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Anacoco Lake fishing water
Central Louisiana • Lake • Vernon Parish

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 fishing water
Central Louisiana • Bayou • Rapides Parish

Bayou Rapides

A wooded freshwater bayou running through the Alexandria area of Rapides Parish, offering a close-to-town Central Louisiana waterway with current,…

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Catahoula Lake fishing water
Central Louisiana • Fishing Area • Catahoula Parish

Catahoula Lake

A vast, seasonally flooded Central Louisiana basin northeast of Alexandria, known for changing water levels, backwater fishing, abundant wildlife and…

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Cocodrie Lake fishing water
Central Louisiana • Fishing Area • Evangeline Parish

Cocodrie Lake

A wooded Central Louisiana lake in the Black River–Cocodrie Lake Complex, known for largemouth bass, crappie, flooded timber and changing…

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Cotile Lake fishing water
Central Louisiana • Lake • Rapides Parish

Cotile Lake

A 1,775-acre Central Louisiana reservoir west-northwest of Alexandria with bass, crappie, sunfish, catfish, public boating access, camping and family recreation.

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Indian Creek Reservoir fishing water
Central Louisiana • Lake • Rapides Parish

Indian Creek Reservoir

A large Central Louisiana reservoir near Woodworth and Alexandria with bass, crappie, sunfish and catfish plus developed recreation in Alexander…

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Kincaid Lake fishing water
Central Louisiana • Lake • Rapides Parish

Kincaid Lake

A scenic 2,600-acre Kisatchie National Forest reservoir west of Alexandria with largemouth bass, black crappie, sunfish, catfish and extensive public…

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Kisatchie Bayou fishing water
Central Louisiana • Bayou • Natchitoches Parish

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 fishing water
Central Louisiana • Lake • Rapides Parish

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 fishing water
Central Louisiana • Lake • Catahoula Parish

Larto Lake

A classic east-central Louisiana backwater fishery in the Saline-Larto Complex, especially popular for crappie, largemouth bass and fishing around bayous,…

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Little River fishing water
Central Louisiana • Fishing Area • Grant Parish

Little River

A scenic Central Louisiana river and oxbow fishery near Pollock and Georgetown, with cypress-tupelo sloughs, a public concrete boat ramp…

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Red River fishing water
Central Louisiana • River • Avoyelles Parish

Red River

Louisiana's major Red River fishery stretches from Shreveport-Bossier through Central Louisiana toward the lower river, with five navigation pools, extensive…

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Saline Lake (Saline-Larto Complex) fishing water
Central Louisiana • Lake • LaSalle Parish

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 fishing water
Central Louisiana • Bayou • Avoyelles Parish

Saline-Larto Complex

A sprawling east-central Louisiana backwater fishery linking Larto Lake, Saline Lake, Shad Lake and a maze of bayous, known especially…

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Shad Lake fishing water
Central Louisiana • Lake • Avoyelles Parish

Shad Lake

A shallow, vegetation-rich backwater lake within the Saline-Larto Complex, offering classic central Louisiana fishing for crappie, largemouth bass, bream and…

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Spring Bayou fishing water
Central Louisiana • Bayou • Avoyelles Parish

Spring Bayou

A cypress-lined Red River backwater fishery near Marksville with largemouth bass, panfish and catfish, three concrete boat ramps, camping and…

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Upper Calcasieu River fishing water
Central Louisiana • Fishing Area • Vernon Parish

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 fishing water
Central Louisiana • Lake • Rapides Parish

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 fishing water
Central Louisiana • Lake • Vernon Parish

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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