Being Told Not To Fish Here

[Surveyor]

The bridge and the water both should be public property, so access and being sued or suing should be a moot point....Fishing there should be legal....To hell with the complaining adjoining landowner.....Good fishing.   

You have no knowledge that the road and bridge are public property. If its a dirt road there is a very good chance that it is private property with an access easement. Even if the road is paved there is no guarantee that its not private.

 

If it is public then where does the public-private property line exist? If you are casting away from the road-bridge and cast 25- 30 feet you have probably most assuredly cast onto private property and may be trespassing, depending on state laws.

 

And as far as your "to hell with" statement how is that gonna help?? Statements and actions like these are some of the reasons its so hard to fish and hunt private properties. I guarantee if you say that to me I will respond in a not so pleasant manner towards you.

Contact the owner and have a conversation with him.

 

BTW the guy that sued my family died when he passed out drunk on a RR Tract and his "family" continued the suit. I guess they figured that if his hand wasn't injured he could have been drinking with both hands and would pass out long before he tried to crawl under the parked train.

[tatertester]

What I was saying is IF the bridge was public property, and, IF the road and water are also public property, THEN the neighbor can and should cool his jets.....I'm not suggesting anyone lay claim to anothers property. 

[JellyMan]

LOL. Nobody can tell you not to do something in which you have a legal right to in fact, do. That is also if you are in fact fishing on public land as you originally stated.

 

Keep fishing. If you get harassed by the guy again call the authorities.

[FrogFreak]

On a somewhat related note, I was fishing between a swimming platform and some docks by a resort early one morning and the resort owner informed me that he considered the water between the docks and the swim platform his. He said he had guests coming and he didn't want me to fish between them. He went on to say something about it being illegal to fish where I was fishing. He said the swimming platform was like a buoy. Just to clarify here, this was early morning and there wasn't a soul on the docks, swimming etc. I just smiled and told him I wouldn't be there long.

 

As far as advice on this goes, I personally would find another spot if you could or discuss this situation with the landowner if that is a possibility. Even if what you're doing is perfectly fine and legal, do you really need to run the risk of some crazy landowner doing something stupid for a mediocre fishing spot?