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Caddo Lake

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Current Temperature:
86°

Est Water Temperature:
85° (What's This)

Barometric Pressure:
30.16 (High)

Wind Speed:
West at 05 Knots (6 MPH)

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Caddo Lake
Caddo Lake General Information
Welcome to FishingNotes.com Caddo Lake fishing report page. Here you will find all the information you need to make the best decisions for today's fishing. Current weather including air temperature, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction are continuously updated throughout the day. Vital fishing information for Caddo Lake, including mean water temperature and moon phase. Help in choosing what time to hit the water with daily sunrise and sunset times plus moon rise and moon set times. We would love to hear how your fishing trip went, feel free to share your days success on the community report page. Good luck and we hope you catch a full bag today!

Caddo Lake Dam was originally constructed as a feature of the Cypress Bayou and Waterway Navigation Project. The Cypress Bayou and Waterway Navigation Project runs between Jefferson, Texas and Shreveport, Louisiana. The current dam was constructed as a modification to provide for water supply and recreation. Caddo Lake Dam was completed in June 1971. The Caddo Lake dam is 1,225 feet long with a height of 40 feet at 176.0 mean sea level. There are five major features of this project: an earth fill dam, a concrete spillway, an earth fill dike, a concrete control structure, as well as an outlet channel. The Recreation opportunities for visitors at Caddo Lake are numerous thanks to the many privately owned recreational businesses such as restaurants, site seeing tours, and marinas. Additionally several Louisiana parishes operate parks on the lake as well as the State of Texas. The Corps of Engineers operates a day use recreation area located just below Caddo Lake Dam near the outlet channel. [Caddo Lake. www.nwk.usace.army.mil, 01/26/2008]
State:
Texas

County:
Harrison

Inpoundment Type:
Reservoir

Surface Area (acres):
26800

Lake Management:


Latitude:
0.00000000000000

Longitude:
0.00000000000000

Water Clarity:


Water Temp Factors:


Maximum Depth (ft):
20

Normal Elevation (ft):
168

Boat Access:


Boat Limits:


Caddo Lake Largemouth Bass Fishing
Caddo Lake Largemouth Bass Rating:
   4/5
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Caddo Lake Largemouth Bass Tips:
Largemouth Bass Tips for Current Conditions:
Largemouth bass fishing is going to be pretty slow at 85 degree water temperature. Bass will start moving much slower and feeding less aggressively until the water temperature starts to get back down to comfortable levels. When the water temperature is up this high, it's time to get out fishing early and late in the day when the sun is not on the water. When you can get out for the entire day, it's a great time to fish some deeper water. Many large bass are taken this time of year since bass fishermen typically gets out deeper and fish slower with larger baits. Like any other time of year, the slower you fish with bigger baits on the deep drops and river channels, the better chance you have at a lunker. This is a great time to catch a trophy. Good luck out there today!
Caddo Lake Smallmouth Bass Fishing
Caddo Lake Smallmouth Bass Rating:
   0/5
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Caddo Lake Smallmouth Bass Tips:
Smallmouth Bass Tips for Current Conditions:
Smallmouth bass fishing is going to be pretty slow at this water temperature. Bass will typically start moving much slower and feeding less aggressive until the water temperature starts to get back down to comfortable levels. When the water temperature is up this high, get out fishing early and late and cast in the shallows. When the sun is up it will be time to get out into deeper water, try fishing some drop offs and deep channel bends.
Caddo Lake Crappie Fishing
Caddo Lake Crappie Fishing Rating:
   2.4/5
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Caddo Lake Crappie Tips:
Crappie Tips for Current Conditions:
Your lake crappie will be much more lethargic in the water temperature. They will be in deeper and cooler water. Crappie will be feeding; however they will not be feeding aggressively unless the other fishing factors are at prime levels. Find some moving water that is clear and you should find some more aggressive fishing.
Caddo Lake Walleye Fishing
Caddo Lake Walleye Fishing Rating:
   0/5
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Caddo Lake Walleye Tips:
Walleye Tips for Current Conditions:
With the water temperatures up this high, the walleye will really be moving slow and feeding even slower. It will be extremely difficult to stay on fish and catch good numbers. There will be good days that you can find a good pattern and fill the live well up. The good days of walleye fishing will be fewer and farther between until the water temperature gets back down. Good luck.
Caddo Lake Catfish Fishing
Caddo Lake Catfish Fishing Rating:
   3/5
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Caddo Lake Catfish Tips:
Catfish Tips for Current Conditions:
Unlike most North American fish species, blue catfish, flathead and channel catfish are comfortable when the water temperature is this high. They will be feeding and moving in typical patterns. You will start having a little better luck if you can get to some moving water that is adding a little more oxygen for the baitfish and the catfish will be there also.
Caddo Lake Spotted Bass Fishing
Caddo Lake Spotted Bass Fishing Rating:
   5/5
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Caddo Lake Spotted Bass Tips:
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Caddo Lake White Bass Fishing
Caddo Lake White Bass Fishing Rating:
   2/5
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Caddo Lake White Bass Tips:
- fishing at the damn by the 12 mile bayou these can be found anytime of year almost. using a jig and weighted cork, spring is usually the best time to get them. when the damn is flooded they are in abundance. toss your line in to the breaks let it hang for a minute and dinner will come to you.
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Caddo Lake Striped Bass Fishing
Caddo Lake Striped Bass Fishing Rating:
   0/5
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Caddo Lake Striped Bass Tips:
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Caddo Lake Trout Fishing
Caddo Lake Trout Fishing Rating:
   0/5
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Caddo Lake Fishing Reports


No Reports are available for Caddo Lake at this time.


Caddo Lake Solar and Lunar Conditions
Current Lunar Fishing Tip:
The affects of the moon on freshwater fish and game are at a minimum right now. There will be a new moon coming up here in a few days. The fisherman should never use this as an excuse to not get on the water. The affects of the moon can only enhance the outcome of a day's fishing not decrease potential catch for today. On days without the new or full moon, all other factors including weather, barometric pressure, wind and cloud cover will make up today's equation for success.
Sunrise:
06:31 CST

Moon Rise:
21:16:00 CST

Moon Phase:
Waning Gibbous
91% Illuminated
26 Days to Full

Sunset:
20:13 CST

Moon Set:
08:54:00 CST

Peak Lunar Fishing Times:
01:53 - 03:53 CST
14:05 - 16:05 CST








Caddo Lake Links
State Department of Wildlife and Parks
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us  

State Fishing Records
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fis...  

State Fishing Licensee
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/business/lic...  

State Parks
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/  

Texas Bass Tackle
http://www.texasbasstackle.com  

BASSMaster Fishing Membership
http://espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/