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Originally Posted by Raymond
CKINCHEN, I agree with you that it was handled poorly and dangerously. Did you ask your well respected guide exactly where you were fishing and if it was public or private? He knew where he was and also knew he was Tresspassing. For him to give you permission to fish his spot is aiding an illegal activity. I would be just as pizzed at the Well Respected Guide as the azzhat in the Earboat.
On the same subject, how much land do you own? Keeping tresspassers off of private property is a daily battle for some. I know firsthand the kind of altercations that insue with tresspassers. If you don't have permission by the land owner,,, stay out, if you can't be sure where you are,,, stay out.
I will try to look up the Louisiana Supreme court decision that established the precedent for this issue. Yakem probably knows it chapter and verse so maybe he will chime in soon.
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I have a half acre in Cameron, 60 acres in Livingston Parish, 10 and 2 acres in Harris County, Texas.
I have caught people ridding 4 wheelers on my land and doing other things but unless I make it my lifes mission I cannot police all of these tracts of land.
I put a fence up at my two houses and if someone came over the fence we would have an issue. I do not have a fence around the other properites that I own. If someone accidently wondered onto my property to be honest I probably woudln't care but if I did care I would tell them it was private property and ask them nicely not to come back. If they refused I woudl take a picture of them and their vehcile and turn them into the police.
My family at one time owned a very large percentage of the land in Livingson Parish, I watched my grandfatether spend most of his life fighting to keep people off of his land when he should have been enjoying his success.
If I were on these guys land and it sounds like I was, simply ask me to leave or put up a posted sign and I wouldn't have been there in the first place.
He could also have turned me into the police and I would be happy to have my attoreny talk to the Cameron D.A and or pay a fine.
There is no excuse for his actions or mine if I were tresspassing. My wrong does not make his actions a right.
As far as the law itself is concerned. As long as the landowners are the only people that the folks in Baton Rouge are hearing from the law will never change. The average fishermen does not have the money to fight most landowners. What we need is an organization that fights for us. The power is with the people. While one fishermen can't change the law, 1,000,000 fishermen in the state of Louisiana can if their voice is broadcast through one source.