It is especially good for crappie and large-mouth and white bass. Naturalists can enjoy stately cypress trees, American lotus, and lily pads, waterfowl, alligators, turtles, frogs, snakes, raccoons, minks, nutrias, beavers, squirrels, armadillos, and white-tailed deer. The park is 15 miles northeast of Marshall. Boat tours are offered by a number of operators on the lake. Schedules are dependent on the weather.
Current conditions including fire bans and water levels can vary from day to day.