Hey! I live in this area and have started to go to Caddo lake myself. Thank you so much for the tips. Even if you aren't comfortable there because it's not a place you've been- this analysis is great.
Enjoyed watching this. My family had a lakehouse on Caddo when I was growing up. It was on the North Texas shore at Ames Spring Basin. For the fishing, Caddo Lake State Park and Carter and Clinton Lakes and most of the shallow lakes off of the bayous in those western Texas areas would have been fantastic up until the late 1960's. Since the building of Lake O The Pines in 1959 upstream on The Big Cypress River, Caddo no longer gets flushed out with periodic high and swift water. The areas around Caddo Lake State park and Carter and Clinton Lakes (lakes inside Caddo near Caddo Lake State Park) suffer from algae forming on the bottom of the lake. When you put your outboard in reverse you can see the algae getting kicked up. As a result, large areas are no longer suitable for spawning and don't contain many fish. We found the most success in the Texas parts of the main lake around Little Green Brake, Big Green Brake, and just east of there around Jap Island and Tar Island. Also, where the river enters Caddo near Shady Glade is good. These areas all have good bottoms. Yo-Yo's are illegal now but were legal up until the late 1980's. My dad loved to run them, he would put out 100 in one night and we would take them up next morning. We would cover huge areas of Caddo like this and I learned from Yo Yo ing where the fish generally could be found and areas where they were sparse. Sadly, though beautiful, because of the algae, there isn't alot of great fishing around Caddo Lake State Park. Whenever we yo-yoed those areas, we caught mainly bullheads if we caught anything at all. The best fishing in the lake is usually in the scatterred trees between Whatley Island and Little Green Brake. Caddo has so many trees and such a smooth shallow bottom, often it is just tiny differences in the lake bottom, a hump perhaps, that will get fish to hold to it, especially on the Louisiana Big Lake side where the trees are fewer. Like I said earlier, some of the most beautiful areas may have awful algae bottoms. Concentrating on areas that have firm bottoms free of slimy algae is often the first step in finding the fish. I named some of the better areas that have those characteristics.
If you do ever get to go to Caddo be sure to get a boat lane map, and stick to it the best you can. For years people would drive rebar into the lake bed to mark shallow obstructions in the water. There is a good chance of hitting your lower unit on something while your there. Right around the state line area somewhere there are several old oilwell platforms in the main lake.
I went to Caddo this morning and thought about our email conversation about your lake breakdown. If you’ve never been, I love to show you around sometime. I might make a better tour guide than a fishing guide but I could probably get us on a few. Great channel, thanks for all the information.
Some of those channels you see on goodie earth could be channels people take for mud boats. So gotta be careful on that as well. If you ever go there you will see what I’m talking about. I have a mud boat and go out there every summer ! It’s an awesome place and a lot of history there
Break down cypress lake Benton Louisiana, you can get good Google earth pics when they pulled it. I fish caddo a lot we caught 18 other day on jigs 6 foot cypress trees. Spawn is here ;)
Cypress and Black have good crappie fishing spots. I suck at bass fishing so idk about those, but me and a couple other guys pulled like 10 1+ pound crappie out of Black last weekend, plus a bunch of smaller ones.
@@SimplisticFishing well come on I can show you around some . This lake is a natural lake not like a man made reservoir , and because of this you have to change your mind set when fishing it . Fish don’t relate to points and rocks here there will only be a few that do intersections of canals and boat rows into the river system or lake areas and various ponds around the lake can be hot spots to fish because of the sand bars that are formed by boat traffic summer and fall - early winter . This lake has bald cypress that are ancient some over 400 yrs. There is a ton of docks in various places around the lake . During the Spawn the back waters are the place to be . This is where the game changes. Focus on the base of the trees in 2-3’ of water sometimes even less . The bass for the most part don’t really make beds because of the silty mud and sand . They use the base of the trees and cypress knees for their eggs to adhere to and laydowns also . Most people say around here on Caddo if you aren’t shallow enough to stur the mud during the spawn , then you aren’t fishing .
@@HookSetterOutdoors Thank for the information Jon. I have heard from several people this is one of the most beautiful lakes in TX. I'll hit you up if I ever get a chance to go.
@@HookSetterOutdoors hey John I’ll be going in the March with like 10 friends, we do a kayaking fishing trip each year to a new lake! We also have a 3 day tournament, was wondering if I could get your insta or be able to private message you lol and get some help on the best place to go in March and on a kayak! I have a motor on my kayak and it’s a peddle drive, so I can get around most lakes easier then just a paddle kayak! Would love some advice to be able to beat my buddies in our tournament and win this years YakBros 😂🎉😅 thank you for any advice! Will be going around March 25
I grew up on Caddo, there are VERY FEW lakes like it. It is prehistoric in look and feel… very beautiful and DANGEROUS !!! If you decide to go there, it’s best to have a good gps, but not necessary. You need to absolutely get a lake map and stick to it completely. Like I said, it is a dangerous lake if you just take off and go wherever blindly. It is very easy to get LOST or STRANDED in all of the backwaters.
Hey! I live in this area and have started to go to Caddo lake myself. Thank you so much for the tips. Even if you aren't comfortable there because it's not a place you've been- this analysis is great.
