Joseph LaCoste, Morgan City, rolled into the MCOFR weigh-in with this alligator gar.
Joseph LaCoste's alligator gar weighs in at nearly 67 pounds.
Kellan Corbin of Houma, who was fishing with Bubba Corbin, unloads a redfish for weighing in.
Logan Bourgeois of Thibodaux shows a couple of speckled trout.
Vehicles began pulling up to the weigh-in station at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Volunteers from Nicholls State joined the locals at the Morgan City Open Fishing Rodeo weigh-in at Municipal Auditorium.
They're weighing in for the MCOFR
The weigh-ins began at 2 p.m. Saturday at Municipal Auditorium for the annual Morgan City Open Fishing Rodeo.
Volunteers and onlookers didn't have to wait long for an eye-popper: the 66.88-pound alligator gar that Joseph LaCoste, Morgan City, brought in by about 2:15 p.m.
With the annual fishing rodeo and the associated golf tournament, the Morgan City Open Fishing Rodeo organization raises money for educational and public service agencies in this region. The beneficiaries include Nicholls State, which sent volunteers to help with the weigh-in and paperwork.
The Review/Bill Decker