re: Petition to make all tidal waters open to public

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duck leases have all the good sight fishing and bass fishing locations blocked off

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And bowfishing.

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If I own a piece of land and dig a pond, should anyone be able to come fish in the pond or do I own it?

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State law says that if money from the state is used on said pond then yes you must provide public access.

There is a 10 acre pond behind my property that LADWLF told us would have to become public if we asked them to spend money to stock it. Only property owners that have land on the lake have lake access as well. But we allow kids from other homes to use it without pulling a gun on them in a state of drunken rage.

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Actually it comes down to landowners and people who want to fish on those landowners' property for free.

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Blatantly obvious you have no clue what you're talking about!!!! The tax payers are paying to save the so called "land" (thats now covered by water). But the land owners want to have it private. If you want it private, cut all taxpayer money for restoration and you can gate off and lease your heart out. BUT, If my tax dollars are paying to keep this marsh up why should I be denied access to use it???

How is it any different than a road? If you want your road to be private you pay for all upkeep.

If your road on your land is improved upon by the state it's open to all.

The river being leveed is costing people acres that they pay taxes on and own. It's a little different than a road having potholes.

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If this passed, all these ponds and tranoses would be opened up to anyone that wanted to go back there. So I could be duck or deer hunting and someone could come riding their boat and sit in my pond while I'm trying to hunt.

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Louisiana is different than every other state in the lower 48. Everywhere else though are public waterways. The only way you can own a body of water is if you own every bit of land that that body of water touches.

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I understand the frustrations but land owners have rights. Just because water is there it isn't free.

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No but the water is part of the public waterways.

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Deer and ducks are "owned" by the state. Just because a deer wanders onto land that I own, it doesn't mean that you have the right to hunt and kill it; that goes for bass too.

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True, but everywhere else in the south you can't own that water.

What it really comes down to is this, 'Do the people of Louisiana want to be able to own waterways?'

My example while extreme illustrates a good point. Would you be okay if I bought 100 yards of the canal on either side of your gates or dams and blocked it off?

That'd be no different than land-locking someone. You have to provide access.

So how does erosion in lower Calcasieu occur?

who the hell downvoted me for bowfishing?
I swear, if whoever did it has a lease, im going shoot up all of your redfish

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Would you be okay if I bought 100 yards of the canal on either side of your gates or dams and blocked it off?

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then you run into issues of right of easement and that it's not a dead end canal