Enjoyed watching this. My family had a lakehouse on Caddo when I was growing up. It was on the North Texas shore at Ames Spring Basin. For the fishing, Caddo Lake State Park and Carter and Clinton Lakes and most of the shallow lakes off of the bayous in those western Texas areas would have been fantastic up until the late 1960's. Since the building of Lake O The Pines in 1959 upstream on The Big Cypress River, Caddo no longer gets flushed out with periodic high and swift water. The areas around Caddo Lake State park and Carter and Clinton Lakes (lakes inside Caddo near Caddo Lake State Park) suffer from algae forming on the bottom of the lake. When you put your outboard in reverse you can see the algae getting kicked up. As a result, large areas are no longer suitable for spawning and don't contain many fish.
We found the most success in the Texas parts of the main lake around Little Green Brake, Big Green Brake, and just east of there around Jap Island and Tar Island. Also, where the river enters Caddo near Shady Glade is good. These areas all have good bottoms. Yo-Yo's are illegal now but were legal up until the late 1980's. My dad loved to run them, he would put out 100 in one night and we would take them up next morning. We would cover huge areas of Caddo like this and I learned from Yo Yo ing where the fish generally could be found and areas where they were sparse. Sadly, though beautiful, because of the algae, there isn't alot of great fishing around Caddo Lake State Park. Whenever we yo-yoed those areas, we caught mainly bullheads if we caught anything at all. The best fishing in the lake is usually in the scatterred trees between Whatley Island and Little Green Brake.
Caddo has so many trees and such a smooth shallow bottom, often it is just tiny differences in the lake bottom, a hump perhaps, that will get fish to hold to it, especially on the Louisiana Big Lake side where the trees are fewer. Like I said earlier, some of the most beautiful areas may have awful algae bottoms. Concentrating on areas that have firm bottoms free of slimy algae is often the first step in finding the fish. I named some of the better areas that have those characteristics.
Thank you so much for the info!!
If you do ever get to go to Caddo be sure to get a boat lane map, and stick to it the best you can. For years people would drive rebar into the lake bed to mark shallow obstructions in the water. There is a good chance of hitting your lower unit on something while your there. Right around the state line area somewhere there are several old oilwell platforms in the main lake.
Thanks for the heads up!
I went to Caddo this morning and thought about our email conversation about your lake breakdown. If you’ve never been, I love to show you around sometime. I might make a better tour guide than a fishing guide but I could probably get us on a few. Great channel, thanks for all the information.
Sounds great! Will do.
At that bridge you started looking at is a good crappie fishing.
Some of those channels you see on goodie earth could be channels people take for mud boats. So gotta be careful on that as well. If you ever go there you will see what I’m talking about. I have a mud boat and go out there every summer ! It’s an awesome place and a lot of history there
Great Job👍🏾
Thank you!
Break down cypress lake Benton Louisiana, you can get good Google earth pics when they pulled it. I fish caddo a lot we caught 18 other day on jigs 6 foot cypress trees. Spawn is here ;)
That’s awesome!!!
Cypress and Black have good crappie fishing spots. I suck at bass fishing so idk about those, but me and a couple other guys pulled like 10 1+ pound crappie out of Black last weekend, plus a bunch of smaller ones.
Great video.
Thanks!
Thanks man I got a highschool fishing tournament soon
What school you fishing for
Good luck! Sorry this one isn't as good as the others. This was one of the toughest lakes I have had so far. Looks super cool to fish though.
Yes you totally missed it there is tons of cover on Caddo. Most is on the Texas side .
That lake was the toughest one yet!! I made the files free because of it. Would love to go fish it though!
@@SimplisticFishing well come on I can show you around some . This lake is a natural lake not like a man made reservoir , and because of this you have to change your mind set when fishing it . Fish don’t relate to points and rocks here there will only be a few that do intersections of canals and boat rows into the river system or lake areas and various ponds around the lake can be hot spots to fish because of the sand bars that are formed by boat traffic summer and fall - early winter . This lake has bald cypress that are ancient some over 400 yrs. There is a ton of docks in various places around the lake . During the Spawn the back waters are the place to be . This is where the game changes. Focus on the base of the trees in 2-3’ of water sometimes even less . The bass for the most part don’t really make beds because of the silty mud and sand . They use the base of the trees and cypress knees for their eggs to adhere to and laydowns also . Most people say around here on Caddo if you aren’t shallow enough to stur the mud during the spawn , then you aren’t fishing .
@@HookSetterOutdoors Thank for the information Jon. I have heard from several people this is one of the most beautiful lakes in TX. I'll hit you up if I ever get a chance to go.
@@SimplisticFishing yes its absolutely beautiful 👍
@@HookSetterOutdoors hey John I’ll be going in the March with like 10 friends, we do a kayaking fishing trip each year to a new lake! We also have a 3 day tournament, was wondering if I could get your insta or be able to private message you lol and get some help on the best place to go in March and on a kayak! I have a motor on my kayak and it’s a peddle drive, so I can get around most lakes easier then just a paddle kayak! Would love some advice to be able to beat my buddies in our tournament and win this years YakBros 😂🎉😅 thank you for any advice! Will be going around March 25
I grew up on Caddo, there are VERY FEW lakes like it. It is prehistoric in look and feel… very beautiful and DANGEROUS !!! If you decide to go there, it’s best to have a good gps, but not necessary. You need to absolutely get a lake map and stick to it completely. Like I said, it is a dangerous lake if you just take off and go wherever blindly. It is very easy to get LOST or STRANDED in all of the backwaters.
Yellow lines are channels
Thanks man!!
Texas only non man-made lake i
I think I am going to have to agree! :)