Freshwater Finfish
Contact: Ricky Moses, 225-765-2331, rmoses@wlf.la.gov
Gear Requirements and Restrictions by Water Body
TROTLINES AND YO-YOS
Black-Clear Lake,
Caddo Lake, Chicot
Lake, Prairie Lake,
Lake Lafourche, &
Lake St. Joseph
• You must tag trotlines with your name, address, phone number, and the date you placed the line. You must mark each end of the line with
a visible floating object. You must attach an 8-foot cotton leader on each end to ensure that if the trotline is left unattended, the leader
will deteriorate and the line will sink. You may set no more than three trotlines with no more than 50 hooks per line and must attend
them daily.
• You may not use more than 50 yo-yos or trigger devices. You must clearly tag each device with your name, address, and phone number.
You may not attach them to a metallic object or anchor them with any artificial object. You may only anchor them to an existing pier,
boathouse, seawall, or dock—you may not use any object such as rebar, cane, PVC tubing, or construction material to anchor a yo-yo or
trigger device to a water bottom, stump, tree, or shoreline. You must rebait each yo-yo or trigger device at least once every 24 hours. You
must immediately remove all fish or any other animals caught or hooked on the device.
Poverty Point Lake
You may not use trotlines or yo-yos.
NETS
Anacoco Lake, Lake
Vernon, and the
portion of Anacoco
Bayou between the
lakes
No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets.
Lake Bartholomew
No fish seines, gill nets, or trammel nets.
Lake Bistineau
No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets.
Bogue Chitto River
• No seines, nets, or webbing in the Bogue Chitto River from where it enters the state in northern Washington Parish to where it enters the
Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish.
• No hand grabbing to take fish from logs, buckets, barrels, drums, or natural or artificial nesting areas.
Bundick Lake
No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets.
Caddo Lake
No fish seines, gill nets, or trammel nets.
Caney Creek Reservoir No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets.
Lake Charles
No butterfly nets or shrimp trawls longer than 16 feet, fish seines, gill nets, strike nets, or trammel nets.
Lake Claiborne
No fish seines, gill nets, or trammel nets.
Lake Concordia
No fish seines, gill nets, or trammel nets.
Cross Lake
No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets.
Cypress Lake and
Black Bayou Reservoir
•
No fish seines, gill nets, or trammel nets.
• No hoop nets, slat traps, or wire nets from March 1 to October 31.
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Contact: Ricky Moses, 225-765-2331, rmoses@wlf.la.gov
Gear Requirements and Restrictions by Water Body
TROTLINES AND YO-YOS
Black-Clear Lake,
Caddo Lake, Chicot
Lake, Prairie Lake,
Lake Lafourche, &
Lake St. Joseph
• You must tag trotlines with your name, address, phone number, and the date you placed the line. You must mark each end of the line with
a visible floating object. You must attach an 8-foot cotton leader on each end to ensure that if the trotline is left unattended, the leader
will deteriorate and the line will sink. You may set no more than three trotlines with no more than 50 hooks per line and must attend
them daily.
• You may not use more than 50 yo-yos or trigger devices. You must clearly tag each device with your name, address, and phone number.
You may not attach them to a metallic object or anchor them with any artificial object. You may only anchor them to an existing pier,
boathouse, seawall, or dock—you may not use any object such as rebar, cane, PVC tubing, or construction material to anchor a yo-yo or
trigger device to a water bottom, stump, tree, or shoreline. You must rebait each yo-yo or trigger device at least once every 24 hours. You
must immediately remove all fish or any other animals caught or hooked on the device.
Poverty Point Lake
You may not use trotlines or yo-yos.
NETS
Anacoco Lake, Lake
Vernon, and the
portion of Anacoco
Bayou between the
lakes
No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets.
Lake Bartholomew
No fish seines, gill nets, or trammel nets.
Lake Bistineau
No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets.
Bogue Chitto River
• No seines, nets, or webbing in the Bogue Chitto River from where it enters the state in northern Washington Parish to where it enters the
Pearl River in St. Tammany Parish.
• No hand grabbing to take fish from logs, buckets, barrels, drums, or natural or artificial nesting areas.
Bundick Lake
No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets.
Caddo Lake
No fish seines, gill nets, or trammel nets.
Caney Creek Reservoir No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets.
Lake Charles
No butterfly nets or shrimp trawls longer than 16 feet, fish seines, gill nets, strike nets, or trammel nets.
Lake Claiborne
No fish seines, gill nets, or trammel nets.
Lake Concordia
No fish seines, gill nets, or trammel nets.
Cross Lake
No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets.
Cypress Lake and
Black Bayou Reservoir
•
No fish seines, gill nets, or trammel nets.
• No hoop nets, slat traps, or wire nets from March 1 to October 31.
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