What ive been told is if im wading my feet are touching the bottom and im trespassing. If i drop anchor from a boat or canoe once the anchor touches the bottom im trespassing. If i drop decoys and the lead touches the bottom im trespassing.

But still i dont know if this info is true or not.

Theres lots of behind the scenes politics that come into play here.
A couple years ago my buddy called the highway department and asked about a gate that had been put up on what he thought was public right of way. I was listening to the conversation on the other phone. The department of highways person said "Yes sir its all legal because i personally went out and met the land owner and i measured the distances myself and im positive that those distances are exactly x number of feet to x number of feet from the exact spot of such and such". We wrote the distances down and then went out to measure them and they were no where near what we had been told. We did some checking and found out the individual who is head of the department that determines public right of ways is a duckhunter and he owns a slough up stream from this place.

We have one spot where no parking signs are posted up and down the side of the road so now no one can launch a boat there or park on the side of the road and fish. No one knows if the state put the signs up or if the landowners put the signs up. Maybe it could be the landowners purchased the signs and then the state workers were sent out to make it all look legitimate.
About three years ago someone i know was bringing their boat back in and was met by some of the landowners. One of them told him he was going to whip him. He warned them to back off but the landowners kept coming towards him. They didnt stop coming until he pointed a shotgun at them. So thats part of what is going on down here in Hopkins County.