Louisiana Sportsmans Coalition

[noodle creek]

Originally Posted by meat killer 86

Well our canal was dug back in the late 40's early 50's.

Not sure what year dad said it was dug.
So according to the previous post we should still own the water that runs through it.


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Agreed. If government digs onto your land, when there wasn't previous access through a natural waterway, then that should not become public waters.

However, if you go and buy a big chunk of wide open marsh with bayous and such all through it connecting other bodies of water, I feel the public should be able to use those waterways as access to true public bodies of water.

Most people who want to hunt and fish everyone else's marshes aren't land owners, but you better believe if they won the lottery and bought a big chunk of land that they would change their mind.

We're the only state in the nation having this argument, and I think sooner or later something will be done. Like W said, maybe something like having to allow access to fishermen from mid-March to mid-October. With the law written as is right now, I think landowners should either put up gates or quit their bit*****.

[DaPointIsDaBomb]

Originally Posted by noodle creek

Agreed. If government digs onto your land, when there wasn't previous access through a natural waterway, then that should not become public waters.

However, if you go and buy a big chunk of wide open marsh with bayous and such all through it connecting other bodies of water, I feel the public should be able to use those waterways as access to true public bodies of water.

Most people who want to hunt and fish everyone else's marshes aren't land owners, but you better believe if they won the lottery and bought a big chunk of land that they would change their mind.

We're the only state in the nation having this argument, and I think sooner or later something will be done. Like W said, maybe something like having to allow access to fishermen from mid-March to mid-October. With the law written as is right now, I think landowners should either put up gates or quit their bit*****.

The gates are what we don't want. We want to take back are marsh