Louisiana Fish Species
74 Louisiana fish with 2026 LDWF creel and size limits, seasons, LOWA state records and the waters where each is listed.
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- Alligator Garfreshwater
- Almaco Jacksaltwater
- Atlantic Sharpnose Sharksaltwater
B
- Banded Rudderfishsaltwater
- Bigeye Tunasaltwater
- Bigmouth Buffalofreshwater
- Black Buffalofreshwater
- Black Crappiefreshwater
- Black Drumsaltwater
- Black Groupersaltwater
- Black Sea Basssaltwater
- Blackfin Snappersaltwater
- Blacktip Sharksaltwater
- Blue Catfishfreshwater
- Blue Marlinsaltwater
- Bluefin Tunasaltwater
- Bluegillfreshwater
- Bonnethead Sharksaltwater
- Bowfinfreshwater
- Bull Sharksaltwater
C
- Channel Catfishfreshwater
- Cobiasaltwater
- Cubera Snappersaltwater
F
- Flathead Catfishfreshwater
- Freshwater Drumfreshwater
G
- Gagsaltwater
- Gizzard Shadfreshwater
- Gray Snappersaltwater
- Gray Triggerfishsaltwater
- Greater Amberjacksaltwater
H
- Hogfishsaltwater
- Hybrid Striped Bassfreshwater
K
- King Mackerelsaltwater
L
- Lane Snappersaltwater
- Largemouth Bassfreshwater
- Lesser Amberjacksaltwater
- Longnose Garfreshwater
M
- Mutton Snappersaltwater
P
- Paddlefishfreshwater
Q
- Queen Snappersaltwater
R
- Rainbow Troutfreshwater
- Red Drumsaltwater
- Red Groupersaltwater
- Red Snappersaltwater
- Redear Sunfishfreshwater
- Roundscale Spearfishsaltwater
S
- Sailfishsaltwater
- Scampsaltwater
- Sheepsheadsaltwater
- Silk Snappersaltwater
- Smallmouth Buffalofreshwater
- Southern Floundersaltwater
- Spanish Mackerelsaltwater
- Spinner Sharksaltwater
- Spotted Bassfreshwater
- Spotted Garfreshwater
- Spotted Seatroutsaltwater
- Striped Bassfreshwater
- Striped Mulletsaltwater
- Swordfishsaltwater
T
- Tilefishsaltwater
- Tripletailsaltwater
V
- Vermilion Snappersaltwater
W
- Wahoosaltwater
- Warmouthfreshwater
- Wenchmansaltwater
- White Bassfreshwater
- White Crappiefreshwater
- White Marlinsaltwater
Y
- Yellow Bassfreshwater
- Yellow Bullheadfreshwater
- Yellowfin Groupersaltwater
- Yellowfin Tunasaltwater
- Yellowtail Snappersaltwater
Photos
Bayou and Gulf water beside Louisiana Fish Species
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Answers
The Louisiana species list, cleared up
How many Louisiana fish have a page?
74, plus one page for the species that may not be taken.
Where do the Louisiana limits come from?
The 2026 LDWF recreational fishing pamphlet, read a second time against the LDWF freshwater and saltwater pages.
Who keeps Louisiana state fish records?
The Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association; LDWF biologists verify the species.
Are saltwater fish covered?
Yes; redfish, speckled trout, flounder, snappers, groupers, tunas and the other saltwater fish with a 2026 rule have pages.
Do the species pages include record weights?
Yes, the LOWA rank-one fish for rod and reel and fly divisions, with angler, water and date as printed.
Which waters does a species page list?
Lakes where LDWF names the fish in its popular-species text, plus record waters and stocked waters.
Is crawfish covered?
The crawfish limit sits on the regulations page rather than a species page.
A fish I catch is not listed; why?
Only fish with a 2026 limit or season, or a LOWA record, get a page.
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Rules, records and directories to pair with the Louisiana species list
- Every Louisiana water, A to Zlakes, coast, bayous, parishes, towns and fish on one list
- Louisiana licenses and limitsfees, who is exempt, the freshwater table
- Saltwater rulesinshore, reef fish, pelagics and sharks
- Water-body exceptionslakes and basins with their own limits
- Texas border watersToledo Bend, Caddo and the Sabine
- Free Fishing Weekendthe June weekend with no license needed
- LOWA state recordsrod and reel and fly records, fresh and salt
- LDWF stockingFlorida bass and the other hatchery releases
- Water levelsUSGS gauges, Corps pools and NOAA tide stations
- The Louisiana coastbays, sounds, passes and the delta
- Artificial reefsinshore, nearshore and offshore reef sites
- Natural and Scenic Riversprotected stream segments
- Get Out & Fish! pondscommunity ponds with winter trout and fall catfish
- Boat launchesLDWF-listed launches by parish
- Piers and bank fishingLDWF piers and bank sites
- Bait shopstackle stores and marinas in five map groups
- Guides and charterscaptains and guides by parish
- Tournamentstrail schedules and results
- Protected fishsturgeon, sawfish and the other no-take species