Calcasieu Lake fishing: Redbreast
Target species: Redbreast
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Hackberry Shell Pile Area and Boat Ramp, 2 lanes.
The lake
Calcasieu Lake covers 100,583 acres in Louisiana, across 2 counties: Cameron and Calcasieu. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is 92.7 feet (28.3 m). Our records hold 1 species for this water.
Depth: down to 92.7 ft at the deepest measured point
Deepest measured point: 92.7 ft (28.3 m). We hold 32 depth contours for this water, drawn from 2,045 soundings.
The target fish: Redbreast
- Redbreast — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Hackberry Shell Pile Area and Boat Ramp — 2 lanes. Hackberry. 295 Channel Dr, Hackberry
The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.6. These readings span 2016–2021. The latest reading is from 2021, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.
What is hard here
Wind is the limit, not the fish: 100,583 acres of open water build a short steep chop, and there is no shelter in the middle. Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.
Where this data comes from
- USACE eHydro — USACE eHydro channel surveys: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- NOAA National Bathymetric Source (S-102 ed3.0.0) — NOAA S-102 bathymetric surfaces: contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- NOAA ENC — NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
