Salt Ditch/Black Lake Land Ownership

[speckinabox]

Boatdriver it sounds like you're on the side of the IDIOT who loves to show how big of balls he has by beating his chest in front of kids. All i have to say is that i have a clue what spot this is and that either the land owner put up signs or this will not be the last incident. There is no way just by sight to know where his land is or not so unless there is signs this will continue and someone is going to get hurt.

Personally i would like to see if that would happen to a couple of guys without kids.

[Raymond]

CKINCHEN, I agree with you that it was handled poorly and dangerously. Did you ask your well respected guide exactly where you were fishing and if it was public or private? He knew where he was and also knew he was Tresspassing. For him to give you permission to fish his spot is aiding an illegal activity. I would be just as pizzed at the Well Respected Guide as the azzhat in the Earboat.
On the same subject, how much land do you own? Keeping tresspassers off of private property is a daily battle for some. I know firsthand the kind of altercations that insue with tresspassers. If you don't have permission by the land owner,,, stay out, if you can't be sure where you are,,, stay out.
I will try to look up the Louisiana Supreme court decision that established the precedent for this issue. Yakem probably knows it chapter and verse so maybe he will chime in soon.

[ckinchen]

Originally Posted by Raymond

CKINCHEN, I agree with you that it was handled poorly and dangerously. Did you ask your well respected guide exactly where you were fishing and if it was public or private? He knew where he was and also knew he was Tresspassing. For him to give you permission to fish his spot is aiding an illegal activity. I would be just as pizzed at the Well Respected Guide as the azzhat in the Earboat.
On the same subject, how much land do you own? Keeping tresspassers off of private property is a daily battle for some. I know firsthand the kind of altercations that insue with tresspassers. If you don't have permission by the land owner,,, stay out, if you can't be sure where you are,,, stay out.
I will try to look up the Louisiana Supreme court decision that established the precedent for this issue. Yakem probably knows it chapter and verse so maybe he will chime in soon.

I have a half acre in Cameron, 60 acres in Livingston Parish, 10 and 2 acres in Harris County, Texas.

I have caught people ridding 4 wheelers on my land and doing other things but unless I make it my lifes mission I cannot police all of these tracts of land.

I put a fence up at my two houses and if someone came over the fence we would have an issue. I do not have a fence around the other properites that I own. If someone accidently wondered onto my property to be honest I probably woudln't care but if I did care I would tell them it was private property and ask them nicely not to come back. If they refused I woudl take a picture of them and their vehcile and turn them into the police.

My family at one time owned a very large percentage of the land in Livingson Parish, I watched my grandfatether spend most of his life fighting to keep people off of his land when he should have been enjoying his success.

If I were on these guys land and it sounds like I was, simply ask me to leave or put up a posted sign and I wouldn't have been there in the first place.

He could also have turned me into the police and I would be happy to have my attoreny talk to the Cameron D.A and or pay a fine.

There is no excuse for his actions or mine if I were tresspassing. My wrong does not make his actions a right.

As far as the law itself is concerned. As long as the landowners are the only people that the folks in Baton Rouge are hearing from the law will never change. The average fishermen does not have the money to fight most landowners. What we need is an organization that fights for us. The power is with the people. While one fishermen can't change the law, 1,000,000 fishermen in the state of Louisiana can if their voice is broadcast through one source.

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by ckinchen

What we need is an organization that fights for us.

I think it is a great idea. When is the first meeting and what are you thinking of calling the org.?

[boatdriver]

Originally Posted by Raymond

CKINCHEN, I agree with you that it was handled poorly and dangerously. Did you ask your well respected guide exactly where you were fishing and if it was public or private? He knew where he was and also knew he was Tresspassing. For him to give you permission to fish his spot is aiding an illegal activity. I would be just as pizzed at the Well Respected Guide as the azzhat in the Earboat.
On the same subject, how much land do you own? Keeping tresspassers off of private property is a daily battle for some. I know firsthand the kind of altercations that insue with tresspassers. If you don't have permission by the land owner,,, stay out, if you can't be sure where you are,,, stay out.
I will try to look up the Louisiana Supreme court decision that established the precedent for this issue. Yakem probably knows it chapter and verse so maybe he will chime in soon.

You can learn a lot from what this gentleman is saying. Hey guys let's all go tresspass!!!!!

[ckinchen]

Originally Posted by boatdriver

You can learn a lot from what this gentleman is saying. Hey guys let's all go tresspass!!!!!

Read the posts, I never questioned rather or not the landowner had to post signs or that I may have been tresspassing.

Again, two wrongs do not make a right. If I were guilty and I have no idea if I were or not, he was wrong to react the way that he did.

[boatdriver]

Originally Posted by speckinabox

Boatdriver it sounds like you're on the side of the IDIOT who loves to show how big of balls he has by beating his chest in front of kids. All i have to say is that i have a clue what spot this is and that either the land owner put up signs or this will not be the last incident. There is no way just by sight to know where his land is or not so unless there is signs this will continue and someone is going to get hurt.

Personally i would like to see if that would happen to a couple of guys without kids.

You're right, it won't be the last incident until the levee is finished. Then, there will be no more confusion. And, NO, he DOES NOT have to put up a sign. Read the law moron. Sounds like you are the IDIOT now.

BD