Bayou Black Posted Areas

I have been reading several articles regarding the marsh being posted and fishermen being harassed by Crawford. Y'all hearing the same thing?

That is nothing new, they've been doing that for years. They once call the game warden on a friend of mine for casting over a pipe barrier they had along side a canal to stop erosion. He in turn called the sheriff and they had a big pow wow on the water. Finally the sheriff's deputy told them if they didn't stop harassing fisherman that they would be arrested as there is a law against it.
"gene"

If the state would furnish a map showing the public waters and the waters claimed by private interests there would be quite an uproar. Hugh tracts of so called "private" waters in SW Louisiana have had large govt funded marsh management projects. We can't go to a lot of those places. Some we can go to, but they claim the right to run us out. Go to the accessors office in Abbeville and ask him to pull the map of White Lake. Not the new management area, but the lake itself. About half is "claimed by" private interests.

The area in question has always been posted. In only in the last few years that bass fisherman have started fishing the actual marsh itself. Before then everyone just fished the canals and bayou and cuts around the marsh and there were no issues. But now on weekend especially they have 50 boats scattered in the actual marsh that are peoples hunting leases etc that is causing the problems. The main reason it is even an issue these days is that there is a small percentage of the fish the area once had so people have went looking for fish in the marsh. Then add all the surface drive engines and people are able to access areas once mostly unaccessable

Unknowing to most, all of that land at one time was private and the only accessible waters were the public bayous. Then came the Intracoastal Canal and the oilfield. The Intracoastal cut through many inclosed lakes that were private and the oilfield canals which were dug on private lands allow fishermen access to water that were once only accessible to the land owners. So just be thankful that we have access to what we have because it could be a lot worst. Many of the open ponds that SoutherSlabs speak of were unreachable at one time, but erosion has changed that and many fisherman don't respect the landowners right to protect what is theirs. We have so many miles of canals to fish that you would have a hard time fishing them all in a lifetime. I know, there is the excitement of a new hot spot, but believe me even if it is a hot spot it won't be for long. I like to fish in Orange Grove. I know there are some better spots at certain times of the year but year in and year out that is my spot. I see bass boat especially, running up and down those canals. They run and the gun and I don't know how they catch fish because they are always on step. They hit one spot on a canal and then zoom, off the go. I watched many such pass me a few years back while I fished a bank. I ended up with my best ever bass, a 7 pounder, caught on a crappie jig and jig pole right where probably 20 boats had passed that morning. I guess all I'm saying is there is enough fishing water for all of us and if we want to continue to fish them we had better respect the rights of others.
"gene"

Well said Gene.

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Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"

Unknowing to most, all of that land at one time was private and the only accessible waters were the public

Hey PPG,

Some points to ponder.

Most trails lead back to money, and that's certainly the case with the privatization of Louisiana's marshes

>bayous. Then came the Intracoastal Canal and the oilfield. The Intracoastal cut through many inclosed lakes that were private and the oilfield >canals which were dug on private lands allow fishermen access to water that were once only accessible to the land owners. So just be thankful >that we

And tax dollars paid for the ICC.The land and right away.The law states, tidal waters are public. But as you know, the courts read it differently.

>have access to what we have because it could be a lot worst. Many of the open ponds that SoutherSlabs speak of were unreachable at one time, >but erosion has changed that and many fisherman don't respect the landowners right to protect what is theirs. We have so many miles of canals to

Does the landowner own the fish too?

>fish that you would have a hard time fishing them all in a lifetime. I know, there is the excitement of a new hot spot, but believe me even if it is a >hot spot it won't be for long. I like to fish in Orange Grove. I know there are some better spots at certain times of the year but year in and year >out that is my spot. I see bass boat especially, running up and down those canals. They run and the gun and I don't know how they catch fish >because they are always on step. They hit one spot on a canal and then zoom, off the go. I watched many such pass me a few years back while I >fished a bank. I ended up with my best ever bass, a 7 pounder, caught on a crappie jig and jig pole right where probably 20 boats had passed that >morning. I guess all I'm saying is there is enough fishing water for all of us and if we want to continue to fish them we had better respect the rights >of others.
>"gene"

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Redfish tournaments are almost always won by anglers fishing waters the state's map shows are privately owned.

It may be just a matter of time before a losing angler spies the winner fishing water the state hasn't claimed and sues for what he views is his rightful share of the purse.