Caddo Lake

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Caddo Lake#1904791

By jpo_tx113 - Thu May 16, 2013 4:20 pm

- Thu May 16, 2013 4:20 pm #1904791

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.

Re: Caddo Lake#1904794

By cudagreg - Thu May 16, 2013 4:24 pm

- Thu May 16, 2013 4:24 pm #1904794

have fun watch out for the gators

Re: Caddo Lake#1905493

By uplandrun - Fri May 17, 2013 9:55 pm

- Fri May 17, 2013 9:55 pm #1905493

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.

Re: Caddo Lake#1906017

By jpo_tx113 - Sun May 19, 2013 3:02 pm

- Sun May 19, 2013 3:02 pm #1906017

Well, I learned something:paddling through salvinia sucks! Will post photos later.

Re: Caddo Lake#1906266

By BlackRifle - Mon May 20, 2013 2:34 am

- Mon May 20, 2013 2:34 am #1906266

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!

Re: Caddo Lake#1907490

By jpo_tx113 - Wed May 22, 2013 1:32 pm

- Wed May 22, 2013 1:32 pm #1907490

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:

Re: Caddo Lake#1907492

By jpo_tx113 - Wed May 22, 2013 1:34 pm

- Wed May 22, 2013 1:34 pm #1907492

More of the trail:

Close-up of the salvinia:

Out on the bayou, with duck blind in foreground:

Re: Caddo Lake#1907495

By jpo_tx113 - Wed May 22, 2013 1:37 pm

- Wed May 22, 2013 1:37 pm #1907495

Headed back to camp at the end of the first day. You can see the sunlight filtering down through the trees...very peaceful looking out there.

Me and my yak:

Re: Caddo Lake#1907497

By jpo_tx113 - Wed May 22, 2013 1:40 pm

- Wed May 22, 2013 1:40 pm #1907497

I believe this was taken the morning of the second day. That's me in the foreground:

Out on the trail somewhere...

Re: Caddo Lake#1907499

By jpo_tx113 - Wed May 22, 2013 1:41 pm

- Wed May 22, 2013 1:41 pm #1907499

Re: Caddo Lake#1907500

By jpo_tx113 - Wed May 22, 2013 1:42 pm

- Wed May 22, 2013 1:42 pm #1907500

Re: Caddo Lake#1907695

By Hirsch - Wed May 22, 2013 7:12 pm

- Wed May 22, 2013 7:12 pm #1907695

Great Pics!!! Thanks

Re: Caddo Lake#1907696

By cudagreg - Wed May 22, 2013 7:16 pm

- Wed May 22, 2013 7:16 pm #1907696

catch anything?????????

Re: Caddo Lake#1907711

By jpo_tx113 - Wed May 22, 2013 7:47 pm

- Wed May 22, 2013 7:47 pm #1907711

cudagreg wrote:catch anything?????????

Had one, but lost it. Fish weren't biting too good, but any day out on the water is a good day, regardless.

Re: Caddo Lake#1907748

By pinestracker - Wed May 22, 2013 9:19 pm

- Wed May 22, 2013 9:19 pm #1907748

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.

Re: Caddo Lake#1914276

By easttexascat - Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:51 pm

- Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:51 pm #1914276

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.

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.