a battle.  The fish did not have a tag. After a quick photo, the fish was released.