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Posted on 11/13/23 at 8:25 am to
Posted by AwgustaDawg
CSRA
Member since Jan 2023
7377 posts
Posted on 11/13/23 at 8:25 am to
Always been amazed by the camp culture in Louisiana. Who do the floating camps work? Do you have to have a permit from some one or can you just tie the thing up to a tree wherever you want?
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21976 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 12:01 pm to
Depends, some places like the Atchafalya you can anchor out on a sandbar. If it's a natural bayou you can anchor out. It's on a private lease you have lease a piece of property from a landowner to tie off and have use of the bank.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38997 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 12:47 pm to
you can’t block a navigable waterway and you can’t tie up to anything on private land without permission

fortunately there are thousands of abandoned well locations with dead end canals that are perfect for tying up a camp
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38997 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 12:48 pm to
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Thought so, I worked with your dad on a couple of projects, I've been hunting at the HB several times, how is your dad doing?
he’s good. Retired to the ozarks with mom
Posted by lsufan112001
sportsmans paradise
Member since Oct 2006
10746 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 5:57 pm to
Always been amazed by the camp culture in Louisiana. Who do the floating camps work? Do you have to have a permit from some one or can you just tie the thing up to a tree wherever you want?
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As typical in the state , it turns into junk/ litter being abandoned by the owner.
Yes you have to register them with the state now.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38997 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 6:08 pm to
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Yes you have to register them with the state now.
not the camp just the sewer tank, assuming that it’s a floating camp and not a navigable vessel

if it can travel on its own it’s a boat and needs boat registration
Posted by Triggerr
Member since Jul 2013
1897 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 7:17 pm to
Old large propane cylinders with a metal frame and clips welded to frame to anchor wood and build up from there
Posted by rbrous9
Zachary
Member since Jan 2008
281 posts
Posted on 11/14/23 at 10:29 pm to
Looks like we are pursuing the foam filled dock floats option. Damn this will be one expensive endeavor!!
Posted by tigerbait703
Chackbay, La
Member since Sep 2007
655 posts
Posted on 11/15/23 at 2:06 pm to
quote:

not the camp just the sewer tank, assuming that it’s a floating camp and not a navigable vessel


Just went through this whole process. You have to register any houseboat now. You have to fill out an Affidavit of non-motorized houseboat, get it notarized, then either mail or carry yourself to LDWF and get it registered. Make sure you have pics of all sides of it included and the Affidavit filled out correctly, or it starts all over again.

I asked about when I put a motor on the back. They told me its a another process.

I will upload pics of my build as soon as I get a little time.
Posted by tigerbait703
Chackbay, La
Member since Sep 2007
655 posts
Posted on 11/15/23 at 2:39 pm to
The build process and the aftermath.



















And then Ida had to shower her arse...





But we salvaged the pontoons and some of the joist. Started over and now it currently looks like this:




Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38997 posts
Posted on 11/15/23 at 2:43 pm to
dang not bad!
really like the vaulted ceiling

we built V1.0 and floated it to its spot 2 weeks before Andrew. All we had left was the floor…

drug it back to calumet and started over but made it so big we couldn’t get under the bridge at the wax landing LOL. Had to drag it back again and go down the river the long way
Posted by Captain Rumbeard
Member since Jan 2014
4227 posts
Posted on 11/15/23 at 5:20 pm to
My BiL built one himself with 200 blue plastic 55 gallon drums. Took years but he's living in it now and it's gorgeous. Two story with a top deck and wraparound porch.
Posted by hogdaddy
Krotz Springs
Member since Feb 2010
5153 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 6:37 pm to
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