Bayou Segnette Fishing Forum
Bayou Buzz => News and Information => Topic started by: Segnette on Sep 08, 2022, 1:37 PM
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From LDWF:
As you may be aware, a WMA Access Permit is now required to visit an LDWF Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Refuge or Conservation Area for any reason – boating, hiking, bird watching, berry picking, fishing or hunting. Please note that WMA Access Permits are NOT required for persons including boaters traveling through LDWF property, provided that the most direct route is taken and no activities (e.g. fishing, sightseeing, etc.) take place on the property.
Additional information about WMA Access Permits:
• The fee for a WMA access permit, which grants access to the 1.5-million acres of land managed by LDWF, is $20/annual (resident/nonresident) or $5 for a five-consecutive-day period (resident/nonresident).
• Youths 17 and under are not required to have a WMA Access Permit
• WMA Access Permit only covers access onto the WMA, Refuge or Conservation Area. It does NOT convey hunting or fishing privileges. If you will be hunting or fishing on the WMA, Refuge or Conservation Area you will also need to purchase the appropriate license for those activities.
• WMA access is conveyed with a Senior Hunting/Fishing License, Louisiana Sportsman’s Paradise License or a Lifetime Hunting/Fishing License. (i.e. if you hold one of these licenses, you do not also need to purchase a WMA Access Permit)
As a reminder, visitors must also check-in & check-out by using a WMA Self-Clearing Permit each time they access a LDWF administered property. (On WMAs, Self-Clearing Permits are not required of fishermen and boaters who enter a WMA via watercraft from outside the property, provided they do not get out of the watercraft and onto the property.)