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Originally Posted by Pricestavern
"I have great success trolling within a few feet of docks and in very shallow water."
Is there a legal limit to how close someone can fish to your property?
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Nope, there isn't a limit, the entire lake is a public resource up to the full lake line.... Most of how close people come is common sense. I am sure people come in much closer if no one is around then if some on is standing in the yard or on the dock. Personally I would say about 99% of the time I never have issues, I even talk with people as they paddle by or fish their way down the shore front.... even got offered a freshly caught fish one time to throw on the grill that I was starting.
I think the only time I really felt like someone wasn't being respectful was the day the guy hooked my boat.... I think too much sun, to much liquid courage, and to much clowning around with his buddies had something to do with it.... but he wrapped the line and lure around the bimini, and instead of waiting for me to come and help him get it unwound he started yanking.....
In short it is about common sense, you are at a state park so to speak... it just happens to be on the water. You wouldn't want someone pulling a picnic table right up beside yours so don't do it to them. Respect goes a long way. The only time I find myself yelling at people for being to close is about the time they get in between my dock and my uncles next door and are to close to the marker we put out, which is also about the time the see the rocks I am warning them about. We Mark the center of it, but well it is a rather larger group of rocks.....