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Caddo Lake
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Caddo Lake, as the state words them
Caddo County · Lake · LA
Has its own special rules
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Today's rule hereParsed
- Season
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Gear
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Bait
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Poles
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
blue crab | 12 dozen per person, daily and in possession | min. no minimum recreational size limit | Statewide |
stone crab | See size | min. no minimum recreational size limit | Statewide |
Crawfish | limit of 35 per licensed angler | - | Statewide |
Black Bass Varies by water: no minimum size (All state waters EXCEPT as follows) | 10 daily | - | Statewide |
White Bass | 25 daily | min. None | This water |
Yellow Bass | No limit | min. None | This water |
Bluegill | None | min. None | Statewide |
Redear Sunfish | None | min. None | Statewide |
Crappie | 25 daily; 50 fish possession limit | min. None | This water |
Blue Catfish | 100 daily in the aggregate. An angler may possess up to 25 undersized catfish of the three species combined. | min. 12” MLL | Statewide |
Channel Catfish | 50 daily in the aggregate No more than five over 30” total length | min. None | This water |
Flathead Catfish | 10 daily | min. 18” MLL | This water |
freshwater fish | more than twice the daily bag limit | - | Statewide |
finfish | no more than 2 pounds of filleted finfish per person on board | - | Statewide |
oyster | two sacks per person per day | - | Statewide |
oysters | See size | min. 3 inches or greater in length from hinge to mouth | Statewide |
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) | No recreational take; must be released unharmed immediately if incidentally caught | - | Statewide |
Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) | No recreational take; must be released unharmed immediately if incidentally caught | - | Statewide |
Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) | No recreational take; must be released unharmed immediately if incidentally caught | - | Statewide |
Alligator snapping turtle | One snapping turtle per day, per person, per vehicle/vessel | min. No size limit | Statewide |
Diamondback terrapin | See size | min. 6 inches or more carapace length | Statewide |
Box turtle | Two box turtles per day; possession limited to four box turtles of the genus Terrapene at any time | - | Statewide |
Red eared slider | No turtle eggs may be taken except for those of the red eared slider | - | Statewide |
Bullfrog | See size | min. 5 inches or larger (measured from tip of the muzzle to the posterior end of the body between the hind legs) | Statewide |
Pig frog | See size | min. 3 inches or larger (measured from tip of the muzzle to the posterior end of the body between the hind legs) | Statewide |
shrimp Varies by water: limit not to take at any time more than 50 pounds of shrimp per day during closed shrimp season and 100 pounds of shrimp per day during the open season, in the aggregate, per boat or vehicle, regardless of the number of persons thereon (recreational fisher using dip nets, bait seines, and cast nets not to exceed 8.5 feet in radius); limit no more than 250 pounds of (heads-on) shrimp per day per boat (Recreational shrimpers using trawls 25 feet in length or less) | See size | min. No size limit | Statewide |
brown shrimp or seabobs | See size | min. No size limit | Statewide |
white shrimp | See size | min. no possession count on white shrimp taken or possessed from Oct. 15 through the third Monday in December; when more than 50 percent by weight of the shrimp taken or possessed is seabobs or brown shrimp, the maximum allowable amount of undersized white shrimp taken or possessed shall not exceed 10 percent by weight of the total shrimp taken or possessed | Statewide |
Largemouth Bass No more than four Largemouth Bass over 18” total length | 8 daily | min. 14-18” protected SL 2 | This water |
Spotted Bass | 8 daily | min. No length restriction | This water |
The official text, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from LA's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
Whole water
- Largemouth BassDaily limit 8 dailySize 14-18” protected SL 2No more than four Largemouth Bass over 18” total length
- Spotted BassDaily limit 8 dailySize No length restriction
- White BassDaily limit 25 dailySize None
- Yellow BassDaily limit No limitSize None
- CrappieDaily limit 25 daily; 50 fish possession limitSize None
- All fishDaily limit 50 daily in the aggregate No more than five over 30” total lengthSize NoneRow groups Blue and Channel Catfish together as "Blue & Channel Catfish: None"
- Channel CatfishDaily limit 50 daily in the aggregate No more than five over 30” total lengthSize None
- Flathead CatfishDaily limit 10 dailySize 18” MLL
- All fishGear gill nets or trammel nets
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide lake rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this rule applies
This water is not yet drawn on the map. Its rules are captured and receipted; the geometry ledger records exactly why it is not drawn (an ambiguous name match or a gap in the source data), and it will never ship as a guess. Each rule above describes in the state's own words where it applies, and those written descriptions are the authoritative boundaries.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Caddo Lake's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
Statewide rules
StatewideChecked against this official source on July 11, 2026.
Special rules - Caddo Lake
This waterChecked against this official source on July 11, 2026.
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