Chicot Lake
No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets.
D’ Arbonne Lake
No fish seines, gill nets, or trammel nets.
False River Lake,
Lake Bruin, Lake
Providence, & Poverty
Point Lake
You may only use gill and trammel nets from October 1 through sunset on the last day of February of the following year. Net mesh must be
at least 3-1/2 inches square (7 inches stretched). You may leave gear overnight but may only remove fish during daylight hours.
Fool River
No fish seines.
John K. Kelly-Grand
Bayou Reservoir
No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, trammel nets, or wire nets.
Lacassine Bayou
No gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets from March 1 to November 30 (in the portion that flows through Lacassine National Refuge).
Moss Lake
No butterfly nets or shrimp trawls longer than 16 feet, fish seines, gill nets, strike nets, or trammel nets.
Nantachie Lake
No nets allowed.
Prien Lake
No butterfly nets or shrimp trawls longer than 16 feet, fish seines, gill nets, strike nets, or trammel nets.
Tchefuncte River
No seines, nets, or webbing in this river or its tributaries, from its origin in Washington Parish to where it empties into Lake Pontchartrain
in St. Tammany Parish.
Toledo Bend Reservoir No hoop nets from March 1 to May 15 (only in that portion of the reservoir from a point north of Logansport where the lake enters Texas
and south to a point on the lake where the Texas Duck Refuge Canal intersects the Old Channel of the Sabine River).
TRAPS
Lake Bruin
No slat traps from October 1 through sunset on the last day of February of the following year. You may leave gear overnight but may only
remove fish during daylight hours.
Poverty Point Lake
No slat traps.
Tchefuncte River
No traps in this river or its tributaries, from its origin in Washington Parish to where it empties into Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany
Parish.
Prohibited Gear
You may not use any of the following types of gear in state freshwater areas:
Spears (except garfish)
Poisons
Stupefying substances or devices Explosives
Guns
Tree-topping devices
Lead nets (exception: leads on
hoop nets set at least 500 feet
from a stream bed in overflow
regions)
Electric shocking instruments or
devices
Snagging devices (not including
bows and arrows; exceptions:
catfish, garfish taken by spears)
Elevated trotlines (except in
exempt areas)
You may not use any aircraft including fixed-wing aircraft, dirigibles, balloons,
helicopters, or any other form of aerial surveillance to assist in harvesting finfish,
except herring-like fish.
Bait
You may use the following gear to harvest minnows, shrimp, and other baits
permitted by law:
• Seines no longer than 30 feet and with mesh no larger than 1/4 inch
• Cast nets with a radius of less than 8-1/2 feet
• Dip nets no larger than 3 feet in diameter
• Minnow traps
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No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets.
D’ Arbonne Lake
No fish seines, gill nets, or trammel nets.
False River Lake,
Lake Bruin, Lake
Providence, & Poverty
Point Lake
You may only use gill and trammel nets from October 1 through sunset on the last day of February of the following year. Net mesh must be
at least 3-1/2 inches square (7 inches stretched). You may leave gear overnight but may only remove fish during daylight hours.
Fool River
No fish seines.
John K. Kelly-Grand
Bayou Reservoir
No fish seines, gill nets, hoop nets, trammel nets, or wire nets.
Lacassine Bayou
No gill nets, hoop nets, or trammel nets from March 1 to November 30 (in the portion that flows through Lacassine National Refuge).
Moss Lake
No butterfly nets or shrimp trawls longer than 16 feet, fish seines, gill nets, strike nets, or trammel nets.
Nantachie Lake
No nets allowed.
Prien Lake
No butterfly nets or shrimp trawls longer than 16 feet, fish seines, gill nets, strike nets, or trammel nets.
Tchefuncte River
No seines, nets, or webbing in this river or its tributaries, from its origin in Washington Parish to where it empties into Lake Pontchartrain
in St. Tammany Parish.
Toledo Bend Reservoir No hoop nets from March 1 to May 15 (only in that portion of the reservoir from a point north of Logansport where the lake enters Texas
and south to a point on the lake where the Texas Duck Refuge Canal intersects the Old Channel of the Sabine River).
TRAPS
Lake Bruin
No slat traps from October 1 through sunset on the last day of February of the following year. You may leave gear overnight but may only
remove fish during daylight hours.
Poverty Point Lake
No slat traps.
Tchefuncte River
No traps in this river or its tributaries, from its origin in Washington Parish to where it empties into Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany
Parish.
Prohibited Gear
You may not use any of the following types of gear in state freshwater areas:
Spears (except garfish)
Poisons
Stupefying substances or devices Explosives
Guns
Tree-topping devices
Lead nets (exception: leads on
hoop nets set at least 500 feet
from a stream bed in overflow
regions)
Electric shocking instruments or
devices
Snagging devices (not including
bows and arrows; exceptions:
catfish, garfish taken by spears)
Elevated trotlines (except in
exempt areas)
You may not use any aircraft including fixed-wing aircraft, dirigibles, balloons,
helicopters, or any other form of aerial surveillance to assist in harvesting finfish,
except herring-like fish.
Bait
You may use the following gear to harvest minnows, shrimp, and other baits
permitted by law:
• Seines no longer than 30 feet and with mesh no larger than 1/4 inch
• Cast nets with a radius of less than 8-1/2 feet
• Dip nets no larger than 3 feet in diameter
• Minnow traps
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