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Anacoco Lake
A Vernon Parish reservoir near Anacoco with bass, crappie, bream and catfish plus multiple public launch and recreation options.
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Bayou Rapides
A wooded freshwater bayou running through the Alexandria area of Rapides Parish, offering a close-to-town Central Louisiana waterway with current, bends and natural cover.
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Black Lake (Campti)
A scenic cypress-studded lake near Campti in Natchitoches and Red River parishes, well known for largemouth bass and crappie fishing and connected to the…
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Bussey Brake Reservoir
A 2,200-acre LDWF-managed reservoir near Bastrop in Morehouse Parish that has quickly become one of Louisiana's best-known trophy largemouth bass and crappie fisheries.
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Caddo Lake
A distinctive cypress-filled lake on the Louisiana-Texas border with excellent opportunities for largemouth bass, crappie, catfish, white and yellow bass, chain pickerel and sunfish.
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Catahoula Lake
A vast, seasonally flooded Central Louisiana basin northeast of Alexandria, known for changing water levels, backwater fishing, abundant wildlife and connections to Little River…
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Cross Lake
A popular Shreveport reservoir and city water-supply lake offering convenient fishing for largemouth bass, crappie, catfish, sunfish and other sportfish.
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Cypress Black Bayou Reservoir
A popular Bossier Parish reservoir near Benton with bass, crappie, catfish and bream fishing, three Cypress Lake public launch options, fishing piers and a…
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Flat River
A natural Bossier Parish waterway flowing south through the Red River lowlands toward Loggy Bayou, offering a quieter, less-developed North Louisiana fishing experience.
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Kisatchie Bayou
A scenic Kisatchie National Forest bayou with rocky shoals, wooded banks and a wild Central Louisiana paddling-and-fishing setting.
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Lake Buhlow
A convenient Pineville fishing lake with public boat access, fishable shoreline and an actively enhanced largemouth bass fishery.
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Larto Lake
A classic east-central Louisiana backwater fishery in the Saline-Larto Complex, especially popular for crappie, largemouth bass and fishing around bayous, cypress cover and artificial…
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Little River
A scenic Central Louisiana river and oxbow fishery near Pollock and Georgetown, with cypress-tupelo sloughs, a public concrete boat ramp and primitive camping on…
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Saline Lake (Saline-Larto Complex)
A cypress-filled natural backwater lake near Deville within the Saline-Larto Complex, known especially for crappie, largemouth bass, bream and catfish.
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Saline-Larto Complex
A sprawling east-central Louisiana backwater fishery linking Larto Lake, Saline Lake, Shad Lake and a maze of bayous, known especially for crappie, bass, catfish…
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Shad Lake
A shallow, vegetation-rich backwater lake within the Saline-Larto Complex, offering classic central Louisiana fishing for crappie, largemouth bass, bream and catfish.
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Spring Bayou
A cypress-lined Red River backwater fishery near Marksville with largemouth bass, panfish and catfish, three concrete boat ramps, camping and a fishing pier at…
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Upper Calcasieu River
The inland freshwater reach of the Calcasieu River in western Central Louisiana, offering wooded river fishing, paddling and current-oriented habitat.
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Valentine Lake
A small, wooded Kisatchie National Forest fishing lake in Rapides Parish with fishing piers, quiet-water paddling, camping and trail access.
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Vernon Lake
A 4,000-plus-acre Vernon Parish reservoir known for trophy-class largemouth bass, crappie, sunfish, catfish and multiple public launches.
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