In an
effort to increase participation in freshwater fishing by
the state’s youth, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries
Commission (LWFC) will allow the take of undersized black
bass by anglers 15 years of age and younger during the Memorial
and Labor Day weekends on select waterways.
The dates
of the suspension of bass size restrictions for youth anglers
are May 24-26 and Aug. 30-Sept. 1. This suspension will take
place in the Atchafalaya Basin, Lake Verret-Palourde Area
and Lake Fausse Point-Dauterive Area.
The normal
10 bass per day limit from these areas will still apply to
all anglers during these weekends. Anglers 16-years-old and
older will still be required to observe the 14-inch minimum
size limit during these special youth fishing weekends.
For more
information on these areas and questions about the youth fishing
weekends, contact Mike Wood at 318-343-4045 or by email at
mwood@wlf.louisiana.gov.
The Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Inland Fisheries Division
staff and the Freshwater Fisheries Recreational Task Force
supported and suggested this youth angler bass suspension
to the LWFC.
