cichlids, bream and perch. The best of the best, Champions Challenge past bass winners, compete against each
other for bass. There is also a bonus prize for anyone
catching the heaviest gar or catfish. Entry fee is $10 for
Adults (13 and over) and $5 for Youth (12 and under).
Boats on the Bayou division will have categories for:
Bass, Redfish, Trout and Trashbash (any fish not a bass,
trout or redfish). This boating division will have different
rules & regulations and fishing times from the traditional
Big Bass Rodeo. All registrant names will be placed in a
basket and there will be a drawing to win a Hobie Kayak.
The drawing will be held during the Awards Ceremony at
the bandstand on rodeo day (winner must be present to
win). Entry fee is $15 with a $1 online processing fee.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is
introducing a new category, Battle for the Bass. This new
category offers high school students an opportunity to
compete for a large trophy to bring back to their school
along with bragging rights for an entire year. LDWF is
working with the Berkley High School Fishing Club program to promote fishing in schools and increase the number of fishing clubs throughout the state. The Battle for
the Bass competition will offer incentives from Berkley to
sign up early and a fishing package to the top team. Each
student from the top three teams will bring home a Battle
for the Bass plaque. All high school students are invited
to participate in this event. For questions please call Danica Williams at 504-628-7282. . Entry fee for each team
member is $5.
City Park offers some of the best bass fishing in the
state. This past year two bass exceeding 9 pounds have
been caught and released by local anglers Mike Laviolette and Kurt Wulff. Recently 300+ pounds of mature
bass (many between 6-7 pounds) were stocked into the
bayous and lagoons by the Louisiana Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries. This could be the rodeo to see
many large bass brought to the weigh station with a possible new record breaker! Tim Zissis holds the record
bass with a weight of 9-lbs. 0.05-oz. followed by Kevin
Schilling with his 9-lb. 0-oz. lunker.
The Big Bass Rodeo will be held on Saturday, April
2nd. All information, online registration, registration
forms, rules & regulations, fishing map and more will be
available beginning February 15th at: HYPERLINK
"http://www.bigbassfishingrodeo.com" www.bigbassfishingrodeo.com.