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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 748
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
FISH/FISHING. Regulates the use of yo-yos and trigger devices on Lake Saint Joseph.
(8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 56:410.11, relative to the use of certain fishing gear; to regulate the use of2
certain fishing gear on Lake Saint Joseph; to provide for the use of yo-yos and3
trigger devices; to provide conditions, requirements, and penalties; and to provide4
for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 56:410.11 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง410.11. Lake Saint Joseph; yo-yos, trigger devices; use, regulation; penalty8
A. Fishing with the use of yo-yos or trigger devices shall be permitted9
on Lake Saint Joseph from December first through March fifteenth of each year10
under the following conditions: 11
(1) Not more than twenty-four yo-yos or trigger devices shall be allowed12
per boat.13
(2) Each yo-yo or trigger device shall be tagged with the name of the14
owner and the owner's telephone number.15
(3) Yo-yos or trigger devices shall be attached only to a tree or pier. No16
materials shall be nailed to a tree, and no line shall be attached from tree to tree17 SB NO. 748
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for the purpose of attaching a yo-yo or trigger device.1
B. A violation of any of the provisions of this Section shall be a class one2
violation. Additionally, any yo-yo or trigger device found in violation of this3
Section shall be immediately seized and forfeited to the department.4
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by J. W. Wiley.
DIGEST
Thompson (SB 748)
Proposed law allows the use of yo-yos or trigger devices on Lake Saint Joseph from
December 1st through March 15th of each year under the following conditions:
(1)Not more than 24 yo-yos or trigger devices will be allowed per boat.
(2)Each yo-yo or trigger device must be tagged with the name of the owner and the
owner's telephone number.
(3)Yo-yos or trigger devices may be attached only to a tree or pier. No materials can
be nailed to a tree, and no line can be attached from tree to tree for the purpose of
attaching a yo-yo or trigger device.
Proposed law provides that a violation of any of the provisions of proposed law will be a
class 1 violation. Further provides that any yo-yo or trigger device found in violation of
proposed law will be immediately seized and forfeited to the DW&F.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Adds R.S. 56:410.11)