Basic Commercial Fishing Regulations - Gulf States Marine ...

Nantachie Lake
Netting prohibited.
Old River Lakes (Vidalia & Deer Park,
Concordia Parish, and Lake Louis, Catahoula Parish)
Fish seining on the Louisiana sides of Old River
Lake, Vidalia and Deer Park, Concordia Parish, is prohibited
EXCEPT that fish seining is legal under a
special permit issued by the Department of Wildlife
and Fisheries. Please contact the Baton Rouge office
for more information.
Freshwater Bait Seines, Cast Nets,
Dip Nets and Minnow Traps
A person may have in possession or in use for the
sole and only purpose of taking minnows, shrimp and
other baits permitted by law, seines of 1/4 inch mesh
or less and measuring 30 feet or less in length, cast
nets with a radius of less than eight and one-half feet,
dip nets and minnow traps (See Recreational and
Commercial Licensing Requirements).
Poverty Point Lake
All freshwater commercial fish netting prohibited.
In addition, no person shall possess set or use any yoyos,
trot lines or slat traps.
Prien Lake
Fish seines, trammel nets, gill nets, butterfly nets
and shrimp trawls longer than 16 feet prohibited.
LAKE SAINT JOSEPH, TENSAS paRISH
Fishing with the use of yo-yos or trigger devices
shall be permitted on Lake Saint Joseph from Dec. 1
- March 15 of each year under the following conditions:
Not more than 24 yo-yos or trigger devices shall
be allowed per boat. Each yo-yo or trigger device shall
be clearly tagged with the name of the owner and the
owner’s telephone number. Yo-yos or trigger devices
shall be attached only to a tree or pier. No materials
shall be nailed to a tree, and no line shall be attached
from tree to tree for the purpose of attaching a yo-yo
or trigger device.
Tchefuncte River
Seines, nets, webbing or traps of any kind and all
types, including slat traps, for the taking of fish in the
Tchefuncte River, and its tributaries, from its origin in
Washington Parish to where it empties into Lake
Pontchartrain in St. Tammany Parish, are prohibited.
NOTE: Sanctuaries exist within WMAs, refuges
and other areas which may be closed to certain gear
types or methods of fishing. Consult your local LDWF
office or Enforcement Agent or the current hunting
regulations pamphlet.
General Prohibition of Netting in
Impoundments During Drawdown
Periods
All fresh water impoundments shall be closed to
use of commercial fish netting during water drawdown
periods, unless otherwise specified by LDWF based
upon biological and technical data; the closure to
begin on the date the drawdown control structure is
opened and continued until the lake returns to full pool
following closure of the structure.
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