Caddo Lake water level today 167.2 ft, falling

Questions people ask about Caddo Lake

Answered from the same readings as the rest of this page. Where we have no basis for an answer, there is no entry — spot-by-spot local knowledge is not something we can claim for Caddo Lake.

Is it worth fishing Caddo Lake today?

6 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 4:02 AM–6:02 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.

What time should you fish Caddo Lake?

Today's major windows run 4:02 AM–6:02 AM and 4:33 PM–6:33 PM, with minor windows at 12:06 PM–1:06 PM and 10:04 PM–11:04 PM. Sunrise is 7:31 AM and sunset 6:26 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.

What is the water temperature at Caddo Lake?

No gauge on Caddo Lake measures it, so this is an estimate: roughly 66.9°F, worked out from the 7-day mean of air temperature at NOAA weather station KDTN (Shreveport, Shreveport Downtown Airport). Checked against the lakes that do have a thermometer, that method lands within about 4.5°F of the real reading and was off by 8.3°F at worst. Treat it as a ballpark, not a measurement — and note the bite index above ignores it entirely, because an error that size would move the verdict as often as it would fix it.

What is the water level at Caddo Lake right now?

167.2 ft above NGVD-29, read at 9:00 AM from the Caddo Lake gauge run by the USACE. Over 24 hours it is down 0.01 ft.

Are water levels rising or falling at Caddo Lake?

Falling. The lake is down 0.01 ft in 24 hours and down 0.11 ft over the week. Over the last 8 days it has held between 167.18 and 167.32 ft. Every figure here is a difference between two gauge readings, not a forecast — what the level does next depends on rain and on what the dam releases.

Can you eat the fish you catch in Caddo Lake?

That is a health question and it belongs with the state, not with us. LA publishes fish consumption advisories through its health or environmental agency, and those are the ones that count. We give no eating advice.

Do you need a licence to fish Caddo Lake?

Yes. A Louisiana fishing license covers this water, required from age 18. LDWF sets the rules and is the one that counts.

What a Louisiana license costs, and who is exempt

What size fish can you keep in Louisiana?

It depends on the species, and several have slot limits rather than a simple minimum. Open to harvest today: spotted seatrout (speckled trout), red drum (redfish), black drum, cobia (ling, lemonfish). Seasons here change mid-year by agency order, so the status is re-checked every morning.

Spotted seatrout (speckled trout) limits · Red drum (redfish) limits · Black drum limits · Cobia (ling, lemonfish) limits · Check a length against the rules