Home owner brandished shot gun.

[Ski]

A confrontation on the water that happened March 18, 2023 near Camden, Alabama between a homeowner and anglers fishing in the Fisher’s of Men bass fishing tournament on Millers Ferry went viral. And on Monday April 10, the homeowner Ronald Morgan, 66, was charged with interfering with hunting or fishing per section 9-11-270 as well as menacing. Morgan pulled a gun on the anglers and told them to “go somewhere else” when he didn’t like them being near his dock on the public waters in a separate boat.

These confrontations are becoming more of a common occurrence because homeowners incorrectly believe that if they place a dock on a public waterway next to their house they suddenly own the public water that is beneath it and surrounding it. That, however, is not the case. While some areas can be deemed off limits for safety reasons, for example around marina gas pumps, most areas of public waters in and around docks are still publicly permissible.

[ATA]

Sad story. 

[TnRiver46]

Oh my word that’s where I go camping every year. We have encountered some angry dock owners but most very pleasant 

 

This deserves honorable mention in the Karen’s and Ken’s thread 

[BigAngus752]

Social media has "taught" people that you can (and SHOULD) become enraged and vent your anger on strangers in the most hateful way with total anonymity and NO CONSEQUENCES of any kind.  It's becoming prevalent now in face to face contact in our society.  This is keeping all of us from treating each other with love and respect.  We must think of others before ourselves.  It's our only hope. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

This infuriates me the older I get.    I can't imagine being put into a life or death situation by low IQ tyrants who don't understand the law, and my right to be on the public water fishing around their dock.     

 

That type of guy will screw around and find out in time, whether it's road rage, or skinning the smoke wagon on the wrong guy like above.    Seen it first hand in real life, you never know who you're going to pick on that won't feel like getting picked on.  

[Skunkmaster-k]

Craziness 

[Bankbeater]

Just because someone is fishing? Wow.

[TnRiver46]

3 hours ago, Bankbeater said:

Just because someone is fishing? Wow.

We’ve had some dock owners in that area ask us if there weren’t any fish in TN when they saw our boat stickers. They are protective! 

[gim]

This is why I refuse to even fish around someone’s dock when they are present. I realize this guy was clearly in the wrong and the angler wasn’t doing anything they weren’t supposed to, but my ability to avoid someone completely is what I do, and what I will do going forward.

[Glenn]

This is nothing new. It's been going on for decades.  Case in point, all 3 of these stories happened decades ago: