Loggy Bayou Fishing Guides
The outlet bayou carrying Lake Bistineau to the Red River, a broad slow channel with heavy crappie and catfish fishing through the Bienville lowlands.
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About the Loggy Bayou
Loggy Bayou is the channel that carries the water of Lake Bistineau northwest into the Red River, and it drains a basin of roughly two thousand six hundred square miles by the time it reaches the gauge near East Point. That makes it one of the larger bayous in northwest Louisiana, and it behaves less like a creek than like a slow arm of the river system it feeds. The channel is wide, timbered along both banks, and deep enough in most reaches to hold fish through the hot months.
The fishing is shaped almost entirely by what the lake upstream releases and what the Red River does downstream. When Bistineau is drawn down or the Red runs high, the bayou changes character within a day or two, and local anglers watch both ends rather than the bayou itself. Crappie fishing is the strength here. White and black crappie stack along the standing timber and around the mouths of the smaller feeder sloughs, and spring brings them shallow in numbers.
Catfish are the other constant. Channel, blue and flathead catfish all use the deeper bends, and the bayou has a long local reputation for producing heavy flatheads out of the log jams that give it its name. Largemouth bass hold along the cypress and the laydowns, bluegill and redear sunfish fill the shallow edges through summer, and gar, bowfin and freshwater drum are common enough that anyone fishing cut bait will meet them.
Access is a matter of finding the landings, since much of the surrounding bottomland is private or seasonally flooded. Small boats handle the bayou well; the main hazards are submerged timber and stumps that shift with each high-water year. Summer heat and low flow can concentrate fish in the deeper holes, which makes late summer a productive if uncomfortable time to be on the water.
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Access
East Point - the gauge reach, with bank access near the highway crossing.
Lake Bistineau State Park - the nearest developed launch, upstream on the lake.
Port Bolivar Road landing - small-boat access to the lower bayou.
Ringgold - the nearest town for supplies and the eastern approach to the bayou.
Red River confluence - reached by boat from the Red River landings below Coushatta.
Bistineau dam outlet - the upper end of the bayou proper, best on a release.
Highway 154 crossing - roadside access to the middle reach.
Seasons
Spring: the strongest crappie fishing of the year as fish move into the timber to spawn.
Summer: catfish in the deeper bends, with bass and bream along the shaded cypress edges.
Fall: falling water concentrates fish and the crappie bite returns as temperatures drop.
Winter: slow but workable, with catfish and crappie holding in the deepest holes.
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Questions
What species can you catch on the Loggy Bayou?
Anglers target Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluegill, Bowfin, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Largemouth Bass, Longnose Gar, Redear Sunfish, Spotted Gar, White Crappie on the Loggy Bayou in Louisiana.
Where can you access the Loggy Bayou?
East Point - the gauge reach, with bank access near the highway crossing. Lake Bistineau State Park - the nearest developed launch, upstream on the lake. Port Bolivar Road landing - small-boat access to the lower bayou. Ringgold - the nearest town for supplies and the eastern approach to the bayou. Red River confluence - reached by boat from the Red River landings below Coushatta. Bistineau dam outlet - the upper end of the bayou proper, best on a release. Highway 154 crossing - roadside access to the middle reach.
When is the best time to fish the Loggy Bayou?
Spring: the strongest crappie fishing of the year as fish move into the timber to spawn. Summer: catfish in the deeper bends, with bass and bream along the shaded cypress edges. Fall: falling water concentrates fish and the crappie bite returns as temperatures drop. Winter: slow but workable, with catfish and crappie holding in the deepest holes.
Where are the fishing regulations for the Loggy Bayou?
Regulations change by season and section. Read the current rules on the Louisiana agency site: https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/recreational-freshwater-finfish-and-crawfish