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Coordinates: 32°43′N 94°01′W. Caddo Lake (French: Lac Caddo) is a 25,400-acre (10,300 ha) lake and bayou (wetland) on the border between Texas and Louisiana, in northern Harrison County and southern Marion County in Texas and western Caddo Parish in Louisiana.
Caddo Lake – Shallow Waters & Deep History. Allison Kendrick. Golden hour in East Texas – when the soon setting sun illuminates the Spanish moss and the nighttime hum is getting ready for the serenade. The light reflects off the creamy, coffee colored water, rippling as your boat drifts past the cypress trees.
Coordinates: 32°41′27″N 094°10′45″W. For other uses, see Caddo Lake. Caddo Lake State Park is a state park located in the piney woods ecoregion of East Texas. The park consists of 484 acres (196 ha) on Big Cypress Bayou, west of Caddo Lake itself, in Harrison County, near Karnack, Texas.
Paddle underneath towering bald cypress trees as you explore Caddo Lake. Learn about the park at a program led by a park ranger. Discover the sights and sounds of East Texas on our trails. The fishing is fine; more than 70 species of fish live here.
Caddo Lake is about 26,800 acres with maximum depth of 20 feet. Don’t expect clear water, thanks to all the aquatic live and cypress the water is stained a brownish copper color. Here is a video about the lake that I did for our friends at LakeHub:
Planning a visit to Caddo Lake State Park in East Texas? Here's what to know, from what to pack to the best things to do at Caddo Lake, TX!
The lake is fed by Big Cypress Bayou beginning near Karnack, Texas, then the water twists and turns through the forest until it becomes a deep river averaging about 8 feet deep with the deepest water measuring about 20 feet.
The Caddo Lake watershed is a maze of slow-moving bayous, wetlands and backwaters covering nearly 27,000 acres of cypress swamp. The lake’s average depth is 8 to 10 feet, while the Big Cypress Bayou averages 20 feet deep.
The Caddo Lake, named after Native Americans, known as Caddo Indians, spans 10,300 hectares and has varying depths between 8 and 20 feet. The shallow bayou is a Ramsar-protected wetland and was the largest lake in the Southern US before the construction of the Caddo Dam.
The average depth of the lake is 8 to 10 feet, with the deep water in the bayou averaging about 20 feet. The lake contains 71 species of fish, and it is especially good for crappie and largemouth and white bass.