Carrier profile · USDOT 243308 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

GUIDRYS CATFISH LLC

27 power unitsavg 11.9 yrRegional · 4 statesBREAUX BRIDGE, LA94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksguidryscatfish.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 17.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 31 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

16.7% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 21.6 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

30 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 27-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
27
Inspections · 24 mo
31
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
35%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 21 total · 4 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252022
20242021
20213013
20202021
20192012
20183013
20171001
20141011
20131001
20121001
20101001
19991001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 11, 2026LA00Yes
Jul 1, 2025LA01Yes
May 2, 2025AL01Yes
Aug 8, 2024LA02No
Jun 20, 2024TX03Yes
Sep 12, 2021MS01Yes
Sep 8, 2021LA00Yes
Feb 7, 2021MS00Yes
Jul 16, 2020LA01Yes
Jun 30, 2020TX02No
Oct 14, 2019LA00Yes
Aug 19, 2019LA05Yes
Dec 27, 2018LA00Yes
Dec 4, 2018LA01Yes
Jan 23, 2018LA00Yes
Aug 1, 2017LA00Yes
Mar 16, 2014LA01Yes
Mar 14, 2013MS00Yes
Aug 7, 2012LA00Yes
Apr 28, 2010MS00Yes
Apr 9, 1999MS00Yes