Quitman High School Fishing Team members Hayden Davis and Maddox Duck sat atop the leaderboard of the LHSAA state high school fishing championship after day one. Then conditions on Toledo Bend worsened the next day, leading to several teams that fish the large expanse regularly to move past and relegating the local contingent to a 14th place finish. 

Things couldn’t have gone much better on the opening Friday, March 21st round for Davis and Duck as the pair caught a five fish limit weighing 16.5 pounds to take the top spot among the 38 teams from all over the state. Unfortunately on Saturday it was a different story as the pair managed to snag only three fish that weighed  5.9 pounds. 

Earning the title of 2024 LHSAA state champion was Jayden Elliot and Tyler Wilkerson of Negreet High School who had weighed a nine-fish stringer of 30.5 lbs. including 21.4 pounds on day two to come from far back in the pack after day one. Coming in second place was Caleb Johnston and Colin Cosenza of Many High who weighed in ten fish that totaled 28.12 pounds. 

2024 LHSAA State Fishing Championship Top Twenty