The weigh stations are scheduled to open both days from 1-4 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for any of 10 species caught during the competition. Categories include redfish, speckled trout, black drum, flounder, croaker, black bass, white trout, sheepshead, catfish and bream. The top fisher receives a special trophy at the awards picnic on Memorial Day. The workshop, scheduled for June 5, includes field trips to the Mississippi River and the Davis Pond freshwater diversion structure, a boating trip down the Bayou Verret to Lake Cataouatche and a reception and luncheon at Bayou Segnette State Park. The workshop, which runs 8 a.m.-5 p.m., will meet at Bayou Segnette.
Registration is required.
Compiled by Bob Marshall 1999, The Times-Picayune. Used with permission.