PHOTO GALLERY: Senior Citizen's Fishing Rodeo
Jerry Hebert caught a carp on Wednesday, May, 2025, at the annual Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Seniro Citizen Fishing Rodeo. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Rocky Johnson shows off the 9 pound, 14 ounce catfish he reeled in on Wednesday, May 1, 2025, at the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Senior Citizen Fishing Rodeo. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sam Meche nets a big catfish caught by Rocky Johnson on Wednesday, May 1, 2025, at the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Senior Citizen Rodeo. Johnson's fish weighed in at 9 pounds, 14 ounces. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sam Meche nets a big catfish caught by Rocky Johnson on Wednesday, May 1, 2025, at the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Senior Citizen Rodeo. Johnson's fish weighed in at 9 pounds, 14 ounces. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Hundreds showed up to enjoy some fishing on Wedneday, May 1, 2025 at the annual Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Senior Citizen Fishing Rodeo. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Chief Stitch Guillory talks with Sam Meche on Wednesday, May 1, 2025, at the CPSO Senior Citizens Fishing Rodeo. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Hundreds showed up to enjoy some fishing on Wedneday, May 1, 2025 at the annual Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Senior Citizen Fishing Rodeo. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Bob Suydam casts his line out hoping to catch a big one at the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Senior Citizen Fishing Rodeo on Wednesday, May 1, 2025. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Sam Meche counts the catfish he caught on Wedneday, May 1, 2025 at the annual Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Senior Citizen Fishing Rodeo. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff deputy Matt Nunez helps Taylor Battles weigh the catfish he caught on Wedneday, May 1, 2025 at the annual Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Senior Citizen Fishing Rodeo. Battles' fish weighed in at 12 pounds. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff deputy Matt Nunez helps Taylor Battles weigh the catfish he caught on Wedneday, May 1, 2025 at the annual Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Senior Citizen Fishing Rodeo. Battles' fish weighed in at 12 pounds. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Hundreds showed up to enjoy some fishing on Wedneday, May 1, 2025 at the annual Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Senior Citizen Fishing Rodeo. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
Jerry Hebert holds up a string of catfish he caught May, 2025, at the annual Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Seniro Citizen Fishing Rodeo. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
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