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Originally Posted by Feesherman
Maybe I navigate with a trolling motor. As long as my boat is moving I'm navigating. And while I'm navigating I can surely fish for our public resource.
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I agree with you, but unless wording is put in there for fishing, its a dead duck
Ol boy in NE LA already set the precedent. MS River came up several years ago and you could boat into Gassoway Lake (private landlocked lake full of big fish near the MS River). Guy went in there fishing and got arrested several times claiming it navigable waters and the Public Trust Doctrine. Judge said navigable doesn't mean you can fish it. The rules were put there in place for people traveling up and down the river way back when. They were allowed to tie up and dry their nets, but fishing over private water bottoms was never specified.
Something needs to change for sure, and this movement is needed, but this bill is not addressing what needs addressing.