Daily Bag Limit
Recreational anglers must not exceed the daily bag limit for any species while on the water.
Possession Limit
No recreational anglers can have in their possession more than twice the daily bag limit of any species of freshwater
recreational fish, EXCEPT that anglers may have up to three times the daily bag limit of black bass (Micropterus spp.) below U.S.
Highway 90 in coastal Louisiana. Anglers may have up to 100 crappie in their possession at Toledo Bend Reservoir.
All freshwater game fish caught in any type of recreational or commercial net or trap must be returned immediately to the water
from which it was taken without injury.
No person shall possess filleted fish while aboard a vessel in freshwater. However, for the purpose of consumption, a person
shall have no more than 2 pounds of filleted finfish per person on board a vessel in freshwater.
Slot Limit
Protective size limits denoting that fish within the range, inclusive of stated measurements, must be returned to the water
immediately.
Bait Species
All species of fish and other aquatic life utilized for bait.
Bait Seine
A net measuring no more than 30 feet in length with a mesh size not exceeding ¼-inch mesh bar, ½-inch mesh stretched, and
operated solely on foot and solely by hand, without any mechanical device, pulley or mechanical assistance whatsoever.
Freshwater Game Fish
Freshwater Game Fish: largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus), shadow bass (Ambloplites
ariommus), black and white crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus, P. annularis), white bass (Morone chrysops), yellow bass (Morone
mississippiensis), striped bass (Morone saxatilis), hybrid striped bass (striped bass-white bass cross or striped bass-yellow bass
cross), and any species of bream (Lepomis sp.).
Hook
Any curved or bent device attached to a line for the purpose of taking fish or alligator and consisting of not more than one eye
and one shank with no more than three barbs.
Landing Net
A net, usually a mesh bag of vegetable or synthetic material on a fixed frame attached to a handle held and operated by hand for
the sole purpose of assisting in the landing of fish legally caught by other legal gear.
Hoop Net
A cone-shaped net of vegetable or synthetic materials having throats or flues and which are stretched over a series of rings or
hoops to support the webbing.
Lead or Wing Net
A panel of netting of any mesh size or length, with or without weights and floats, attached to one or both sides of the mouth of
a cone-shaped net having flues or throats, and set so as to deflect or guide fish toward the mouth of the net.
Slat Trap
Any device, used solely for the capture of catfish, which is cylindrical, rectangular, or square in cross section configuration,
constructed of slats forming the length of the trap, with at least one pair of slats spaced at least 1 inch apart from each other
on at least three sides of the trap and which is no more than 6 feet in length, 2 feet in diameter or width and which has one or
more cone-shaped throats, flues or entrances.
Wire Net
A cone-shaped net of vegetable (cotton, flax, burlap) or synthetic materials (nylon, polypropylene, plastic), with a mesh no
less than 1-inch square or 2 inches stretched, having throats or flues and which is stretched over wire of 5-inch mesh or greater
to support the webbing.
Dip Net
A net, usually a deep mesh bag of vegetable or synthetic materials, on a fixed frame not to exceed 3 feet in diameter attached
to a handle that is held and worked solely by hand by no more than one individual, and without any mechanical assistance.
Trawl
Any net, generally funnel-shaped, pulled through the water or along the bottom with otter boards to spread the mouth open while
being fished. The term "trawl" also means and includes plumb staff beam trawls that do not exceed 16 feet, and that do not use
otter boards but are held open laterally by a horizontal beam, and vertically by two vertical beams (plumb staffs), and that are
used while the vessel is under way. Trawls are only allowed to be used in state waters when and where the shrimp season is
open.
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