Louisiana Sportsmans Coalition

[boatdriver]

I'm guessing that all of the individuals commenting about how "wrong" it is to gate off navigable waterways are guys that don't lease land for hunting and fishing, right? If so, just go ahead and let that landowner know that you won't be paying for the water part of it, because it's navigable, and that you'll just lease the land area. See how far that gets you... How bout we just give y'all some participation trophies??

[noodle creek]

Originally Posted by boatdriver

I'm guessing that all of the individuals commenting about how "wrong" it is to gate off navigable waterways are guys that don't lease land for hunting and fishing, right? If so, just go ahead and let that landowner know that you won't be paying for the water part of it, because it's navigable, and that you'll just lease the land area. See how far that gets you... How bout we just give y'all some participation trophies??

I don't think a true navigable waterway should ever be blocked. However, if I own 1000 acres of mostly grassland, with a few potholes in the middle, I should be able to dig a boat trail to it and gate it off. The boat trail is navigable, but only because I dug it on my actual LAND. It should not then become accessible to the public, just because they can drive a boat down it.