Cawthorn Lake Fishing Guide, De Soto Parish, Louisiana

• Overview

  The De Soto Parish end of Louisiana holds Cawthorn Lake. Elevation runs to 203 feet. It covers about 5 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our De Soto Parish list holds plenty of bigger water. You are 6.2 miles from Logansport. The big place round here is Shreveport, 43 miles distant. A county line runs close by, so local bylaws can differ within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Cawthorn Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged nearby in open biodiversity records include Rio Grande longear sunfish, bluegill and redbreast sunfish. The records cover the area rather than this water alone. Cawthorn Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 82°F in July and bottom out at 46°F in January. Winter is the comfortable season here rather than the difficult one. The first and last hours carry the summer; the middle is slow. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. On Cawthorn Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bluegill and other panfish take small jigs or worms under a float near any cover. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Goodsons Lake, 7.5 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Cawthorn Lake may have changed since it was mapped.