West Cove Marsh

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Navigable waterways are different than man made canals.
Canals on private land are private property.
Navigable waterways are mostly natural rivers and lakes or some man made bodies of water like Toledo Bend and the Tenn/Tom Waterway, Erie Canal, Intercoaster Canal...

In La, the landowner has rights to the land all the way to the mean low water mark. So if the navigable waterway waters go over the land owners land, you cannot fish that water. In other states, you can fish the waters, no matter how far it goes onto private property.