2017 was a busy year for the state Fish Records Committee of the Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association. Among the twenty-four new top ten by species records were five first places that included:
- Michael Clark's 9.66 pound fly rod category sheephead
- Chris Legrand's 140 pound amberjack
- David Loewen's 41 pound blackfin tuna
- Mike Melancon's 13.25 pound red grouper
- John JJ Tabor, who broke his own record with a 383.13 pound Warsaw grouper.
The biggest Louisiana caught fish of 2017 was a monster 833 pound Bluefin tuna caught by
Kaleb Richardson, a new all time 5th place.
For complete records rules and application instructions for state records visit laoutdoorwriters.com.