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The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission ratified a 14-inch minimum length limit for black bass in the Lake Fausse Pointe/Lake Dauterive complex in Iberia and upper St. Martin parishes at the Oct. 7 commission meeting.
The new rule, originally proposed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in June, takes effect Oct. 20. The standard statewide daily take limit of 10 bass remains in effect. The change was recommended by LDWF biologists and is aimed at improving the dwindling population of black bass in the area.
The new rule applies primarily to Lake Fausse Pointe and Lake Dauterive proper. The formal boundary description of the area affected by the rule is as follows:
All areas west of the West Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee from Highway 3083 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lock at the Charenton Drainage and Navigation Canal, north of and including the Charenton Drainage and Navigation Canal from the Corps of Engineers Lock to Highway 87, north and east of Highway 87 from the Charenton Drainage and Navigation Canal to Highway 320, east of Highway 320 from Highway 87 to Highway 86, south and east of Highway 86 from Highway 320 to Highway 345, east of Highway 345 from Highway 86 to Highway 679, east of Highway 679 from Highway 345 to Highway 3083 and south of Highway 3083 from Highway 679 to the West Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee.
For more information, contact Mike Walker at 318/373-0032 walker_mr@wlf.state.la.us
Uploaded: 10/9/1999
Uploaded: 10/9/1999