Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life
Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing
Section VII-111 - D'Arbonne Lake

A. Whereas, the Bayou D'Arbonne Lake Watershed District Commission, the local regulatory body for D'Arbonne Lake passed a resolution at its meeting on February 7, 1984 prohibiting trammel nets, gill nets, flagg nets, and fish seines in D'Arbonne Lake effective June 1, 1984, and subsequently have requested the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to ratify said resolution; and

B. whereas, studies conducted by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on D'Arbonne Lake have demonstrated the detrimental effects the use of certain types of commercial fish nets have on game fish populations; and

C. whereas, D'Arbonne Lake does not support high poundage of commercial species nor a true commercial fisheries; and

D. whereas, the most sought after commercial species, catfish (flathead), can still be harvested adequately using hoop nets, slat traps, trot lines, limb lines, and stump lines.

E. Therefore be it resolved, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission hereby prohibits the use of gill nets, trammel nets, flagg nets and fish seines in D'Arbonne Lake (Union and Lincoln Parishes) and includes all areas between the spillway structure and Gill's Ferry Landing on D'Arbonne Creek and Hogpen Landing on Corney Creek.