The band living along the Calcasieu River between this lake and Sabine Lake were part of the Western Atakapa or ‘Sunset people’. The Atakapa people used to live along the Gulf of Mexico in the area, which is now the southern part of Texas and Louisiana. The surrounding area is rich in marshes, which creates the necessary habitat to sustain an abundance of species. The lake is locally known as ‘Big Lake’ and reaches a depth of 7 ft (2.13 meters).Ĭalcasieu Lake is fed with freshwater at the northern end by River Calcasieu and empties into the Gulf of Mexico, where saltwater enters through the Calcasieu Pass. Lake Calcasieu is a brackish water lake in southwest Louisiana close to Louisiana Highway 27, which covers an area of 88.85 square miles (cca. Louisiana Sea Grant College Program Louisiana State University, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 1.1.24 24) Spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) All recreational anglers must have a basic Louisiana fishing license and a saltwater angler’s license if they want to catch fish in Calcasieu Lake.
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