Thread: Ouachita River 7-29-14

nice report and welcome to the forum.......

Thanks for the report and welcome to the forum. Glad to see new members from my area.

20 Watt, me and my dad are avid spec fishermen. My dad just relocated here from Franklin Parish. Today was really the best day we've had since he moved and we couldn't fish long. He mostly fished Tensas and Beouf rivers before moving and learning this new territory has been a work in progress lol

I rarely fish it, but my father-in-law fished the Ouachita River for crappie and catfish for years. The Ouachita flows right through my hometown of Camden, Arkansas. In fact, it's called the "Queen City of the Ouachita." All I ever catch in it are drum, BIG DRUM on crawfish. Lots of fun, but nothing to put on the dinner table. GTT

Tenn Titans -- My Brother lives in Camden also. We Caught several good Crappie over close to the Airport at the foot of the bridge. There is a road that comes around the right back under the bridge to the Pilings. The Canal goes to the river backwaters, Local Flooding refills it with Slabs

Originally Posted by Fish on Line

Tenn Titans -- My Brother lives in Camden also. We Caught several good Crappie over close to the Airport at the foot of the bridge. There is a road that comes around the right back under the bridge to the Pilings. The Canal goes to the river backwaters, Local Flooding refills it with Slabs

You fished in a river lake called Woodard Lake. I have caught fish around those pilings before AND around the cypress trees around the banks. I also used to absolutely thrash squirrels during October walking an old logging road that ran alongside the bank. Seemed they were in every tree!

Can't fish or hunt there anymore. Story I heard about 10 years ago was some rich guy from out of town bought all the land around the lake, then blocked the road you spoke of. There is a huge mansion in sight of the airport on the banks of the lake. The rich guy uses it as a deer camp.

Whose your brother? I may know him, I've lived here since 1983. GTT

Welcome from Lake Charles.

GTT --- My Brother is Eddie Nichols, He retired from Welding about 5 years ago ... His Wife Teresa worked as Dispatcher for the Police forever ---- He lives about 10 miles south of Town