ORANGE -- Pearland native Clark Jordan won his second-straight Elite Redfish Series season-opener ... two more fish and reeled the last into the net and set it on the deck with the hook still ...

Chris Macaluso nets a redfish for Sam Barbera during a Wednesday trip to the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. The parallel bridges are loaded with redfish this year. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com ...

And in doing so, Savoie, who also has a charter fishing business, has become one of the most successful professional redfish anglers out there after nearly two decades of targeting bronze backs.