Sink unused Christmas trees at Lake Claiborne

CLAIBORNE PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), in partnership with the Claiborne Parish Watershed District Commission (CPWDC), is hosting a “Reef Rodeo” for Lake Claiborne in Claiborne Parish.

According to a press release, the event will be held on Saturday, January 11, 2025, from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the public boat launch on LA Hwy 2 near Homer. Over 300 unused Christmas trees were donated by local vendors, and collected by LDWF, for anglers to disperse throughout the lake as fish attractors.

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Participants will be given trees they can place in their favorite fishing spot to attract fish. Weights will be used to sink the trees are available but limited and will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

They say, participants may also provide their own weights; concrete cinder blocks are often used. Any trees that are not given away will be deployed by LDWF to further enhance public fishing piers and the existing artificial reefs in the lake.

For questions regarding Lake Claiborne, please contact LDWF Inland Fisheries Biologist Manager, Jeff Sibley at (318) 371-5294 or jsibley@wlf.la.gov.

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