"DSK" wrote in message
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Dionysus Feldman wrote:

Why doesn't anyone anchor?

Huh? Lots and lots of boats anchor out.


Is there a law against anchoring off a
beach?

Depends. FWIW all navigable waters (ie places you can drive a boat big
enough to spend the night on) are under Federal jurisdiction, meaning
that any prohibition on anchoring has to come from either the USCG or
the Treasury Dept. However, in actual practice, lots of communities
have
made & enforced local 'no anchoring' zones.

That is simply not true. Only a few of Minnesota's lakes if any are
under federal jurisdiction, and that is limited.
So clearly you don't know what you are talking about with respect to
freshwater lakes. The coast guard does have some authority on the great
lakes.

del cecchi