Caddo Lake Tournaments
Hosts, Louisiana dates and winning weights on Caddo Lake.
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No state list of Caddo Lake events is published; the hosts' own pages, one link per row, are the record.
Printed Caddo Lake formats: four days, 50 pros.
Host pages linked in each row; retrieved October 2026.
Entry fees, scoring and host notes on Caddo Lake
MLF Bass Pro Tour Stage 2 Caddo Lake & Cross Lake (2027) (2027-02-25 to 2027-02-28): target: bass; format: four days, 50 pros; days 1-2 Caddo Lake, days 3-4 Cross Lake (knockout and championship rounds); also on Cross Lake; Location printed as Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana; hosted by the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission; launch ramps not printed. Parish from Shreveport in towns.json.
Details exactly as printed on each host page linked in the tables; retrieved October 2026.
Caddo Lake contests and winners in Louisiana
Tallied from organizer sites, Caddo Lake holds 1 scheduled event; 1 lie in the future, plus 0 published results. Boats on Caddo Lake come with Major League Fishing. Event mornings begin at Earl G. Williamson Park (Caddo Lake) and the American Legion Landing (Cross Lake), Shreveport.
Soonest Louisiana date here: MLF Bass Pro Tour Stage 2 Caddo Lake & Cross Lake (2027), 2027-02-25.
Caddo Lake dates ahead of us
| Date | Event | Organizer | Takeoff | Parish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027-02-25 | MLF Bass Pro Tour Stage 2 Caddo Lake & Cross Lake (2027) | Major League Fishing | Earl G. Williamson Park (Caddo Lake) and the American Legion Landing (Cross Lake), Shreveport | Caddo Parish |
As the hosts posted them, October 2026.
Fishing Caddo Lake when no field is out
About 26,800 acres of water make up Caddo Lake by LDWF's figure, in Caddo Parish. LDWF lists an average depth of 4.8 ft. LDWF lists excellent for largemouth bass and crappie; good for channel and blue catfish, white bass, redear; fair for bluegill on this water.
LDWF Inland Fisheries office: District 1; 9961 Hwy 80, Minden, LA 71055; 318-371-5216. Trailers can use 6 boat launchs from the LDWF inventory. USACE Vicksburg District gauge Caddo Lake printed 167.23 ft on 2026-10-28. Louisiana anglers 18 and older carry a Basic Fishing License: $17 a year for residents and $68 for nonresidents. On Caddo Lake, a Texas border water, the pamphlet adds: Louisiana and Texas residents who hold resident licenses from their resident state or who are exempted from holding resident licenses in their state may fish the border waters between Texas and Louisiana without additional licenses.
LDWF Inland Waterbodies with Management Plans, boat launch inventory and freshwater reef layers, USGS; retrieved October 28, 2026.
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| Species | Daily limit and size | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Black bass (largemouth and spotted) | 10 daily | Open year-round |
| Striped or hybrid striped bass (or any combination thereof) | 5 daily; no more than two over 30" total length | Open year-round |
| White bass | 50 daily | Open year-round |
| Yellow bass | 50 daily | Open year-round |
| Sunfish (bream) | No daily limit | Open year-round |
| Crappie (black and white) | 50 daily; 100 fish possession limit | Open year-round |
| Bowfin (choupique) | No daily limit; 16" MLL | Open year-round |
| Buffalo fish (or their hybrids) | 25 daily; 16" MLL | Open year-round |
| Catfish (blue, channel and flathead) | 100 daily in the aggregate. An angler may possess up to 25 undersized catfish of the three species combined.; Blue Catfish: 12" MLL; Channel Catfish: 11" MLL; Flathead Catfish: 14" MLL | Open year-round |
| Freshwater drum (gaspergou) | 25 daily; 12" MLL | Open year-round |
| Paddlefish | 2 daily (fish cannot be retained alive & cannot be harvested by snagging methods); 30" max lower jaw fork length | Open year-round |
| Shad | 50 pounds daily | Open year-round |
| Sturgeon | No legal harvest or possession | Closed (no legal harvest or possession) |
| Other freshwater fish (all species of bream and garfish) | No daily limit | Open year-round |
| Crawfish | 150 pounds daily | Open year-round |
| Rainbow trout (Get Out & Fish! community ponds) | five fish per person (daily limit) | Stocked mid-January to early February, pending a decrease in water temperatures |
Where Caddo Lake breaks from the statewide pamphlet
| Water | Where | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Caddo Lake | Black bass: Whole water | 14-18" protected SL for Largemouth Bass; no length restriction for Spotted Bass; 8 daily; no more than four Largemouth Bass over 18" total length |
| Caddo Lake, Poverty Point, and Sabine River | Crappie: Whole water | no size limit; 25 daily; 50 fish possession limit |
| Caddo Lake, Sabine River and Toledo Bend Reservoir | White bass: Whole water | no size limit; 25 daily |
| Caddo Lake, Sabine River and Toledo Bend Reservoir | Yellow bass: Whole water | no size limit; No limit |
| Caddo Lake, Sabine River and Toledo Bend Reservoir | Blue and channel catfish: Whole water | Blue & Channel Catfish: None; 50 daily in the aggregate; no more than five over 30" total length |
| Caddo Lake, Sabine River and Toledo Bend Reservoir | Flathead catfish: Whole water | Flathead Catfish: 18" MLL; 10 daily |
| Black Lake, Clear Lake and Prairie Lake (Natchitoches Parish), Caddo Lake (Caddo Parish), Chicot Lake (Evangel | Whole water | Trotlines and yo-yos: Except for an object used strictly in the construction of a pier, boathouse, seawall, or dock, no object which is driven into the lake bottom, a stump, tree, or the shoreline shall be used to anchor a yo-yo or trigger device. |
| Caddo Lake and Lake Claiborne | Whole water | No gill nets or trammel nets. |
Rules as printed in the 2026 Louisiana Recreational Fishing Regulations (LDWF pamphlet, updated September 21, 2026), pages 18 to 21 (pamphlet PDF); second read on the LDWF freshwater page October 28, 2026.
