MASBASS:

You miss the point. I don't fish docks either but there is more at stake in this issue. Rivers and lakes under lock and dam have been considered public property, owned by the citizens of this Commonwealth, for all of Kentucky history. There is over one hundred years of law supporting this. The marina owner and your friend have been given the priveledge of making personal use of this public water. In the case of the marina owner, he has been given the opportunity to use this public waterway for profit. I believe people's personal property (i.e. their boats)ought to be respected, and that fishermen have a personal responsibility to not cause damage or repay the owner for damage caused. But I am of the opinion that we as the citizens who own this public waterway, cannot simply allow private parties to, contrary to law, limit our right to enjoy a public property.