Barfish
What’s the fish that fights like a saltwater fish eats like a fresh water fish and can be caught in almost every waterway in Louisiana. Bar fish, or white bass of course. The Bar fish can take way your breath and if your not careful a rod in an instant. Hard hitting and a tremendous fighter these fish don’t get the credit they deserve. Bar fish (white bass) is a slab sided, blue gray to silver fish with slate gray dorsal, white belly and pectoral fins. It has 5-7 longitudinal body stripes. White bass are active early spring spanners with schools of males migrating to spawning areas as much as a month before the females. There is no nest preparation, spawning occurs either near the surface on in mid water. Running water with a gravel or rock bottom is preferred. Females rise to the surface and several males crowd around as the eggs and sperm are released. After release the eggs sink to the bottom and become attached to rocks, hatching in 2-3 days. Growth is rapid, averaging 4 to 6 inches in the first year, 9-10 inches in the second year, and 12-14 inches lengths by the end of the third year. Most males mature at 2 years while females mature around year 3. They seldom live past 4 years or attain a size of 3 pounds or more. The current state record for Louisiana is 4.13 lbs caught in 1986. The daily limit in Louisiana is 50 except on Toledo Bend where the limit is 25.
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