The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries stocked over 16,000 largemouth bass in the Pearl River as part of the Department's planned recovery efforts in the wake of last year's fish kill.

This is the Department's second stocking effort following the Temple-Inland incident in 2011 that killed over 500,000 fish and freshwater mussels in the river. The bass were raised and distributed from the Department's Monroe Fish Hatchery in north Louisiana. Northern largemouth bass are native to the Pearl River.

Register now for an exciting day of deep sea fishing off New Hampshire's coast with the New Hampshire Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program on Sunday, June 10, 2012. The event costs $75, which includes instruction, bait and rod rental. Bring your own lunch.