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.

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

State licensed
Excellent
4.9 / 5
(89 reviews)
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Lake Charles
 4 bookings in the past week.
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Trips from US $550

Fishing Reports

Redfish in high winds!
Redfish in high winds!
Mar 4, 2026 Lake Charles
Went searching for flounder but it was super windy to sit where we have been catching them. So we went to look for redfish in some calmer waters. We stopped at the first stop for them. They were there in nunbers probably caught 30 redfish quickly most were undersized and some were to big to keep. But we managed our 8 quickly. All caught on popping corks and live shrimp.
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Past couple days of fishing
Past couple days of fishing
Mar 3, 2026 Lake Charles
We are catching trout and flounder on plastics, redfish, drum and sheepshead are coming from throwing live shrimp. We are fishing every day windy and calm days. The days are getting warm the water is getting warmer the bite is here.
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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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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
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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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Nelson Y.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Highly recommended.

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip on September 12, 2025
Even when nobody was catching fish we came home with our limit of reds and caught all the bull reds we could handle.
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Juan S.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Great Fishing Trip

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (AM) on July 24, 2025
Really enjoyed this trip. Our best yet. My friend and I took our two 10 year old novice anglers and we all caught multiple...
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Aaron A.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Fishing trip was great! You must book!

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on June 9, 2025
Capt Bradley and his nephew was nothing short of amazing to fish with. Put us on the fish early on and was patient with my...
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Erik S.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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3 boats for large group

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on June 6, 2025
Captain Bradley coordinated a great group of knowledgeable guides to take our large group out on Big Lake.ย  Guides were friendly...
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James O.
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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A great half day! Wish we booked the whole day.

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip (PM) on November 8, 2025
We had a great time. Watching the smiles on our sons faces made my month
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