News Breaker
Rabbit Island restoration project to begin in fall of 2020
Restoration of Rabbit Island, located in the west cove of Calcasieu Lake, is scheduled to begin this fall to improve the island’s nesting habitat. […]
Calcasieu Lake
Fishing Hotspots
Set your sights on Sabine refuge reds
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge is now open for fishing business. The best choice for April is sight-casting for redfish. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Great fishing expectations on Sabine, Big Lake
If you’re going to catch your biggest-ever trout at Sabine Lake or Calcasieu Lake, it is likely to be during March or April. […]
Inshore Fishing
Introducing Grosse Savanne Lakeside on Calcasieu Lake
The former lodge and dock of Big Lake Guide Service has been acquired by Grosse Savanne Lodge in Cameron Parish. Renamed Grosse Savanne Lakeside, this location offers anglers a quality stay with opportunities for fishing […]
Fishing Hotspots
Don’t let your fishing gear collect dust
Without a doubt, redfish will make for the easiest species for anglers to target on both Sabine Lake and Lake Calcasieu in January. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Fall success on Calcasieu leads to great expectations
After a woeful spring of freshwater inundation, inshore fall fishing has come on strong for speckled trout and redfish on Calcasieu Lake. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Calcasieu’s yellowmouths fat, sassy
Moving out of the depths of the Calcasieu Ship Channel in September, large speckled trout will be in a feeding mood before colder waters appear in December. […]
Fishing Hotspots
How to get easy limits at Calcasieu Lake
If you aren’t catching speckled trout under the birds in May at Calcasieu Lake, you’ll want to be on the lower end of the lake system around reefs. […]
Inshore Fishing
Big Jack’s Reef enhancement complete in Calcasieu Lake
The East Calcasieu artificial reef in Calcasieu Lake, also known as “Big Jack’s Reef”, is an existing inshore artificial reef that had material added to it. […]
Outdoor Updates
Hackberry guide catches big Calcasieu Lake trout
Capt. Brian Windsor of Hackberry caught this 7 ½-pound speckled trout on a bone-colored Heddon One Knocker Spook topwater lure at West Cove on March 14. […]
Speckled Trout
Calcasieu rebound?
Will Calcasieu Lake rebound from what many speckled trout fishermen believe was a subpar year in 2018? […]
Inshore Fishing
CCA to build ‘Big Jack’s Reef’ in Calcasieu Lake
Anglers in Big Lake will soon have another artificial reef to fish over. […]
Events & Announcements
For sale: Turner’s Bay Island in Calcasieu Lake
All that remains of what was once a 220-plus-acre island just south of Turner’s Bay in Big Lake is a scant 1 ½-acre patch of shell-based marsh grass that’s a little too soggy to walk on right now — but it could be yours later this month, if the price is right.
Inshore Fishing
Wade-fishing season peaking now for Calcasieu Lake trophy trout
Why would anyone leave a perfectly comfortable bay boat, put on thermal underwear and socks, layer up and slip into insulated waders and then head into the frigid waters of Cacasieu Lake in the dead of winter?
Three words: Trophy speckled trout.
Inshore Fishing
Texas Lady Anglers enjoy annual trip to Calcasieu Lake
The Texas Lady Anglers and the U.S. Postal Service have something in common: Neither rain, sleet or snow can keep them from their appointed rounds.
Inshore Fishing
Trout Masters excerpt: Finding trophy trout on Calcasieu Lake
Calcasieu Lake definitely has an annual trout cycle, and few know it better than the co-owners of the Hackberry Rod and Gun Club.