Fishing Ohio River Marinas

[steves]

I know this subject has been dicussed in great depth before, but I don't ever remember seeing any facts or laws regarding fishing in marinas connected to the Ohio River. Can anyone tell me for sure what the law is concerning fishing in marinas or tell me what person or agency I could call to find out the laws. I am asking this because I had an encounter with a gentleman this morning who insisted I was tresspassing on private property because I was fishing in a marina. I was in a boat, not in contact with any dock, other boat or land. This was on the Indiana side of the river, but I would assume the laws should be the same for any state since the Ohio River is federal water.

[kingfisher]

I will give you all the real deal. I personaly have been ticketed and gone to court. There is no Kentucky LAW that says you can or cannot fish these Marinas on the river. The police hate to give out tickets because they said they don't even know. But if it is posted and the owner or tenant of the marina calls the police then they have to respond. And if they do you will be citated for trespassing. We can fix this problem for around $30,000. If someone will set up a fund and all the anglers who would like to participate would donate a little $ we can have the law rewritten and then there will be no mistaken to anglers and or the police. This is not something that I have made up this is the Bible. You can check it all out for yourself. Tight lines.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Okay, if fishin a marina is not legal, show me the KRS, cause hear is one that says if you interfere with my legal rights, you are a bad person, see (1) below.

150.710 Intentional obstruction of lawful taking of wildlife.
(1) No person shall intentionally obstruct or disrupt the right of a person to lawfully
take wildlife by hunting, trapping, or fishing.
(2) The Attorney General or any person directly affected may bring an action to restrain
conduct unlawful under this section and may bring an action to recover damages.
(3) The officers of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, or any other peace
officer, police officer, state police officer, or sheriff may enforce this section.
(4) This section shall not apply to incidental interference with the taking of wildlife by
hunting, trapping, or fishing caused by lawful activities including, but not limited
to, farming, mining, or recreation.
Effective: July 15, 1988
History: Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 1(1)-(4), effective July 15, 1988.

[roadrunner]

I know this is not the Ohio River however I have a houseboat at Kentucky Dam Marina. They have posted all the docks with signs do not fish into slips. Since I am the fisherman on the dock I hear it all the time that the renters spend 3 to 5 thousand dollars a year to lease that small part of water and they do not appreciate inconsiderate fisherman hitting their boat especially when they are asleep. I have seen slip renters get fishing hooks in their hands when they untie the boat because some one was inconsiderate. I do not believe they can keep you from fishing in marinas however you are going to run into some very unhappy slip renters.

[steves]

I can totally understand boat and dock owners being unhappy when someone hits their boat with a lure (there's nothing louder than a jighead hitting a pontoon boat first thing in the morning)or leaving hooks or fishing line hanging on their docks. As far as I'm concerned, that's a totally different issue, though. Damaging other peoples' property or blocking a person's access to their dock or a gas pump dock while you're fishing should not be tolerated by anyone. But when I'm fishing on a public body of water, not damaging anyone else's property or preventing anyone else from enjoying their time on the water I feel like I shouldn't be harassed by anyone. The boats, the docks, and even the land surrounding the water may be private property, but it is my belief that the water itself is for the use of all the public, not just the ones with the big boats and dock leases. With that said, I will be fishing a tournament on the McAlpine pool this coming weekend, so I may need to call someone to bail me out of jail.

[roadrunner]

>I can totally understand boat and
>dock owners being unhappy when
>someone hits their boat with
>a lure (there's nothing louder
>than a jighead hitting a
>pontoon boat first thing in
>the morning)or leaving hooks or
>fishing line hanging on their
>docks. As far as
>I'm concerned, that's a totally
>different issue, though. Damaging
>other peoples' property or blocking
>a person's access to their
>dock or a gas pump
>dock while you're fishing should
>not be tolerated by anyone.
> But when I'm fishing
>on a public body of
>water, not damaging anyone else's
>property or preventing anyone else
>from enjoying their time on
>the water I feel like
>I shouldn't be harassed by
>anyone. The boats, the
>docks, and even the land
>surrounding the water may be
>private property, but it is
>my belief that the water
>itself is for the use
>of all the public, not
>just the ones with the
>big boats and dock leases.
> With that said, I
>will be fishing a tournament
>on the McAlpine pool this
>coming weekend, so I may
>need to call someone to
>bail me out of jail.
>

I had heard that BASS took a marina to court on the Mississippi River pool around Keokuk pool and won(this was about 15 years ago). It was my belief that if you can get to it by boat you can fish it. I fished Lake Eufaula and had the plant manager of Mann bait marking maps for me. The Navy or Coast Guard had an instillation on the Lake with huge no trespassing signs going into the bay, he told me be sure to fish this bay that they legally can not keep you out of their. I went in fished it and talked to someone in uniform on the bank. Nothing was said and the rest of the story I didn't catch any fish in there.

We could email Bass and get there view on this.

Steve

[stevec]

LOL...WE need to start a bail fund

[pattidan]

We fished the Plapp's tourney last month. We ran into a Enforcement Officer at the ramps at Cox park. We asked him about fishing the marinas and he told us that "Captain's Quarter and any other water that wasn't natural to the river or marked Private or No fishing was off limits to fisherman. It's a fight you can't win"... Dan

[artcarney_agr]

This trend is carrying over to Kentucky and Barkley Lake in a hurry! Kuttawa Harbor Marina and Lighthouse Landing are off limits during any competitive fishing event. Not just flipping the docks, but the whole dang thing! It's only a matter of time until all of them are off limits!

And another thing that's unfair is that Kuttawa Harbor and Buzzard Rock charge for use of a U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers boat ramp, which seems ridiculous. It seems to me since the Corps. poured the concrete, paved the lot, and own the lot, that the tax payers have the rights to that lot and any money paid for its use should go to the Corps., not Buzzard Rock Marina or Kuttawa Harbor Marina! It just doesn't seem right!

[bje]

I believe that it is contrary to Kentucky law to implement such rules on KY and Barkley, which are under lock and dam, and if I were cited for fishing there, I would most definitely challenge the citation.

[MASBASS]

We have gone thru this time and time again. I understand there are some silly rules and regs out there that I myself strongly disagree with. The Captians Quaters is private, created by private money and is not a natural flowable water it is man made. Therefore they can post it as can any other that is of this type. The money that you and I spend at these, thru our tax dollars, is nothing compaired to the money these marina operators do. I am not saying it is right or wrong. The main reason most of the off limits areas are established is because of some people do not respect other people or thier belongings. A good friend of mine has a really nice boat in a slip at one of the lakes. He pays good money to have the slip, he is a big bass fisherman and understands fishing docks, he loves to fish them. He came in one day last week and told me that his NEW boat cover had been ripped and still had the jig in the cover where someone was fishing his slip. Now he is against all marina fishing and I do not blame him. The cover was over $700 and less than a month old I do not see the person that did that paying for it. Like I have said before, I do not fish docks if there are boats in any of the slips, I have to much respect for other I guess, I do not want to chance damage to someones property. I still say that if that is the only place you have to fish is a place you are told not too then stay home you do not know how to fish!!!!!

[steves]

Isn't it cool that no matter what the topic is, these threads always evolve into someone insulting someone else. The internet is pretty cool.