Fish Lake

This Ouachita Parish water is recorded as Fish Lake, a lake, so on an opening trip I would let the first area tell me when it is time to move, and that gives me a reason to keep the first plan small and easy to judge. I would spend the first part of the day around one familiar-looking starting zone, because a first trip should give you a useful clue rather than a tour of every corner.

Fish Lake Size, Maximum Depth and Volume

There is no solid standalone set of acreage, depth, and volume figures for Fish Lake, which makes it smarter to keep the first plan modest until I see the water, so on a first visit I would let the actual shoreline set the scope of the trip. That makes learning the shoreline before making a long run more useful, because I would plan modestly until the size of the water is clear.

Fishing This Water

There is not much exact-water fish information published for Fish Lake, and I would rather use a versatile setup instead of guessing at a target species, so on the first visit I would treat the first outing as a chance to identify the main targets. A first trip makes more sense with one versatile setup carrying a few small artificials and a bottom rig, because the goal is to find out what responds before narrowing the tackle any further.

A Practical Fish Lake Game Plan

For a first trip to Fish Lake, I would fish one straightforward piece of water long enough to judge the plan before moving; I would spend more time fishing a promising area than driving around looking for a perfect one.