Limits and seasons as printed in the 2026 Louisiana Recreational Fishing Regulations (LDWF pamphlet, updated September 21, 2026), page 19 (pamphlet PDF); confirmed on the LDWF freshwater finfish page October 28, 2026.
Caddo Lake launches, hosts and parishes
Caddo Lake launches for an event morning
- Shady Acres launch on Caddo Lake1-lane concrete ramp, private, fee, Oil City
- Pelican Lodge launch on Caddo Lake1-lane concrete ramp, private, fee, Oil City
- Shady Rest launch on Caddo Lake1-lane concrete ramp, private, fee, Oil City
- Earl G. Williamson Park on Caddo Lake2-lane concrete ramp, public, Oil City
- Mooringsport Ramp on Caddo Lake2-lane concrete ramp, public, Mooringsport
- Drift-In Landing on Caddo Lake1-lane concrete ramp, private, fee, Mooringsport
Caddo Lake organizers by number of dates
Louisiana parishes behind Caddo Lake events
- Caddo Parish
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- Cross Lake1 event
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- False River2 events
- Grand Bayou Reservoir2 events
- Henderson Lake1 event
- Indian Creek Reservoir1 event
- Lake Bruin1 event
- Lake Claiborne2 events
- Lake Concordia1 event
- Lake Des Allemands5 events
- Lake Verret, Grassy Lake and Lake Palourde5 events
- Mississippi River Delta2 events
- New Orleans City Park3 events
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A picture guide to fish at Caddo Lake
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Photographs from around the Caddo Lake contests
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Caddo Lake tournament questions from Louisiana anglers
How crowded is the Caddo Lake schedule?
1 event counted, 1 not held yet, and 0 published results.
What should anglers mark next on Caddo Lake?
MLF Bass Pro Tour Stage 2 Caddo Lake & Cross Lake (2027) on 2027-02-25.
What does it take at the Caddo Lake scales?
This water has no dated one-day five-bass champion to average yet.
Which Louisiana circuits visit Caddo Lake?
Major League Fishing.
At which landing do Caddo Lake boats sign in at dawn?
Starting points named by the hosts: Earl G. Williamson Park (Caddo Lake) and the American Legion Landing (Cross Lake), Shreveport.
Which Caddo Lake result is the latest?
This water still waits for its first printed winner.
Which Louisiana license fits a Caddo Lake tournament?
Louisiana anglers 18 and older carry a Basic Fishing License: $17 a year for residents and $68 for nonresidents. On Caddo Lake, a Texas border water, the pamphlet adds: Louisiana and Texas residents who hold resident licenses from their resident state or who are exempted from holding resident licenses in their state may fish the border waters between Texas and Louisiana without additional licenses.
Where is the Caddo Lake entry money sent?
The organizer collects entries; open the event link in its row.
What gets a new Caddo Lake date onto this Louisiana page?
Louisiana hosts can use the Add a tournament form linked near the top.
Learn the bayous of Caddo Lake ahead of time
This water has its own Louisiana page with launches and creel limits.
Know a tournament that is not listed?
Send it here with a link to the organizer’s event page or schedule. Weekly and monthly ones only need to go in once. If that page shows the name and the date (or the day of the week), it goes on this page right away. If not, we check it by hand within a week.
We keep what you send so we can check the event. Your email is never published.