Basic Commercial Fishing Regulations - Gulf States Marine ...

Freshwater Fishing
Additional Freshwater Fishing Information
Daily Bag Limit
No person shall take in any one day
more than the daily bag limit as set by
law for any species of fish.
Possession
No person shall have in his possession
more than twice the daily bag limit
of any kind of freshwater recreational
fish; except that only one day’s bag
limit of black bass may be in possession
while on the water and except that only
a one day’s bag limit of all species of
fish may be in possession while on the
water at Toledo Bend Reservoir; and
except that the possession limit for catfish
is as identified under Catfish; and
except that only one day’s bag limit of
crappie may be in possession while on
the water at Poverty Point.
All freshwater game fish caught in
any type of recreational or commercial
net or trap must be returned immediately
to the water from which taken
without avoidable injury.
All regulations regarding these species
apply whether caught in salt or fresh
water areas.
Atchafalaya Basin, Lake
Verret-Palourde Area and
Lake Fausse Point-
Dauterive Area
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Sale of Certain
Freshwater Fish
pRohibited
No person shall purchase, sell, exchange
or offer for sale or exchange, or possess
or import with intent to sell or exchange
any freshwater or saltwater game fish,
or any fish taken recreationally or taken
with any recreational gear.
Prohibited Freshwater
Fish
No person may possess or sell in
this state the following fishes: all species
of piranha, tilapia and carp (except
koi or common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
and goldfish (Carassius auratus)); Rio
Grand Cichlid; freshwater electric eel
(Electrophorus sp.); rudd (Scardinius
erythrophthalmus); all members of the
families Synbranchidae (Asian swamp
eels), Channidae (snakeheads),
Clariidae (walking catfishes), and
Trichomycteridae (pencil catfishes).
No fish of any species from outside
the state shall be liberated within the
state except upon written permission of
the Secretary.
No fish of any species shall be liberated
into state waters without written
permission of the Secretary.
Exotic species of Asian carp (silver,
bighead, black and grass) taken
recreationally from state waters must
not be returned to the water and may
not be possessed alive.
The area south of U.S. 190 from the West Atchafalaya Basin
Protection Levee (WABPL) to the intersection of LA 1 and U.S.
190 due north of Port Allen, west of LA 1 from U.S. 190 to LA 20
in Thibodaux, north and west of LA 20 from LA 1 to U.S. 90,
north of U.S. 90 from LA 20 to the WABPL, east of the WABPL
from U.S. 90 to the Corps of Engineers (USACE) Locks on the
WABPL at the Charenton Drainage and Navigation Canal (CDNC),
north of and including the CDNC from the USACE Locks on the
WABPL to Highway 87, north and east of Highway 87 from the
CDNC to Highway 320, east of Highway 320 from Highway 87
to Highway 86, south and east of Highway 86 from Highway 320
to Highway 345, east of Highway 345 from Highway 86 to
Highway 679, south and east of Highway 679 from Highway 345
to Highway 3083, south of Highway 3083 from Highway 679 to
the WABPL and east of the WABPL from Highway 3083 to U.S.
190.
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