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Do you need a fishing license to go crabbing?
Posted on 3/17/21 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 3/17/21 at 3:10 pm
Thinking about dropping a few nets in a couple of weeks, but didn't want to get a ticket. Do I need to go get a fishing license? TIA
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Posted on 3/17/21 at 3:12 pm to Smell the crawfish
basic fresh on WMA lands.
This post was edited on 3/17/21 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 3/17/21 at 3:14 pm to Smell the crawfish
You do on Federal land.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 3:14 pm to SaDaTayMoses
Required Licenses
No license is required for any person using crab nets or crab lines for the purpose of taking crabs, unless they are fishing on a WMA or state refuge.
Persons harvesting crabs on LDWF WMAs or refuges must possess a basic recreational fishing license or a Wild Louisiana Stamp.
A Recreational Crab Trap Gear License is required to use crab traps.* There is a limit of 10 traps per licensed fisherman. Crab traps may be prohibited on certain LDWF WMAs and refuges. Consult fishing regulations on WMAs and refuges for more details.
*If using crab traps in the saltwater area, as defined in 56:322(A)&(B), one must also possess a saltwater license.
Methods of Take
Blue crabs or stone crabs can be taken with any legal crab trap, crab drop net, trawl, hoop net, trotline, handline, bushline, dip net or cast net.
The taking of crabs by means of trawls in inside waters is permitted only during the open season for shrimp and with legal mesh sizes. For legal mesh sizes refer to the section about trawls listed under Recreational Shrimping.
Gear restrictions may exist within certain wildlife management areas (WMAs), refuges or other areas.
RESTRICTIONS ON METHODS OF TAKE
Dredges are not allowed for the intentional taking of crabs.
No person may possess adult female crabs in the berry stage (i.e., carrying the eggs or young attached to the abdomen). All crabs taken in the berry stage by any means must be returned immediately to the waters.
No crab traps shall be set in navigable channels or entrances to streams. Traps must be placed so vessels can safely navigate.
Metal tackle or metal crab traps shall not be used in any of the public waters north of the Intracoastal Waterway in the Calcasieu River or in any body of water comprising the Calcasieu River System north of the Intracoastal Canal or in the waters of Vermilion Bay from Cypremort Point 1 mile offshore to Blue Point.
Crab traps are prohibited in the Tchefuncte River.
The use of crab traps may be prohibited for derelict crab trap removal in 2021 for portions of February and/or March. (NOTE: Please check our website for the most recent information).
NOTE: During the 2019 legislative session, language was amended regarding the placement of escape rings in crab traps.
Size And Possession Limits
There is no minimum recreational size limit for blue crabs. The limit is 12 dozen per person, daily and in possession.
Certain WMAs and state and federal refuges may have different possession limits. Consult a local LDWF or Enforcement Office for specifics (see WMA and Refuge Regulations).
There is no minimum recreational size limit for stone crabs or stone crab claws.
No license is required for any person using crab nets or crab lines for the purpose of taking crabs, unless they are fishing on a WMA or state refuge.
Persons harvesting crabs on LDWF WMAs or refuges must possess a basic recreational fishing license or a Wild Louisiana Stamp.
A Recreational Crab Trap Gear License is required to use crab traps.* There is a limit of 10 traps per licensed fisherman. Crab traps may be prohibited on certain LDWF WMAs and refuges. Consult fishing regulations on WMAs and refuges for more details.
*If using crab traps in the saltwater area, as defined in 56:322(A)&(B), one must also possess a saltwater license.
Methods of Take
Blue crabs or stone crabs can be taken with any legal crab trap, crab drop net, trawl, hoop net, trotline, handline, bushline, dip net or cast net.
The taking of crabs by means of trawls in inside waters is permitted only during the open season for shrimp and with legal mesh sizes. For legal mesh sizes refer to the section about trawls listed under Recreational Shrimping.
Gear restrictions may exist within certain wildlife management areas (WMAs), refuges or other areas.
RESTRICTIONS ON METHODS OF TAKE
Dredges are not allowed for the intentional taking of crabs.
No person may possess adult female crabs in the berry stage (i.e., carrying the eggs or young attached to the abdomen). All crabs taken in the berry stage by any means must be returned immediately to the waters.
No crab traps shall be set in navigable channels or entrances to streams. Traps must be placed so vessels can safely navigate.
Metal tackle or metal crab traps shall not be used in any of the public waters north of the Intracoastal Waterway in the Calcasieu River or in any body of water comprising the Calcasieu River System north of the Intracoastal Canal or in the waters of Vermilion Bay from Cypremort Point 1 mile offshore to Blue Point.
Crab traps are prohibited in the Tchefuncte River.
The use of crab traps may be prohibited for derelict crab trap removal in 2021 for portions of February and/or March. (NOTE: Please check our website for the most recent information).
NOTE: During the 2019 legislative session, language was amended regarding the placement of escape rings in crab traps.
Size And Possession Limits
There is no minimum recreational size limit for blue crabs. The limit is 12 dozen per person, daily and in possession.
Certain WMAs and state and federal refuges may have different possession limits. Consult a local LDWF or Enforcement Office for specifics (see WMA and Refuge Regulations).
There is no minimum recreational size limit for stone crabs or stone crab claws.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 3:47 pm to SaDaTayMoses
Everything above is correct except:
Say what? The presence of crab trap buoys tells me the trenasse is navigable.
quote:
No crab traps shall be set in navigable channels
Say what? The presence of crab trap buoys tells me the trenasse is navigable.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 4:06 pm to SaDaTayMoses
Member when Foster made cane pole fishermen buy a license?
Yep, i do and Cleo Fields went bananas.
Yep, i do and Cleo Fields went bananas.
Posted on 3/17/21 at 5:18 pm to KemoSabe65
quote:
Cleo Fields went bananas.
I see it
Posted on 3/18/21 at 1:47 pm to Smell the crawfish
If you have more than three crab traps in Louisiana I believe you do have to have a fishing license
Posted on 3/18/21 at 5:17 pm to SaDaTayMoses
Thanks a lot! A lot of good info that I can use!
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