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Louisiana
Red River - Shreveport Coushatta Access
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What we do know
Inside Kisatchie National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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No access route mapped
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Red River - Shreveport Coushatta Access
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The Red River through central Louisiana offers productive fishing for blue catfish, flathead catfish, and freshwater drum along its sandy banks and wing dams. The Coushatta public access area provides a convenient boat launch and bank fishing area on this major river system. Drift fishing with cut bait along the river's deeper holes and channel edges produces trophy-class blue catfish regularly.
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