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I was gonna ask what kind of fish he was going to take that requires .357 round...

Alligator Gar.

An interesting little tidbit here:
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Non federal law enforcement personnel shall not be given Federal citation authority for enforcement of regulations contained in Title 36 (36 CFR 327). Enforcement of Title 36 regulations shall remain the responsibility of the Corps.

And, as has been pointed out before here, Title 36 CFR 327 contains that nasty little restriction on loaded firearms, and separately, ammunition, on Corps property:

§ 327.13 Explosives, firearms, other weapons and fireworks.

(a) The possession of loaded firearms, ammunition, loaded projectile firing devices, bows and arrows, crossbows, or other weapons is prohibited unless:

(1) In the possession of a Federal, state or local law enforcement officer;

(2) Being used for hunting or fishing as permitted under §327.8, with devices being unloaded when transported to, from or between hunting and fishing sites;

(3) Being used at authorized shooting ranges; or

(4) Written permission has been received from the District Commander.

(b) Possession of explosives or explosive devices of any kind, including fireworks or other pyrotechnics, is prohibited unless written permission has been received from the District Commander.

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It seems the federal law is somewhat overreaching here, in that it bans not only the possession of loaded firearms, but also ammunition. Of course if you can't have ammo, there's little use in having a firearm. Yet it permits the possession of an unloaded firearm, but only during a hunting or fishing. Since the fishing season is year around down here, does that say I can transport an unloaded firearm to a fishing hole and then load it? That, of course, completely negates the provision in (a.), and discriminates against persons who live where the fishing season is closed during certain months. God forbid that federal law discriminate against Yankees. I hope someone can clarify this garbage, before I shove a loaded 357 MAGNUM in my belt, casting rod loaded with a Little George, and take off across Lake Sam Rayburn looking for schools of white bass to murder, crazed lunatic motor boater that I am.

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SUBCHAPTER B. PROPERTY OF THE STATE



§ 1.011. PROPERTY OF THE STATE. (a) All wild animals,
fur-bearing animals, wild birds, and wild fowl inside the borders
of this state are the property of the people of this state.
(b) All fish and other aquatic animal life contained in the
freshwater rivers, creeks, and streams and in lakes or sloughs
subject to overflow from rivers or other streams within the borders
of this state are the property of the people of this state.
(c) All the beds and bottoms and the products of the beds and
bottoms of the public rivers, bayous, lagoons, creeks, lakes, bays,
and inlets in this state and of that part of the Gulf of Mexico
within the jurisdiction of this state are the property of this
state. The state may permit the use of the waters and bottoms and
the taking of the products of the bottoms and waters.
(d) The Parks and Wildlife Department shall regulate the
taking and conservation of fish, oysters, shrimp, crabs, turtles,
terrapins, mussels, lobsters, and all other kinds and forms of
marine life, or sand, gravel, marl, mud shell, and all other kinds
of shell in accordance with the authority vested in it by this code.

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.

keithb,

I modified my earlier post to reflect the State does own all water bottoms in Texas. Sorry about that.

Would the current law apply to being on a waterbody such as Sam Rayburn Reservoir? The State of Texas owns the water and the water bottoms to the high water mark.

Corps of Engineers Lake may be a misnomer if the Corps merely owns the surrounding land within the project boundary.