Comite River - "Scenic River Rules"

I guess they were trying to prevent what happened on the Pushepatapa

from what i understand the bad actions of a handfull of people are what brought this on for the comite

shite in PA if your caught you get a big fine. There are designated parks to ride and that's it.

I think the same thing was happening on Thompson Creek St. Francisville a few years ago before they shut it down also..........are there any riders on this board? Would love to hear an argument from the other side.

I used to ride the homochitto near our camp in MS. Hunting club members starting warning members that DWF agents were writing tickets. Its a very remote area so I never saw any but I would imagine a populated area like the Comite would get the attention of the law very quick.

I get the reasoning but there's nothing like putting down the river with a ultra lite rod throwing a beetle spin in the deep holes.

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I used to ride the homochitto near our camp in MS. Hunting club members starting warning members that DWF agents were writing tickets. Its a very remote area so I never saw any but I would imagine a populated area like the Comite would get the attention of the law very quick. I get the reasoning but there's nothing like putting down the river with a ultra lite rod throwing a beetle spin in the deep holes.

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I ride in 10 mile creek by my house here but its a hard limestone bottom. you can't even tell I am in there in my SxS other than my entrance point.

Its different that riding in LA scenic rivers and the atvs disrupt the ecosystem more. I read an article a while back on the results from too much riding in these rivers. may have been posted here.

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carrying on all hours of the night and he found a 15-16 yr old girl in a swimsuit walking down tucker rd,obviously high at 3 in the morning.

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I am shocked someone has not been seriously injured or killed. I do understand that yougsters need somewhere to get away........we all did or went places to do so when we were that age.

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The jacked-up, snorkel kit 4-wheeler and jeep crew took it to far with trespassing and just being drunk assholes.

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I agree with this, what landowner would put up with this?

Bringing ecosystem disturbance into the conversation was to get LDWF on board to strengthen their case to shut them down. The bottom line with these riders is that they are trespassing on people's land. The riders tried to use the navigable waterways argument to keep riding, but that didn't work

Ive been a part of the enforcement of no riding on Thompson Creek. There are other creeks and sandy bayous where this has been enforced but not to the extent mainly due to lack of property owner complaints requesting the enforcement.

I also was a creek junkie in my younger days and spent many hours riding Thompson Creek from Jackson La to Norwood.

A lot of factors involved on why it was shut down after being so common for so many years. One land owner stated that he purchased property due to its nice sandbar and access to the creek. He would enjoy having family picnics and kids playing there but when a group of 20 drunks on bikes come through it would ruin it. Not to mention finding camp sites 100 yards into his woods with fires still burning and trash scattered.

Another landowner took it upon himself to protect his property and would spend the weekend on the creek stopping riders coming down telling them they can not come onto his private property ( he owned the land on both sides of the creek). He was also armed and fired a warning shot in one instance after confronting 17 riders and the riders becoming aggressive.

I never did hear a reasonable argument against the enforcing of the law.

LDWF was never involved when we would set up on the creeks. Just local enforcement and ATC checking for underage drinking.