Fishing Report For Caney Creek Reservoir, LA

By Rick Seaman

April 1, 2025

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Fishing Report Caney Creek Reservoir, LA

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Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Spring has bass moving shallow and locals report catching good numbers, and a lunker or two mixed in. Winners at most of the recent bass tournaments have had an average of over 4 pounds per fish, with an occasional winner averaging around 5 pounds per fish. A wide variety of lures are catching nice largemouth bass here, but many tournament anglers are throwing vibrating jigs as a primary bait. Jerkbaits, and stick worms rigged wacky style, are catching bass that seem tentative to bite other lures. The six major creek arms on the east side of the lake is where a lot of the bass action has been good.

Black Crappie - White Crappie

Uncle Buck's Panfish Creatures Curly Tail Minnow Rigged

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good To Excellent

Crappie are the main attraction here and the fishing is very good for fat crappie getting ready yo spawn. Crappie, often referred to as "sac-a-lait" or white perch are abundant and run above average in size. Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move into shallow coves to spawn. The lake is loaded with docks, brush, wood and vegetation. All of which are a good place to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. Once crappie move out of shallow water, locals report good success using fish finders to locate schools of crappie, which tend to stack vertically around cover.

Bluegill

Current Report: Fair To Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Bluegill are a primary food source for predator fish here, as well as a sport fish for fun and table fare. Local anglers report good size bluegill being caught with some frequency. Small pieces of nightcrawlers make an ideal bait, on a small hook tied to light line.

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Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, redear sunfish, white bass and yellow bass at Caney Creek Reservoir in Louisiana.

Caney Creek Reservoir is a 5,200-acre lake with over 50 miles of shoreline. The lake is known for lunker bass, but crappie are favored by locals. In addition to largemouth bass and crappie, this is home to channel catfish, bluegill, sunfish and white bass. Anglers will find plenty of access for fishing from the bank

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".