Navitable water ways

[ckinchen]

Originally Posted by Angler Bay

I have a sore spot with this subject as well, this reply is off the hip, but I'll do a little more research and get back. I was told to leave the North end of Black Lake one day by a guy in a boat because I drifted past a PVC pipe in 4' of water, that marked his claimed boundary. I Didn't leave, told the guy I'd take my chances in court.

All the court interpretations I have read state that if a water way is subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and a boat can travel that water, that water is navigable, and is public, BUT if you stop and anchor you MAY become susceptible to trespassing laws depending on how deep the water may be at the time.

Sam the same thing happened to Tracey and I in the exact same spot. I have done some reserach on this and the landowner is within his right to run us off. I don't like it any more than you do. Posted signs sure would make it easier.