New state waters announced
 

La. has now given us a new boundry as far as fishing goes. In stead of the old 3 mile state waters the new state water line is 10.3 miles out. The odd number has to do with the way they do the measuring. At presant I was told the limits were up to the individule warden but I can not see how that can be.

Has anybody else heard anything about this?

Anything diffrent for snapper this year?

Nothing this year but they are looking to make our red snapper season a lot better next year. We still have a lot of other snapper available.

Untill and if congress approves this. The federal game wardens will still be enforcing The rules as they are written now . In all the post about the changing of the boundries there is a caution to all fishermen. Allthough the state of louisiana recognizes these boundry changes . any fish caught in violation of federal law is up to the fishemen. Do so at your own risk.

I hqave been fishing and hunting for 30 years and have only seen a federal GW twice and neither was while fishing.

The federal boundrys have been moved to 10.3 miles for fishing. La was the only state with waters as close as 3 miles and that was put in place for the oil industry and taxes. I talked to some agents yesterday and the said they will honor the new boundry lines. That was from the guys that patrol the Venice waters.