SLS 24RS-558 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 320
BY SENATOR KLEINPETER
FISH/FISHING. Provides for largemouth bass bag and size limits. (8/1/24)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 56:325(A)(1), relative to freshwater recreational fish; to provide
3 for daily take and minimum size limits for largemouth bass; and to provide for
4 related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 56:325(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง325. Daily take, possession, and size limits; freshwater recreational fish;
8 possession 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:
11 (1) Black bass (Micropterus spp.), or their hybrids--fifteen, in particular
12 largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) - minimum size twelve inches total
13 length - eight.
14 * * *
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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SLS 24RS-558 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jacob K. Wilson.
DIGEST
SB 320 Original 2024 Regular Session Kleinpeter
Present law provides a daily take limit of 15 fish for black basses of genus Micropterus.
Proposed law retains present law and adds a species-specific minimum size limit of 12
inches and a daily take limit of 8 fish for largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides).
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 56:325(A)(1))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.