re: Fishing/boating on someone else’s property to remain illegal

"Are you serious? You do realize that deer are considered public as long as the land isn’t fenced, and yet we aren’t being taxed to hunt them on “our” land, right? "

Technically you are, you have to buy a hunting license and follow the hunting regulations, but I am not talking about hunting that is a totally different concept when compared to fishing access and I am really mostly talking about fishing access of canals, the marsh is a whole other mess.

When I am floating down "your" canal, I am not on your land. I am floating in public water above your land, and I am catching fish that are public. As I said before, dig your canal block it off from the public water by a levee or solid gate and stock it with fish you paid for and I will be in total support of blocking public access.

If you want to compare it to hunting, you do not have to use public resources to have deer, ducks, etc. come onto your land. They are (mostly) land animals and can walk, fly or whatever over to your land. Last time I checked, fish don't normally walk. The only way you are going to get public fish on your land is by a flood or by digging a canal and connecting it to a public waterway where you then allow it fill with public water and fish (without going into freak things like a waterspout full of fish.)

The problem in our state is the law says that I was trespassing on your land and that makes no sense, I was floating in public water above your land.

Alex, they will never understand the basis for your argument.

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What you want is to fish other people's property. It is no different from me wanting to hunt someone's private woods. I can get there by 4 wheeler. You can get there by boat.

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How many days a year do you spend in the marsh?

"How many days a year do you spend in the marsh?"

Seriously, 99% of the time I have no way of having any clue if I am on public or private and without gps if I'm fishing in the same spot I fished last year. The landscape changes to much between seasons and years. That is why I said the marsh is a different animal than canals. There may never be a good way to handle the marsh.

Think what all their wakes do to private canals

Maybe if they change the name to Louisiana Socialist Coalition (instead of sportsmen) they could get some big money donors to help take away those big bad landowners rights?

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You have no idea of the history behind public lands. It’s about being a sportsman.

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I totally understand, and there are millions of acres of public lands across the U.S. to enjoy. There are also a multitude of acreage that is public in LA when it comes to fishing.

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To hell with the 6 year old in the boat enjoying what Louisiana has to offer

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If you're teaching your 6 year old that it isn't fair then that's on you. My parents taught me shite wasn't free in life and I worked hard to get where I am today.

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Those big bad landowners only care about a dollar. I think we have forgotten where we came from.

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And that is their 5th amendment right. I own 0 acres of land in LA but I respect the right to have title to property and the right to do with it as you see fit. I'm sorry, but I don't want the government infringing on property rights. If you think it isn't right and you're ok with taking money making fishing/hunting/trapping leases from someone big or small you are a socialist.

What?

So if all this “navigable” water is public and should be accessible to any Joe Blow whenever he wants, then how is it that the government can tell Joe Blow when he can boat or fish on a WMA or NWR, what size/type motor he can use, and make certain areas off limits, when those waters are certainly public. Seems to me landowners only want to be afforded the same right to restrict accces, control usage and usage type, and generally manage their property that the government exercises with its own.

But nothing baffles me more than conservative, small government supporters (and i realize I’m stereotyping here, but I know several personally) openly adocating taking private property.