Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 76 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
Part VII - Fish and Other Aquatic Life
Chapter 1 - Freshwater Sports and Commercial Fishing
Section VII-116 - Freshwater Recreational Yo-Yos, Trigger Devices, Trotlines, Limb Lines, Jugs, and all Passive Fishing Devices Containing a Hook or Hooks

1. No more than 50 yo-yos, or trigger devices, limb lines, or floating devices containing a hook or hooks shall be allowed per person.

2. At any given time, no person shall set more than 150 hooks on all trotlines, combined.

3. Each yo-yo, trigger device, trotline, limb line, jug, or other passive fishing device containing a hook or hooks shall be clearly tagged with the name, telephone number, and fishing license number of the owner or user. Information must be attached with a waterproof tag or written directly on the device in indelible ink.

4. Each yo-yo, trigger device, trotline, limb line, jug, or other passive fishing device containing a hook or hooks shall be rebaited at least once every 24 hours, and all fish and any other animal caught, entangled, ensnared, or hooked, shall be immediately removed from the device.

5. Except for those devices that are attached to a privately owned pier, boathouse, seawall, or dock, when not being used in accordance with the provisions of this Paragraph, each yo-yo, trigger device, trotline, limb line, jug, or other passive fishing device containing a hook or hooks shall be removed from the waterbody immediately by the owner or user.

6. Where allowed and when not in use, objects sourced from another location used to anchor yo-yos, trigger devices, trotlines, limb lines, jugs, or other passive fishing devices containing a hook or hooks, which are driven into or attached to the lake bottom, a stump, tree, or the shoreline must be removed from the waterbody along with the passive devices by the user.

7. No driven or attached objects used to attach yo-yos, trigger devices, trotlines, limb lines, jugs, or other passive fishing devices containing a hook or hooks shall be larger than two inches by two inches or two inches in diameter.

8. No metal object which is driven into or attached to the lake bottom, a stump, tree, or the shoreline shall be used to anchor a yo-yo trigger device, trotline, limb line, jug, or other passive fishing device containing a hook or hooks, except for a metal object used strictly in the construction of a pier, boathouse, seawall, dock, or a retrievable anchor not attached to the bottom.

9. In Black Lake, Clear Lake and Prairie Lake (Natchitoches Parish), Caddo Lake (Caddo Parish), Chicot Lake (Evangeline Parish), D'Arbonne Lake (Union Parish), Lake St. Joseph (Tensas Parish), and Lake Bruin, including the portion known as Brushy Lake (Tensas Parish), Louisiana, except for an object used strictly in the construction of a pier, boathouse, seawall, or dock, no object which is driven into the lake bottom, a stump, tree, or the shoreline shall be used to anchor a yo-yo or trigger device.

10. All trotlines shall have a cotton leader on each end of the trotline.