Captain
Bradley Laningham

Member since January 2023 Lake Charles, United States
Background
Captain Bradley, a Lake Charles, Louisiana native, owns and operates Cat 5 Fishing Charters LLC.

Hey, I'm Captain Bradley Laningham

Lake Charles, United States
Background
Captain Bradley, a Lake Charles, Louisiana native, owns and operates Cat 5 Fishing Charters LLC.
Anglers Choice
89
Reviews
59
Fishing Reports
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My Charter Listing

Cat 5 Fishing Charters LLC

State licensed
Excellent
4.9 / 5
(89 reviews)
Angler's choice
Lake Charles
 Last booking: 9 hours ago
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Trips from US $550

Fishing Reports

Big big redfish sheepshead
Big big redfish sheepshead
Feb 27, 2026 Lake Charles
Today was a slow morning bite chasing flounder and keeper sized redfish but we found some flounder that would eat. After the bite slowed down made a little run to some better water looking for sheepshead and man did we find them. The sheeps were all big girls. As well we caught and landed bullred fish biggest of the day went 25lbs! Everything today was caught on live shrimp.
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Flounder are eating!
Flounder are eating!
Feb 25, 2026 Lake Charles
We are catching lots of flounder everyday as well as redfish, black drum, and sheepshead. Most are being caught on live bait and some soft plastic baits.
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Look what your missing out on! Book toda
Look what your missing out on! Book toda
Feb 19, 2026 Lake Charles
We are catching a lot of redfish some are keepers but most are picture takers. Now the flounder are showing up in numbers every day. Catching them from soft plastics to live shrimp. Some days we are sight fishing for redfish as well.
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Redfish bite is on fire
Redfish bite is on fire
Feb 1, 2026 Lake Charles
Couple days of good weather with light winds has the redfish bite on fire. The first trip we caught a 120 redfish in 3 hours we did catch and released till we had 8 keeper redfish. Then the second trip caught around 20 but it was super cold and ended the day with 7 keepers. Everything is beaing caught on plastics.
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Full moon and filets to take home
Full moon and filets to take home
Jul 11, 2025 Lake Charles
These trips were during the full moon phase and we still managed a few filets for our customers to take home. Fishing is about to back on full steam ahead again. Most fish were caught on live bait.
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Tough fishin but still catching
Tough fishin but still catching
Jun 26, 2025 Lake Charles
Its been tough the past few days. We are still catching fish but most are undersized or oversized. As it warms up so does the fishing. We are dodging rain storms everyday as well we are fishing rain or shine as long as its nothing crazy. Most fish has came from live bait the past few days.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.9 / 5
out of 5 stars from 89 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.9 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.9 / 5
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February fishing trip
Amazing!
Amazing!
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
98%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
98%
Appropriate for children
95%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
98%
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Justin J.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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February fishing trip

VERIFIED   NEW  Full Day Trip on February 13, 2026
had a good day with capt bradley, had a late start cause of dense fog. the day was a grind but fun, captain worked hard moving...
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Kristin H.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Amazing!

VERIFIED   NEW  Half Day Trip (AM) on February 8, 2026
Wonderful experience.ย  Captain Hayden knew all the places to go, happy with the fish we caught, and very knowledgeable about...
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Shelley P.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Phenomenal First Trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on October 10, 2025
Having never been fishing in the gulf, we booked a trip on a whim. Absolutely great agternoon hooking some legit reds. Only...
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Heather H.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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One fish, two fish, red fish, you fish

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on June 4, 2025
We had a great time. Caught red fish, speckled trout, sheepshead, and a few other species. Captain Bradley put us on fish right...
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Tracy R.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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5.0 / 5
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Great day at Hackberry.

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on November 5, 2025
Capt. Hoffpauer was awesome.ย  Very nice, put us on a LOT of fish.ย  Was wonderfully helpful. High recommendation for...
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