Louisiana

For about seventy miles the center of Toledo Bend Reservoir is the state line between Louisiana and Texas. I went fishing with Denise and Doug, who live near the dam on the Texas side of the lake. Denise’s brother, Dennis flew in from Kansas City to fish with us. I bought my fishing license in Louisiana and our fishing contract was written to fish for Alligator Gar. The problem was; I arrived a month too late to catch an Alligator Gar and so we changed the contract to read, “A fish Larry hasn’t caught elsewhere”.

We started fishing below the dam on the Louisiana side, but soon we realized it would be better fishing above the dam. Doug and Denise have a boat, so why not use it? I rationalized; the fish probably swim back and forth between the two sides of the lake. You can see where this is leading. We decided to have fun fishing in Texas instead of getting skunked in Louisiana.

We caught some fish. At the time I got this Red Breast Sunfish, I thought it was a Long Ear Sunfish and thus I thought it was a new species for me, so the Long Ear Sunfish became the Louisiana fish species. This fish was caught in Texas, assumed to have swam in from Louisiana just for my enjoyment.