Fishing Reports

Cayce Causey caught these gator trout old school with a gold spoon at Freemason Island on May 4. One was 29 inches and the other was 27 inches. The trout were released afterwards.

Harrison Miller proudly holds up his first bass.

Liam Gahagan got his biggest trout at the L&N bridge.

Benjamin Svanda, 23, of Metairie with a 40-inch, 46.24-pound black drum caught bank fishing in Hopedale on April 28. He was using live shrimp from Campos Marina alongside cut bait (croaker – also caught off

Paxton Smith, 10, caught his “PB” bass on Dec. 26, 2022. He and his dad were fishing Black Bayou Reservoir in Benton when he caught this 9.47-pound largemouth bass. They took advantage of the bass life

Chase Freeland, 8, went fishing with his daddy and pops at the Bonne Idee in Mer Rouge.

Glenn Fruge boated some nice speckled trout on live shrimp in Cocodrie back in April.

Annastyn Fruge of Eunice had a nice morning with her family catching speckled trout in Cocodrie.

CJ Barrett with the 10.4-pound trophy he caught on April 20 at Bussey Brake. He was using a watermelon/red Senko and fought the fish for about 3 to 4 minutes.

Avery Bellanger got this 8.8-pound redfish to take first in the teen division at the 2023 Rummel Fishing Rodeo.

George Coussan of Sunset landed this monster 8-pound, 6-ounce bass out of a small family pond in May. He was using live bream for bait.