The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries stocked over 16,000 largemouth bass in the Pearl River as part of the Department's planned recovery efforts in the wake of last year's fish kill.
This is the Department's second stocking effort following the Temple-Inland incident in 2011 that killed over 500,000 fish and freshwater mussels in the river. The bass were raised and distributed from the Department's Monroe Fish Hatchery in north Louisiana. Northern largemouth bass are native to the Pearl River.
JACKSON - On Wednesday, April 11th, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) stocked approximately 161,000 Florida-strain largemouth bass fingerlings into Eagle Lake. The fish were reared at MDWFP's Turcotte Fish Hatchery near Canton. "We've been stocking largemouth bass into Eagle Lake for several years and it has been very successful," stated MDWFP Fisheries Biologist Jerry Brown.
JACKSON -The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) stocked 25,000 Florida-strain largemouth bass into Wolf Lake on Thursday, April 12th. The fingerlings were reared at the MDWFP Turcotte Fish Hatchery near Canton. Wolf Lake and adjoining Broad Lake comprise a 1,000-acre oxbow located near Yazoo City that was significantly impacted by the 2011 Mississippi River flood. "The bass population at Wolf Lake has improved over the last few years and we want to see that continue," said MDWFP fisheries biologist Jerry Brown. There is a 12-inch minimum length limit for largemouth bass at Wolf and Broad Lakes and a daily creel limit of five fish per angler.
RALEIGH, N.C. - When he launched his 17-foot Hydrosport on Hiwassee Reservoir on the morning of March 31, Tyler Shields expected he'd catch a few largemouth bass, maybe a smallmouth bass or two. What he didn't expect to catch, however, was the new freshwater striped bass state record.
A new Oklahoma state record largemouth bass was caught Friday, March 23, at Cedar Lake in southeast Oklahoma. The fish weighed 14 lbs. 12.3 oz. and was caught by Poteau angler Benny Williams, Jr. while on a camping trip at the 78-acre LeFlore Co. lake.