BASSHAWK/LAKES/LOUISIANA/LAKE CATAOUATCHE

Lake Cataouatche Fishing Report

A shallow grass-and-stump lake west of New Orleans, fed by the Davis Pond diversion, where Kevin VanDam cranked a record 69-11 to win the 2011 Bassmaster Classic.
Louisiana~9,280 acresMAX DEPTH 10 FTCLARITY STAINED TO MUDDY ON THE EAST SIDE AND WHEREVER DAVIS POND RIVER WATER IS MOVING; THE WEST SIDE, TANK POND, BAYOU COUBA AND THE CYPRESS AND UMBRELLA CANALS RUN NOTICEABLY CLEANER, AND THE CLEAN-WATER EDGES ARE WHERE THE BASS STACK.

Today's fishing report for Lake Cataouatche, Louisiana: live water temperature, pool level, and a bite score for today — refreshed every morning. Lake Cataouatche gets a fresh BassHawk guide report every day — areas, baits, and an hour-by-hour game plan.

TODAY'S BITE99PRIMEpeak for today, out of 100modeled from this morning's forecast

How the bite score is built · Where Lake Cataouatche ranks in Louisiana today

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Lake Cataouatche shoreline — open the app for the full depth map

Species

largemouth bass · black crappie · bluegill · redear sunfish · warmouth · blue catfish · channel catfish · freshwater drum · bowfin · redfish

On BassHawk

Everything below points at one goal — finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth bass on Lake Cataouatche.

Getting on the water

Bayou Segnette State Park launch (12 lanes)

Common questions

Is the bite good on Lake Cataouatche today?

Today's bite outlook for Lake Cataouatche peaks at 99 out of 100 — prime. That score weighs water temperature, barometric pressure and its trend, wind, cloud cover, solunar windows and the pool trend against bass-behavior research. The hour it peaks, how the rest of the day scores, and the seven-day outlook with the best window flagged are in the BassHawk app.

When do bass spawn on Lake Cataouatche?

Largemouth on Lake Cataouatche spawn by water temperature, not the calendar: they stage around 50–58°F, move up between 58 and 62°F, and bed through roughly 62–70°F, with the north banks and pockets warming first. The full temperature-by-phase table is in BassHawk's guide to bass spawning water temperature.

How deep is Lake Cataouatche?

Lake Cataouatche runs to about 10 ft at its deepest, across ~9,280 acres. BassHawk maps the shoreline, the structure and the access, and depth work on this lake is in progress.

Where can you launch a boat on Lake Cataouatche?

Lake Cataouatche has 1 public boat ramp mapped on BassHawk. The ramps are Bayou Segnette State Park launch (12 lanes). Every trip plan starts from the ramp you pick and routes the day from there.

What fish are in Lake Cataouatche?

largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, redear sunfish, warmouth, blue catfish, channel catfish, freshwater drum, bowfin, redfish. BassHawk is built for largemouth bass specifically — every report, plan and layer is pointed at finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth in Lake Cataouatche.

Does BassHawk have a daily fishing report for Lake Cataouatche?

Yes. Lake Cataouatche gets a fresh BassHawk guide report every day: a headline read on the lake, an hour-by-hour game plan, the areas to run with the depth and structure to look for, what to throw, and how to work it. Today's is in the app, free to start.

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