It is a little bit like buying a dock and locating it in the middle of a state park. The dock owner may have bought the dock but they did not buy the park it is sitting on. Someone may want to play where the dock is sitting, or cross it to get to where they are going.
"......but they may not unreasonably interfere with the public’s use of the water.
Now the term 'unreasonable' is the subject of the discussion. I do not know about a person sitting and fishing from the owners dock (perhaps this is acceptable) but MP seems to find it reasonable that a person can walk across your dock to get from one side to the other, as it is in their way on a public lake.
The laws are common laws, dating back a long time, and are active in most states. I believe that different states (and judges) interpret them differently, as they do trespassing violations.
I do not think this is a big deal, or something to get excited about.
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