Cheniere Lake - Louisiana

Hi Guys,

I've been reading this forum for about a year but haven't made any posts. So, I thought I would post a few pictures of my bream fishing grounds - Cheniere Lake, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. I took about a thirty-year break from fishing the lake, but started back late last summer. I've been catching some good bluegill this year but haven't found the redears yet.

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Maybe tomorrow will be a good day and I will have some pictures of fish to post.

Take Care,
P. nasuta

Definitely a good looking lake to try and find them. You're lucky to have access to a place like this. Show us some pics when you get in them good, would love to see how big they get.

Looks Great ... Looks like a good water level ... Bet it gets a little lower ??

Dead Lakes Fl looked like that at one time.

Thanx
JSC

Beautiful place. Good luck on finding those redears. Thanks for sharing the photos.

Cheniere is a beautiful lake! Its a great place to catch big bullbream. You do have to be careful to not get lost with all the cypress trees in that lake. A gps is always a good thing to have.

I lived in Carencro LA 84 to 86 and fished lakes that looked like that but were smaller. You could really tear the crappie and bream with a jig below a float worked around the cypress.

beautiful lake....good luck with it!!

Thanks for the comments guys. Took my boy out this afternoon, he's more of a baseball play than a fisherman but he goes occasionally. We got 10 good bream, no pics though, daughters had the camera somewhere:(

Some beautiful fishing grounds. Definitely something I dont see every day around here. Thanks for sharing and Welcome from GEORGIA.

Dang Bro, ya makin me homesick all over again. Wish i could find some cypress lines lakes here in central Fl.

Welcome to CDC. Those a good pics of your fishing grounds and looks like it will hold many bream about anywhere you want to fish it.Thumbs Up

Definitely a pretty lake. I catch quite a few bass there after they spawn. Also have caught some good bream, but when it starts to get hot watch out. It also has some of the biggest wasp nest you have ever seen. I know of one there that has to be over 18 inches across. Luckily it it is about 30 ft up a tree. There are many more close to the water. I can't fish this time of year for watching for the wasps.

Hi Rick,

Another person told me the same thing about the wasp this week. I haven't encountered any but I will be on the lookout for them.

I haven't been on Cheniere Lake for about 15 years i thought it was the dead sea the last time I was one it. I used to catch lots of bluegill on it but they seemed to be fished out. Glad to hear it has come back i will have to go try it. How is the water level in this drought? Can you launch a boat fairly easy? Let me know might try it week after next.

Hi bflowers,

I haven't fished it in a couple of weeks, the last time I went it was pretty slow. I caught a dozen bluegill but they were on the small side. The water level is still pretty good, I paddle a jon boat so I don't need much water. The ramps I've looked at still have water on then, I think the two at the spillway area lead to deeper water. Area 1 also looks good.

P nasuta

Now that is why I moved down south. You can't beat a cypress lake not even with a really big stick. Looks a lot like my home lake. There should be some bream in some of those cypress tree roots. That is where I am catch some most all the time.

Redman

Looks like another reason to move to Louisiana after retirement next spring.