Crappie/Bream
Black Lake angler has the right formula for summer crappie
Calvin native Holden Higgs has cracked the code to the hot summer crappie bite on Black Lake in Natchitoches Parish.[…]
Black Lake
Crappie/Bream
Take crappie to the bank in Black Lake
Big old slab crappie up in the shallows are what makes Black Lake “hot” this time of year. Here’s some fishing advice from long-time guide Charlie King.[…]
Bass Fishing
Black Lake perfect baits
Donovan Stoner said he’d focus his attention on the multitude of cypress trees that cover Black Lake, and offered his Top 3 lures for Black Lake in May.[…]
Bass Fishing
Black Lake big boys
The drive from Morgan City to Natchitoches was a long four hours after I knocked off from my day job at 5 o’clock. And, by the time my wife and I checked into the Chateau Saint Denis Hotel downtown, it was after 9 p.m. — and I was just hearing from Pure Fishing ambassador Jimmy Jeansonne.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Head to beautiful Black Lake for black crappie
Fishermen don’t fish for the picture-perfect scenery. If they did, you wouldn’t be able to get a boat into Black Lake at Campti this time of year.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Focus on Black Lake flocks
A good pair of binoculars in your tackle box is probably just as important as the jighead you’re throwing and the color lure you’ve selected when targeting speckled trout and redfish this month on Black Lake.[…]
Bass Fishing
Black Lake yields 13.1-pound monster bass
Back in 2006, Ron Dyes hauled in a Black Lake record bass that tipped the scales at 13.5 pounds, and while the popular lake is known for quality bass, double-digit fish have been few and far between. […]
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Gray Ghosts on Black Lake
Northwest Louisiana is blessed with a number of beautiful cypress-studded lakes that have long served as magnets for area fishermen. Lakes such as Bistineau, Black, Saline, Iatt and Nantachie were created hundreds of years ago by the Great River Raft, a massive log jam that clogged Red River from about modern-day Boyce to near Shreveport.[…]
Events & Announcements
L.D.W.F. Aquatic Plant Control Program making progress on Black Lake
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Aquatic Plant Control Program made substantial progress in the treatment of hydrilla on Black Lake during the summer of 2008.[…]