Great news for bass fishermen! The Jackson Parish Waterway Commission is pleased to announce that the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has introduced 100,000 Florida Bass fingerlings into Caney Lake and another 3,200 at Chatham Lake.

On May 5th, 50,000 fingerlings were put in at Ebenezer Launch and Fishing Pier, with another 50,000 added at the east boat launch of Jimmie Davis State Park. Chatham Lake received the 3,200 fingerlings on April 16th. 

According to LDWF statistics, 3-10% of the fingerlings are estimated to reach spawning age. The program’s intent is to maintain a high level of Florida Strain Genetics that produces the large bass for which Caney Lake is recognized, and to increase the population at Chatham Lake.

The Jackson Parish Waterway Commission thanks the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and its stocking programs for helping Jackson Parish remain known as a “mecca of bass fishing” in Louisiana and across the nation.