"Steve" wrote in message
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I think it is all very complicated and verys from region to region..


It also varies from judge to judge and from year to year. There's a creek
here (Rochester NY) where lots of guys like to go trout fishing, including
the pigs who can't seem to carry their garbage out with them. So, almost
100% of the land along the creek is now posted. A buddy of mine got around
the problem by wading the entire length of the creek to get to where he
wanted to be. One of the landowners made a stink about it, so they both
ended up in front of the town justice about 12 times so far. The 200 year
old law says landowners can't restrict the waterway if the creek is
navigable. This landowner says he's never seen anyone try to navigate the
creek, but there are canoes present all through the warm weather. His lawyer
pointed out that the law was written for logging barges, not canoes. The
judge has basically told the landowner to get a life, and camp along the
creek to find out who's REALLY trashing the woods, because it's clearly not
my friend.

What a mess.