Outdoor

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Joe Lacoste with his alligator gar that won the trash fish category.

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Ernie Roe, left, and Richard Acosta with Roe’s 29.06-pound blue cat that won first place in the catfish category.

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Mike Helper with a five fish stringer of bass.

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Clint Colgin with a speckled trout that helped him win the speckled trout category.

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Redfish caught at the MOCFR.

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Kevin Hebert with bass caught at Saturday’s MCOFR. Hebert and his son took first place in the bass category. The winning weight was 18.20 pounds.

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Tracy Alcina with bass entered in Saturday’s MCOFR.

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Dylan Hymel and his Subsea One teammate weigh in redfish they caught Saturday at the MCOFR.

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Luke Fetterman, McKenzi Manual, McKayla Burley and Tucker Manual with redfish they entered in the MCOFR Saturday.

More Morgan City Open Fishing Rodeo photos

Here are photos from the weigh-in during the Morgan City Open Fishing Rodeo.

Photos are by John K. Flores

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Joseph LaCoste, Morgan City, rolled into the MCOFR weigh-in with this alligator gar.

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Joseph LaCoste's alligator gar weighs in at nearly 67 pounds.

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Keelan Corbin of Houma, who was fishing with Bubba Corbin, unloads a redfish for weighing in.

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Logan Bourgeois of Thibodaux shows a couple of speckled trout.

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Vehicles began pulling up to the weigh-in station at 2 p.m. Saturday.

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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.

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A female alligator protecting and keeping watch over her young.

The Review/John K. Flores

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Alligators have become a nuisance in some areas where they are found in subdivisions, particularly where residents have ponds.

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Christine Flores and a boat-load of alligators from a commercial harvest, waiting offloading.

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A farmer candles alligator eggs to ensure their viability.

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Alligator hides can be utilized for all sorts of luxury leather products.

John K. Flores: Will new recreational season reduce gator population?

By JOHN K. FLORES

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