License confusion on LA/TX border waters
 

My buddy from Texas that I fished the tourney on Sabine this evening cleared up the issue with me. Supposedly, Texans can't cross into LA waters off of Sabine(marshes, burn out bridge, etc.) without out a LA license. But we (LA people) can fish Any part of the border waters along the Border.

He said he thinks that's how it works, so don't hold me to it if yall get a ticket for launching at a Texas launch lol

I posted a link in the sabine 6-26 thread to the ldwf website regarding the regulations. It is Better to have people informed, thanks for clarifying.

Sucks to be a texan hahaha

Indeed, thanks for the clarification. Might be headed there in a family trip in a couple of weeks.

Hahaha. Fool that's funny. Damn texans.

Here's Jared's link

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In all border waters, except the Gulf of Mexico, Texas and Louisiana anglers possessing the necessary resident licenses, or those exempted from resident licenses for their state, are allowed to fish the border waters of Louisiana and Texas without purchasing non-resident licenses. Border waters include Caddo Lake, Toledo Bend Reservoir, the Sabine River and Sabine Lake."

http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/license...and-exemptions

The key words are: along the Border [of the river,lake, etc.]

If you stay in the main river.....all you need is a licence from the state where you launched your boat.

You can not go up into any kind of cut or marsh on the opposite side of the river......if you don't have a licence for that state.

That is my understanding of the LA and TX laws.

I called earlier this yr and I do know that if you are on Toledo Bend you can fish any where and launch anywhere on the lake with an La fish licences, not shur about TX licences

If you launch on the Texas side of Toledo Bend, don't you have to abide by their possession laws? Maybe i'm wrong, but isn't it a 5 bass limit on the Texas side vs 8 on the La. side?

Whatever side you launch from dictates the laws that you must abide by, regardless of which license(s) you hold.

On Sabine (SW) you can fish the entire lake with either license, but like someone else mentioned, with a TX license your boundary limit is the LA bank - i.e. you can not go into the bayous and channels…I presume the law is the same for LA licenses in the fact that you are limited to the main lake...

Toledo Bend is an exception to this rule. Anywhere in Toledo Bend is accessible to fishermen from either state. The bag limit is a compromise between the two states and that is 8 bass 14" or longer.

Man I am gonna have to call some higher ups...I don't want to be fishing illegally.

Thats what im thinking, i hate giving away money

the more i find out about this issue the more confused i feel, so what if i have both liscenses?

If you have both, they cancel each other out and you can't fish, lol, just joking. If you have both, there is nothing to worry about.

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You can fish either with either license you just cant enter into bayous , cuts etc on either side. Texas and LA just passed new legislation that all waters that are bordered by either state have the same fisihng laws now size, numbers, everything. This line starts at the I-10 bridge on the sabine river anything south of there is just like the old laws were. Texas and LA have seperate laws south of I-10 concerning fish

14 inches 8 fish on Toledo

Yeah, I just read that in the Texas rules and regs. I was given wrong info, and then passed it along. Sorry. :rolleyes: At least i was on the safe side!!!:grinpimp:

Ronnie

haha that would be about right though