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Originally Posted by Marshrat
This statement is not correct. If you are fishing in a saltwater zone, you must have a saltwater license in your possession.
Warren
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No. You do not.
Here is the law. You can look it up.
Title 56
Wildlife and Fisheries
Chapter 1. General Provisions for Wildlife and Fisheries
Part VI. Fishing and Fish Industry Licensing
Subpart B. Recreational Fishermen
Paragraph 302.1
C. (4)
(4) The saltwater license must be purchased and the fee paid irrespective of any agreement or provision of law not specifically waiving the license or fee. The required saltwater angling license shall not preclude a person from fishing for freshwater species of fish south of the designated saltwater line described in R.S. 56:322(A) or in saltwater lakes and bodies of water designated in R.S. 56:322(B).
A person may take or possess in such designated saltwater areas, without a saltwater angling license, any freshwater species of fish in any number not otherwise prohibited by law, provided the person possesses a valid fishing license as otherwise required by law. For the purpose of enforcement, the department shall determine by rule which species of fish shall be classified as a freshwater species and which shall be classified as a saltwater species. Any person, without a valid saltwater angling license, that takes a saltwater species of fish as classified by the department from a designated saltwater area shall return such fish immediately to the waters from which taken without avoidable injury. An enforcement agent or officer of the department may inspect a fisherman's catch to insure compliance with this Paragraph.