Calcasieu Lake

Calcasieu Lake
Calcasieu Lake
	Hurricane debris (2006)
Location	Cameron / Calcasieu parishes, Louisiana, United States
Coordinates	29°54′01″N 93°16′58″W / 29.90028°N 93.28278°W
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	76.8 sq mi (199 km2)
Average depth	1 m (3.3 ft)

Calcasieu Lake is a brackish lake located in southwest Louisiana, United States, located mostly within Cameron Parish. The Lake, also known as Big Lake to the local population, is paralleled on its west shore by Louisiana Highway 27, and is located about 17 mi (27 km) south of Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Big Lake is well known among Gulf Coast anglers as a destination for red drum (redfish) and spotted sea trout (speckled trout) as well as flounder and brown and white shrimp. It is not uncommon for anglers to catch speckled trout at seven pounds or larger in this estuary.

On June 24, 2007, a rare albino "pink" bottlenose dolphin, Pinky, was spotted by a charter fishing-boat captain based in Lake Charles.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (n.d.) Calcasieu Lake
^ United States Geological Survey notes that the lake is subject to tidal fluctuation, and has given area estimates from 90 sq. mi. in 1963 [1] to 67 sq. mi. in 1970 [2]
^ http://www.kltv.com/global/story.asp?s=6749452
^ http://calcasieucharters.com/index.cfm/MenuItemID/125.htm

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[1] Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (n.d.) Calcasieu Lake

[2] United States Geological Survey notes that the lake is subject to tidal fluctuation, and has given area estimates from 90 sq. mi. in 1963 [1] to 67 sq. mi. in 1970 [2]

[3] ttp://www.kltv.com/global/story.asp?s=6749452

[4] ttp://calcasieucharters.com/index.cfm/MenuItemID/125.htm

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