Basic Commercial Fishing Regulations - Gulf States Marine ...

set overnight but fish captured shall be removed during
daylight hours only.
Caddo Lake
No resident shall have set in the water for the taking
of commercial fish in Caddo Lake more than 24
yo-yos or other trigger devices. Each yo-yo or other
trigger device shall be clearly marked with the name
and address of the user. No resident shall leave a yo-yo
or trigger device unattended in Caddo Lake while it is
set in the water for taking fish, except from one-half
hour after official sunset to one-half hour before official
sunrise. A yo-yo or trigger device shall be deemed
unattended when the user cannot be immediately
located for identification therewith without leaving the
location of the yo-yo or trigger device. No person who
is a nonresident shall set in the water, use or leave a
yo-yo or trigger device at any time in Caddo Lake.
Lake Charles
Fish seines, trammel nets, gill nets, butterfly nets
and shrimp trawls longer than 16 feet prohibited.
Chicot Lake
Fishing with the use of yo-yos or trigger devices
shall be permitted on Chicot Lake only from Nov. 1 -
March 1 of each year. Not more than 24 yo-yos or
trigger devices shall be allowed per boat. Each yo-yo
must be tagged with the name of the responsible party,
the registration number of the boat and the date and
time the yo-yo was set. All yo-yos must be attended
and re-tagged at least every 48 hours.
Cypress Lake and Black Bayou
Reservoir, Bossier Parish
The use of gill nets, trammel nets and fish seines is
prohibited. Hoop nets, wire nets and slat traps are prohibited
from March 1 - Oct. 31 of each year. All hoop
nets, wire nets and slat traps shall be removed from the
lakes prior to March 1 of each year.
Lake D’Arbonne
No more than 50 yo-yos, or trigger devices, shall
be allowed per person. Each yo-yo, or trigger device,
shall be clearly tagged with the name, address and
telephone number of the owner or user. When used,
each yo-yo or trigger device shall be checked at least
once every 24 hours, and all fish and any other animal
caught or hooked, shall be immediately removed from
the device. Each yo-yo or trigger device must be
rebaited at least once every 24 hours. When not being
used in accordance to the above regulations, each
yo-yo or trigger device shall be removed immediately
from Lake D’Arbonne. No yo-yo or trigger device
shall be attached to any metallic object. All trotlines
must be marked, tagged and dated with the owner or
user’s name, address, phone number and the date of
placement. The trotline must be marked on each end
with a floating object that is readily visible. No person
shall set more than three trotlines with a maximum of
50 hooks per trotline. All trotlines must be removed
from Lake D’Arbonne when not in use. All trotlines
must have an eight foot cotton leader on each end of
the trotline to insure that if the trotline is left unattended,
the cotton leader will deteriorate and the line
will sink. All trotlines must be attended daily while in
service.
Fool River, Franklin Parish
Fish seines prohibited.
Lacassine Bayou (that portion of the bayou that
flows through the Lacassine National Refuge)
Gill nets, trammel nets and hoop nets prohibited
March 1 - Nov. 30 each year.
LAKE LAFOURCHE , CALDWELL paRISH
No more than 50 yo-yos, or trigger devices, shall
be allowed per person. Each yo-yo, or trigger device,
shall be clearly tagged with the name, address and
telephone number of the owner or user. When used,
each yo-yo or trigger device shall be checked at least
once every 24 hours, and all fish and any other animal
caught or hooked, shall be immediately removed from
the device. Each yo-yo or trigger device must be rebaited
at least once every 24 hours. When not being
used in accordance to the above regulations, each
yo-yo or trigger device shall be removed immediately
from Lake Lafourche. No yo-yo or trigger device shall
be attached to any metallic object. All trotlines must be
marked, tagged, and dated with the owner or user’s
name, address, phone number and the date of placement.
The trotline must be marked on each end with a
floating object that is readily visible. No person shall
set more than three trotlines with a maximum of 50
hooks per trotline. All trotlines must be removed from
Lake Lafourche when not in use. All trotlines must
have an eight foot cotton leader on each end of the
trotline to insure that if the trotline is left unattended,
the cotton leader will deteriorate and the line will sink.
All trotlines must be attended daily while in service.
Lake Providence
Gill nets and trammel nets prohibited, EXCEPT
during a special recurring commercial fishing season
allowing the use of gill and trammel nets greater than,
or having at least a minimum of three and one-half
inches bar and seven inches stretched. The special season
commences each year at sunrise on Nov. 1 and
closes at sunset on the last day of February the following
year.
Moss Lake
Fish seines, trammel nets, gill nets, butterfly nets
and shrimp trawls over 16 feet prohibited.
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