Facility Activities

Cameron Prairie Visitor Center will be open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Hunting

Established in 1988, Cameron Prairie NWR was once a series of commercial rice fields. Hunting opportunities include snipe, deer/archery and limited permit youth waterfowl hunting. Successful applicants to the waterfowl lottery hunt are assigned a blind, which can be used by one adult and two...

Fishing

Available species include largemouth bass, crappie, redear sunfish, catfish, gar and bowfin. The most popular method of fishing is with live bait. The refuge's facilities are approximately two miles of canal accessible for bank fishing and one mile of canal accessible by motorboat. Bank-fishing...