Cypress Black Bayou Hwy 162
Kayak route map in the Cypress Black Bayou Reservoir/Lake launching from the HIghway 162 Boat Ramp. This is one of many ‘black bayous’, a commonly used name for bayous, a kind of John Doe. The launch is only an hours drive from the Texas Caddo area, and about 10 miles north of Shreveport. The red lined route methodically tests all the channels that branch off the main bayou while heading north, and afterwards takes a short loop around a few islands in the lake itself. A few rookeries if you can find them. There may be a fee or permit required at the boat launch, but I can’t recall if it applies to paddled boats or not.
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Launch Site Google Maps Link
Above: Very green, and some channels like this were blocked.
Above: Down towards the lake.
Above: Some side channels were blocked by trees.
Above: Paddling through a connection between two channels.
