Posted marsh

[ccm]

Just got my latest (July 2016) edition of the Louisiana Sportsman magazine and there is an article on page 16 titled "Most SW Louisiana waters off limits, anglers told". The article says that for all practical matters all marsh south of I-10 is posted and the parishes would be writing tickets to those who fished or even motored through areas that were posted. I do most of my fishing in the Dulac area and there has always been posted signs on nearly all of the marsh in that area but I have never heard of anyone getting ticketed. I have even been stopped on the water by game wardens but nothing was said about fishing on posted waters.

Has anyone heard of anyone having problems fishing the coastal areas of the state?

Charlie

[wishin i was fishin]

Yes, sad reality. The law that allows this was written to cover land adjacent to rivers during floods. It did not take long for the land owners in tidal zones to jump on the bandwagon.

This law combined with another law that states all land is posted and you must have written permission on your person stacks the odds against the fisherman.





Tidal zones should have its own law and be governed differently.

I have seen a video where tournament fishermen were warned about private canals but never heard of someone getting ticketed yet.

[eman]

Game wardens don't enforce trespass laws. That will be the sheriff

[MEM1971]

Land owners are putting up cameras and calling the authorities. Tournament fisherman don't even want to fish here anymore. This is a bull**** law! The bad ones always mess it up for good guys!!!!!

[Top Dawg]

If they don't want me fishing in it, they need to levee the whole thing off so my fish and other resources can't get it there. As long as my (public licensed anglers tax paid for) fish can swim in there I will go in there to catch them.