Caddo Lake
Caddo Lake
I'll be heading to Caddo Lake tomorrow and will be camping out Friday and Saturday, either at a WMA site or an island. Haven't been to this lake yet, and I'm excited. I've heard it's pretty nice there.
If you see six yaks in a group holler at us.
Will post some pics next week.
If you see six yaks in a group holler at us.
Will post some pics next week.
- cudagreg
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have fun watch out for the gators
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I've been there a couple of times and have learned that if you see rebar sticking out of the water in the river channel it means a good area to fish. I loaded the yak with crappie at one of those areas a while back.
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Well, I learned something:paddling through salvinia sucks! Will post photos later.
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jpo_tx113 wrote:Well, I learned something:paddling through salvinia sucks! Will post photos later.
Did you check out any of the new paddle trails? Caddo lake is my childhood stomping grounds, looking forward to the pictures!
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I finally was able to get the pics off my camera. Here are a few:
Loaded up and ready to go!
The loading ramp next to our campsite on the WMA land:
The trail out to the bayou:
Loaded up and ready to go!
The loading ramp next to our campsite on the WMA land:
The trail out to the bayou:
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More of the trail:
Close-up of the salvinia:
Out on the bayou, with duck blind in foreground:
Close-up of the salvinia:
Out on the bayou, with duck blind in foreground:
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Me and my yak:
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I believe this was taken the morning of the second day. That's me in the foreground:
Out on the trail somewhere...
Out on the trail somewhere...
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Great Pics!!! Thanks
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catch anything?????????
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Had one, but lost it. Fish weren't biting too good, but any day out on the water is a good day, regardless.cudagreg wrote:catch anything?????????
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Great pictures! Looks like you camped at the Carter Lake ramp in the WMA. It is better to put your kayaks in on one of the ramps on Big Cypress Bayou. The plants haven't overtaken the main channel there and it is much easier paddling. I have not tried the new paddling trails yet, but am afraid they too will be covered.
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I was with the OP on this trip... The one new paddling trail that we wanted to do, Carter's Chute, was completely covered in salvinia from the parts that we saw so we avoided it. We did paddle out into Big Cypress Bayou and went down it for a ways. The ski-boat traffic was terrible though.pinestracker wrote:Great pictures! Looks like you camped at the Carter Lake ramp in the WMA. It is better to put your kayaks in on one of the ramps on Big Cypress Bayou. The plants haven't overtaken the main channel there and it is much easier paddling. I have not tried the new paddling trails yet, but am afraid they too will be covered.
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Thats was great thanks for sharing
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great pictures
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Wow! Looks beautiful. I'm gonna have to get out there one of these days.
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Awesome picture! Thanks for sharing!!!! Never been there but sure would like to go sometime in the future.