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River houseboat

Posted on 1/31/24 at 9:40 am
Posted by tadman
Member since Jun 2020
5392 posts
Posted on 1/31/24 at 9:40 am


I see these for sale, mostly in Alabama and Mississippi rivers, fairly often. Legally, how does this work? Am I just allowed to anchor in a cove semi-permanently and its legit as long as I have registration numbers? How do you title it?

Also, I have two big dogs I love. If I buy somewhere to stay on weekends, I'd like to have them come with me. They are active and playful and probably dont want to sit on that 5'x10' porch all day. How do you deal with this? Seems maybe this isn't the play if I have those dogs.
Posted by Basinhunterfisher
Member since Feb 2018
809 posts
Posted on 1/31/24 at 9:47 am to
Depends where you want to anchor it, in the Atchafalaya Basin you have to get a houseboat campsite lease and it must have a Coast Guard approved sewer tank.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
48268 posts
Posted on 1/31/24 at 11:47 am to
it’s a grey area

you cannot tie up to a bank or trees on a bank without landowner permission. You can anchor but you cannot block a navigable waterway. You cannot anchor in a private canal (landowner owns the canal bottom).

In the real world, locations where you can anchor out of the way, and easily get your boat to it, are few and far between

Your best bet is to contact the landowner where you want to be, get permission and sign a lease if necessary. Understand that if you anchor, the camp is going to swing and storm surge depending on location can and will lift the camp off the anchors

Treat it as a surprise every time you pull up and the camp is still there and floating
Posted by RingLeader
Slidell, LA
Member since Jan 2007
1109 posts
Posted on 1/31/24 at 12:48 pm to
quote:

Treat it as a surprise every time you pull up and the camp is still there and floating


And/or not broken into or burned down.
Posted by tadman
Member since Jun 2020
5392 posts
Posted on 1/31/24 at 1:07 pm to
quote:

And/or not broken into or burned down.


That seems like another issue. Gotta lock er up pretty good huh.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
48268 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 11:10 am to
quote:

That seems like another issue. Gotta lock er up pretty good huh.
no
Just the opposite in fact
leave the front door unlocked
have a lockable closet inside with a steel door behind which you keep everything you don’t want to lose

an open door will keep them from breaking in/causing damage. Also, it’s kind of an unspoken tradition that you leave it open in case someone needs shelter for whatever reason. I have absolutely spent many nites in a strangers camp after getting lost, breaking down, etc
Posted by shellbeachspeckzzz
nunya
Member since Jan 2024
255 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 11:26 am to
they are nice but the generator sound does get old after a while
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
48268 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 11:27 am to
solar and propane are both silent
Posted by shellbeachspeckzzz
nunya
Member since Jan 2024
255 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 12:38 pm to
true
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
24051 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 4:26 pm to
Tons on the Florida panhandle also on the Choctawhatchee and Appalachicola rivers but most of the land is WMA. A lot of guys will put them next to open areas on the rivers so they have some hard ground to work with.

Definitely some sketchy arse camps passing them on a small back finger of a creek at night in the middle of nowhere always makes me worry someone is cooking up meth.
Posted by StrikeIndicator
Sec. 419
Member since May 2019
1037 posts
Posted on 2/1/24 at 7:23 pm to
Venice CG sucks, push it to MC , they’re lax
Posted by xenon16
Metry Brah
Member since Sep 2008
3604 posts
Posted on 2/2/24 at 2:15 pm to
I think I saw this same one yesterday. I am in the market for one, but have no idea how I'd get it back over here.
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