The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is looking for participants to join LDWF’s Striped Bass Collaborative Anglers Project (SBCAP) to help biologists better understand the Striped Bass population in the Lake Pontchartrain and Pearl River Basins.

The current project sample area includes all Louisiana waters east of the Mississippi River, including Lakes Maurepas, Pontchartrain, and Borgne (as well as all rivers that drain into those lakes), and the entire Pearl River System.

LDWF needs tissue samples from the Striped Bass you catch. Data can be collected and submitted from harvested or released catches in two ways:

  1. Through a fin clip kit (ordered from LDWF at this link)
  2. Or by having LDWF collect your cleaned carcass (request a pick up at this link)

 Data will be analyzed by LDWF biologists for age determination (otoliths) and genetic origin (Gulf Strain, Atlantic Strain, Natural/Stocked).

 For more information on the project, a Striped Bass identification guide, to request a fin clip kit, or report a sample for collection: visit https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sbcap or call Jonathan Winslow at 985-847-2422.