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Located in northeast Louisiana, the Monroe Fish Hatchery is only 11 acres but produces a variety of species including largemouth bass, bluegill, threadfin shad, channel catfish, and alligator snapping turtles. It currently functions as a sportfish hatchery for stocking public waters.

This hatchery began raising fish to stock farm ponds in the 1920s and has grown over the years to a 43-acre facility. Since it opened, the hatchery has produced more than 70 million fish for release into Louisiana’s waters.Īlso located in Forest Hill, the Beechwood Fish Hatchery is the oldest hatchery in the state. It is the state’s primary freshwater sportfish production facility, and its central location facilitates the distribution of fry and fingerlings (young and juvenile fish) to public waterbodies throughout Louisiana. Opened in 1997, Booker Fowler Fish Hatchery in Forest Hill, Louisiana is the largest and most modern of LDWF’s fish hatcheries, with 53 acres of ponds, 16 outdoor raceways, and a spacious building for culture operations. LDWF operates four warm water fish hatcheries that spawn, hatch, and raise a number of important freshwater fish species including Florida largemouth bass black and white crappie blue, channel, and flathead catfish bluegill redear sunfish threadfin shad and paddlefish. Stocking areas with fish produced in our hatcheries can speed up the repopulation of a waterbody and help us reach other management goals such as meeting public demand for catching a trophy bass in Louisiana waterbodies.

Louisiana’s freshwater fish hatcheries are an integral part of LDWF’s mission to enhance fish populations and provide more opportunities for everyone to use and enjoy these resources.

Fishing planet flathead catfish louisiana