Louisiana is home to excellent crab fishing, and many local dishes contain the delightful shellfish. You will find crab in both inland and shallow water where you can cast pots by hand, or in the deep bays where you must release and retrieve boats off a boat.
Licenses
Recreational anglers may have up to 10 pots. You must apply for a recreational saltwater fishing license along with your basic license, and each pot used requires its own license. You can get your licenses at the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.
Regulations
All crab pots must have a stainless steel tag attached to them for identification purposes. Do not set crab pots in any areas where boats navigate.
Methods
Crab pots, trawls, nets trotline, or handheld lines are legal.
Types of Crab
The two most common type of crab in Louisiana are blue crab and stone crab. Blue crabs exist in the brackish inland water. Stone crabs live in the bays and deeper waters.
Problems
Broken down, lost, or discarded crab pots littering the waterways are a big problem. They cause ecological problems for organisms living in the water and block navigation in channels and shallow water.
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