Lets hear your tales???
Wisconsin has a statute that is used often on overbearing land owners.
We have a keep your feet law and all public bridges are accesses and anglers
can fish as long as they enter at public area and stay with wet feet.
It is Wisconsin State Statute 29.083(2)
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/29/II/083
We have a landowner in my neck of woods who is bad.
He made up a fake sign that looked like it was from WDNR
that said due to some migratory bird… fishing was not
allowed under his bridge. He calls the Sheriff’s
Department so often they call him “The Cry Wolf” guy.
Last May 4 anglers called the police on him. In a drunken
rage he sicked his dog on the 4 anglers “all were fishing”
from a public bridge. It bit three of the four. He then
drove over the bridge at a high rate of speed and swerved
at 4 anglers causing them to dive off the bridge to keep
from being hit.
The land owner was charged and received about $2,000 dollars
in fines and the enhancer was added to his punishment.
If he has any contact with anglers and causes troubles again
his hunting and fishing privileged will be revoked for
FIVE years along with a hefty fine.
Len, that guy also left himself open for a huge lawsuit. If any of the anglers had any injuries there are lawyers out there who would take that case for a cut of the award. That is just plain dumb.
That said in Georgia, as I understand it, I have not looked up the statue, if you own the land on each side of a stream you own the water and can prevent anyone from floating, wading, etc. in the stream. There was a case where a landowner shot a guy in a boat and got away with it.