re: Todd Masson caught trespassing?

many years ago the belle isle salt dome was sold to a big civil contractor from Houma. If you fish or hunt the wax you know the salt dome and surrounding area. We have had an anchored houseboat camp there since before Andrew

before the sale, we were anchored in big wax bayou to the west of the dome, within the property boundaries of the salt dome tract. Technically trespassing because we were affixed to the bottom. We had an agreement with the landowner at the time that we would not deer hunt, we would not duck hunt on private property and we would not access the hard banks. Worked fine until the dome was sold.

After the sale the new landowner wanted us gone. We made an effort to plead our case, offered to lease that part of the bottom we were anchored to, etc etc. they would not consider it so we had to move (now in a private canal off the property to the east of the dome). They then came in with heavy equipment and gated off all of the canal mouths off big wax including the entrances to belle isle lake and the salt dome turnaround

to this day they still harass us because they have several deer stands within sight of our camp. And they run airboats all around at all hours of day and night just to frick with us.

not sure what my point is except the state and the parish were firmly behind private land ownership in this case even though half their “land” goes underwater twice a day and all of it is crisscrossed with natural bayous and streams that connect to the bay and the wildlife refuge

Dude, the FMV of land is determined by the respective parish assessor.

The rules and regs on land assessment and the requirements for use value assessment are free to read and study at the La Tax Commission website.

Holy frick man I’m done.

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No way this should be as complicated as the state has allowed it to become. Fish have to have water to survive. If the water is tidal, navigation can be completed by a floating boat, and YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE STATED LOUISIANA CREEL LIMIT, the water is public.

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Your logic can be applied to all game and I bet you do not have the same sentiment with folks coming on private property to take deer, rabbit, squirrel, and whatnot. They have to have land to feed and we have to abide by the same limits on private and public land as well.

Maybe it is a little more complicated, but I fully expect to be berated for not being on the "it's all public" team with this.

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Maybe it is a little more complicated, but I fully expect to be berated for not being on the "it's all public" team with this.

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it isnt near as simple as what it is being made out to be. there is also the matter of common courtesy and being respectful of private property rights to unencumbered use. it is common courtesy and common sense not to fish thru a known private duck lease during duck season. that bayou can be fished without conflict 300+ days a year. there is no reason to push your "rights" on to someone else's plate when its not necessary

I just watched the video. The dude navigated the waterway with his boat and is fishing. That ain't private property. LA needs to change their retarded arse laws.

frick anyone that supports that bullshite.

Scrowe- what you are confusing is tidal water vs land. You cannot own flowing water. Land doesn't move, tidal water does. I'm not going fish a duck pond during duck season. And neither are 99% of fisherman. But when hunting season is over, fishing a pond is fair game. I live close to the above mentioned salt dome and fish around there regularly. I've been asked to leave canals that are tidally influenced after duck season. I always refuse and then get threatened with a ticket/arrest. I know he's bluffing and he's knows nothing is going to happen. The 16th judicial is on the publics side. Terrebonne/Lafourche play to their own drummer; however, the Wagley decision snipped a lot of their ridiculous private property arguments.

"We gon' mehk an azample oudda youx"



Did he ever get a ticket?

Because if he didn't, these guys in the duck boat that say they own the trenasse have shown the example to be nothing. Bass fishermen will be going there on the frequents during duck season.



It'd be hilarious if LSU's Bayou Traditions changed their name to Trenasse Tigah Traditions.

Is fishing trespassing really trespassing tho??????? :)