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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 885
BY REPRESENTATIVES LAMBERT, HARRISON, AND ST. GERMAI N AND
SENATOR MARIONNEAUX
FISHING/DEVICES: Allows the use of wire nets and hoop nets for recreational fishing
throughout the state
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:320(A)(1), relative to methods of taking fish; to allow the use2
of wire nets and hoop nets for recreational fishing throughout the state; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 56:320(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง320. Methods of taking freshwater or saltwater fish7
A.(1) Freshwater and saltwater recreational fish may be taken by means of8
rod, fishing pole, hook and line, trolling line, handline, bait casting, fly casting9
apparatus, crawfish nets, by use of devices known as yo-yos or trigger devices, bow10
and arrow, recreational hoop nets, recreational wire nets, recreational slat traps,11
standard spearing equipment used by a skin diver sport fishing in salt water saltwater12
or fresh water when submerged in the water, recreational pipes, recreational buckets,13
recreational drums, recreational tires, and recreational cans, and by no other means14
except a barbless spear or a multi-pronged barbed gig that may be used in salt water15
saltwater for taking flounder. Recreational wire nets and recreational hoop nets16
authorized for use under the provisions of this Section shall be used only in the17
geographical areas located north of a line that follows Interstate Highway 10 from18
where it crosses the Louisiana/Mississippi state line westward to its junction with19 HLS 10RS-276 ORIGINAL
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Interstate Highway 12 near Slidell, along Interstate Highway 12 westward to its1
junction with Interstate Highway 10 in the city of Baton Rouge, and then along2
Interstate Highway 10 from the city of Baton Rouge westward to where it crosses the3
Louisiana/Texas state line.4
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Lambert HB No. 885
Abstract: Removes the geographical restriction on the use of wire nets and hoop nets for
recreational fishing.
Present law provides for the authorized methods to recreationally take freshwater and
saltwater fish. Restricts the use of wire nets and hoop nets to the area north of a line
generally following I-12 and I-10 across the southern portion of the state.
Proposed law removes the geographical restriction on the use of wire nets and hoop nets
which enables their use throughout the state.
(Amends R.S. 56:320(A)(1))