Lake Claiborne Tournaments
Event calendar and champions for Lake Claiborne, Louisiana.
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- 14.9 lbavg win/day
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Organizers post Lake Claiborne events on their own sites, and those pages are where these rows were read.
Contest formats on Lake Claiborne: two-angler team, five-bass limit.
Host pages linked in each row; retrieved October 2026.
Tournament weekends on Lake Claiborne in Louisiana
Louisiana hosts schedule 1 scheduled event on Lake Claiborne, 0 still to come, together with 1 published result. Hosts seen on Lake Claiborne: Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail. By the printed details, boats leave Kel’s Kove.
Taken over 1 one-day five-bass titles, the mean winning sack is 14.88 pounds and the biggest 14.88.
Who came out on top on Lake Claiborne
| Date | Event | Winner | Winning weight | One-day five-bass (lb) | Big fish | Parish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-14 | Fishers of Men Louisiana Central/North, Lake Claiborne (2025-06-14) | Thomas McMillan / Todd Wolff | 14.88 | 14.88 | Heaviest Big Fish on the results table: 6.14 (Thomas McMillan / Todd Wolff) |
Results as printed; open a row for the full standings.
Lake Claiborne one-day winning weights
Top Lake Claiborne sack in print: 14.88 pounds, Fishers of Men Louisiana Central/North, Lake Claiborne (2025-06-14) champions (2025).
Over 1 one-day wins the first-place sack ran 14.9 to 14.9 pounds.
Dated one-day five-bass winning sacks only, team or solo; rodeo, big-bass, crappie and multi-day totals are not averaged.
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| Date | Event | Organizer | Takeoff | Parish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-14 | Fishers of Men Louisiana Central/North, Lake Claiborne (2025-06-14) | Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail | Kel's Kove | Claiborne Parish |
What Lake Claiborne holds off the clock
LDWF puts Lake Claiborne near 6,400 acres, in Claiborne Parish. LDWF lists an average depth of 15.8 ft. The fish LDWF lists here: excellent for hybrid striped bass; good for black and white crappie; fair for largemouth bass, bream, catfish.
LDWF has placed 30 freshwater artificial reefs here, among them Lake Claiborne #1, Lake Claiborne #2 and Lake Claiborne #3. LDWF Inland Fisheries office: District 1; 9961 Hwy 80, Minden, LA 71055; 318-371-5216. Boat access mapped here: 7 boat launchs. USGS gauge Lake Claiborne near Aycock, LA printed 183.8 ft (NGVD29) on 2026-10-28. Louisiana anglers 18 and older carry a Basic Fishing License: $17 a year for residents and $68 for nonresidents.
LDWF Inland Waterbodies with Management Plans, boat launch inventory and freshwater reef layers, USGS; retrieved October 28, 2026.
Creel and size rules on Lake Claiborne under LDWF
| 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 |
Pamphlet exceptions for Lake Claiborne
| Water | Where | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Launches and hosts for Lake Claiborne fields
Lake Claiborne launches on the LDWF inventory
- Pleasure Point on Lake Claiborne1-lane concrete ramp, private, fee, Lisbon
- Arizona Landing on Lake Claiborne2-lane concrete ramp, public, Lisbon
- Port Au Prince launch on Lake Claiborne1-lane concrete ramp, private, fee, Athens
- Parden's Paradise launch on Lake Claiborne1-lane concrete ramp, private, fee, Athens
- Lisbon Landing on Lake Claiborne2-lane concrete ramp, public, Homer
- Lake Claiborne State Park Campground Ramp1-lane concrete ramp, public, Lisbon
- Lake Claiborne State Park1-lane concrete ramp, public, no fee, Lisbon
The Lake Claiborne host roster
Parish pages tied to Lake Claiborne fields
- Claiborne Parish
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Louisiana event waters apart from Lake Claiborne
- Atchafalaya Basin5 events
- Barataria Bay54 events
- Caddo Lake1 event
- Caney Creek Reservoir5 events
- Cross Lake1 event
- D'Arbonne Lake5 events
- False River2 events
- Grand Bayou Reservoir2 events
- Henderson Lake1 event
- Indian Creek Reservoir1 event
- Lake Bruin1 event
- Lake Concordia1 event
- Lake Des Allemands5 events
- Lake Verret, Grassy Lake and Lake Palourde5 events
- Mississippi River Delta2 events
- New Orleans City Park3 events
- Toledo Bend Reservoir26 events
Pictures of fishing water by Lake Claiborne
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Lakes and bayous by Lake Claiborne, pictured
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What Louisiana entrants ask about Lake Claiborne
How many contests does Lake Claiborne hold here?
1 printed to date, 0 in the future, and 1 published result.
Which printed date is next for Lake Claiborne?
The Louisiana schedules checked carry no upcoming date for this water.
How heavy has first place been on Lake Claiborne?
A one-day five-bass win on this water has averaged 14.88 pounds (1 event), and 14.88 is the best sack.
Which trails stop at Lake Claiborne?
Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail.
From which Louisiana landing do Lake Claiborne fields head out?
From Kel's Kove; each organizer names the ramp on its event page.
Which Louisiana team took the newest Lake Claiborne event?
Thomas McMillan / Todd Wolff took Fishers of Men Louisiana Central/North, Lake Claiborne (2025-06-14) (2025-06-14) with 14.88.
Which license covers fishing a Lake Claiborne event?
Louisiana anglers 18 and older carry a Basic Fishing License: $17 a year for residents and $68 for nonresidents.
What steps get a boat into a Louisiana Lake Claiborne event?
Each host takes its own entries; the event name in every row opens that page with fees and deadlines.
How do I send in a Lake Claiborne date?
Use Add a tournament at the top and include the host page so the date can be checked.
Prefish Lake Claiborne
The water page holds the launches, pamphlet limits and any special rules.
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.
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