"Fan Tail" Carp

Caught at Toledo Bend Reservoir by LDWF personnel conducting standardized sampling.  Contact LDWF Fisheries Biologist Ricky Yeldell at (337) 286-5940 for more information

Huge Alligator Gar

Confiscated by LDWF's Enforcement Division.  This gar originated in the Red River, measuring 8-feet 1-inch long and weighing in at 245 pounds.  Contact LDWF Fisheries Biologist Eric Shanks at (337) 491-2577 for more information

Gulf Sturgeon

Captured and released in Bogue Chitto River by LDWF Inland Fisheries personnel.  This fish was 7.5-feet long and weighed 340 pounds.  Contact LDWF Fisheries Biologist Howard Rogillio at (985) 882-5228 for more information

Live Redfish Without a Tail

Caught somewhere off of the Texas coast.  Origin of photo is unknown.

1152-lb Bluefin Tuna

Caught of the coast of Louisiana in 2003.  2003 "fish of the year", the largest record fish captured off of the coast of Louisiana on rod & reel.

"Fan Tail" Crappie

Caught in Lake Fork, Texas by an angler.  Contact Terry Wilson of the Sabine River Authority of Texas at (903)878-2420 for more information

12-lb+ Rainbow Trout

This fish was caught in the Kvichak River flowing out of Lake Iliamna, Alaska.

Crooked Gizzard Shad

This fish was caught in a gill net in November 2005 in Bayou Chevreuil, St. James Parish LA.

Live Red Snapper Without a Tail

Caught in a shrimp trawl off the Louisiana coast.  Contact Dave Hickman for more information.

124-lb+ Cubera Snapper

Current world record is 121.5 lb.  Contact Michael Harbison for more information.

Pink Bottlenose Dolphin?

OK, we know it's not a fish.  Photos taken by Eric Rue at the Calcasieu Ship Channel jetties in Cameron Parish.  Contact Michael Harbison for more information.

70-lb Grass Carp

Captured from the Hudson River by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.  Contact Kevin Hynes for more info.