re: Gating canals in houma area

Exactly. People keep citing other states laws. No one has the oilfield in their wetlands the way LA does. Those rivers are public waterways much like our main bayous which are public. If an Arkansas hunter owned a thousand acres of land and decided to dredge a canal from the river to the center of his property, im sure that canal doesn't suddenly become public. But they probably never have to deal with that since why would anyone do it.

It sucks. I fished a lot of private marsh (no no trespassing signs) and would hate to lose it all. But fact is, these are private.

Think of it as a road. Most roads are provided by the state or federal government. But you can connect a private road or driveway to that road and have it go on your private property. People don't have enough a right to your road just because it's connected to the state highway. Sucks if you've been using it with no problems then the owner suddenly puts up a gate. But it doesn't make it wrong for the owner to put up a gate. It's their right.