SLS 18RS-513 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 176
BY SENATOR LONG
FISH/FISHING. Reduces the crappie daily take limit from fifty to twenty-five on Sibley
Lake. (8/1/18)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 56:325(A)(5), relative to the daily take of freshwater recreational
3 fish; to reduce the crappie daily take limit from fifty to twenty-five on Sibley Lake;
4 to provide for terms, conditions, and requirements; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:325(A)(5) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง325. Daily take, possession, and size limits; freshwater recreational fish; possession
8 of finfish filets prohibited
9 A. No person shall take in any one day more than the following of each
10 species of fish, of the designated size where specified:
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12 (5)(a) Crappie (Pomoxis spp.), or their hybrids, also locally called white
13 perch or sac-a-lait--fifty.
14 (b) The daily take for crappie, or their hybrids, caught in Sibley Lake on
15 a recreational license shall be twenty-five fish.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 176
SLS 18RS-513 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SB 176 Original 2018 Regular Session Long
Present law limits the daily take for crappie to 50 fish.
Proposed law retains present law except for Sibley Lake where the daily take limit for
crappie is reduced to 25 fish.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 56:325(A)(5))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.