Lake Charles Fishing Vacations
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The Fishing and Boating Tourism Website
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Lake Charles is a town in southwest Louisiana. This area is very popular as a tourist
destination because of its casinos and great outdoors. The area has plenty of water
with Lake Charles and the Calcasieu Estuary, which includes the Calcasieu River and
Ship Channel from Lake Charles all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico. Most
fishermen visit this area to visit Calcasieu Lake, which is about a half hour drive from
Lake Charles. There are many more accommodations and much more entertainment in
Lake Charles, so fishermen will typically book their lodging in Lake Charles, then meet
up with their fishing charter at Calcasieu Lake. Calcasieu Lake is known as one of the
best speckled trout fisheries in the country. Other types of fish can be caught
throughout the lake and estuary system. Some of the common species are redfish,
flounder, black drum, sheepshead and ladyfish.