That's the comment I received in an email about a week and a half ago:
"It seems like No Fishing signs pop up everywhere, seemingly out of thin air. Can someone own the water and make it private property if that water continually flows in and out with the tides?
"I launched out of Centerville Marina and saw that Atlantic Yacht Basin/Virginia Yacht Brokers had one posted at the mouth of what seemed to be a normal creek on the left, while the marina was on the right. I also saw a post on social media where two men had resorted to ramming their johnboat into the side of a bass boat because the fisherman refused to leave a marina he had been fishing."
A VDGIF official subsequently offered the following explanation:
"Each specific location may have a unique scenario. For example, canals surrounded by someone's private property can be privately owned. And while the landowner may choose not to enforce that and allow people to fish or boat there for many years, he/she always, for whatever reason, is entitled to change their mind and decide to post No Trespassing signs. Then the water becomes off-limits again. It really doesn't have anything to do with whether or not water covers the bottom or 'flows in or out.' Instead, it comes down to what is state-owned bottom and what is private-owned bottom."
Anyone interested in seeing the video of two men ramming their johnboat into the side of a bass boat, as described in the original email I received, simply has to click on the following link:
https://www.wired2fish.com/news/craziest-fishing-confrontation-weve-ever-seen/.
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