Outdoor

The Great Bayou Teche Dog Paddle, Saturday, May 10, will be an eight-mile trip by kayak, canoe or paddle board from Breaux Bridge to Parks.

This is the third year for the event, which is a fund-raiser for St. Martin Parish Animal Services, the local animal shelter.

Camille Blanchard, 83, of Catahoula, with a 33-pound catfish he caught in Catahoula Lake.

Teddy Thibodeaux of Parks with a 5.84-pound largemouth he caught on his first trip to Sam Rayburn Lake.

He caught the bruiser on a chartreuse spinnerbait.

Thibodeaux was fishing with friends who have been going to the Texas lake for the past 15 years.