Originally Posted By: Shorty
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The native species were LMB, crappie, native bluegill, chinquapin and mudcats.


Sandman, is chiquapin the is the local LA slang for redear sunfish? If so, I just learned something new. \:\)

Are the "mudcats" bullheads or flathead catfish? A large number of flathead catfish could be eating your bigger LMB. Around here a 7 lb. LMB would not be safe with some of the bigger flatheads I've seen. \:o

Since yiou are looking for a trophey bass lake, have you thought about stocking threadfins or a similar type of forage fish with a more fusiform shape. Golden shiners maybe?


I have to apologize for my Louisiana slang and confess that I am not even certain of the correct names of some of these fish. That being said, I believe that the chinquapin is indeed one and the same as the redear sunfish. The mudcat is not the same as the flathead (also known as a yellow cat or opelousas cat). The mudcat is a native catfish that doesn't get much more than 1 lb. I don't know the proper name.

Just to expand your knowledge of our LA slang, crappie are known as white perch north of I-10 and sac-a-lait (sac-a-lay) when you are south of I-10.

TFS and Golden Shiners are typically not available in the hatcheries in our area. The only forage I have ever found locally is FHM.

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