Thread: Dock Shooting... Minding my own bizzness.. Then, Please Don't Fish Around My Dock!!

don`t know the lwas in your state but in Ga. the land owners land ends at the water line they can build a dock over the water with a permit but they don`t own the water unde it . as long as you don`t git on the dock or tie up to it they can`t say anything about it . i would ask a game warden for sure . the dock is like a boat if some one is fishing off it then be crtious and stay away .

On some game and fish lakes, you can get a permit to build a pier or dock, but you can't restrict public access. I think the game and fish claims 20 feet from the water edge. My wife and I rented a place on the water that had a dock that was a hot fishing spot. There were several guides that fished there, but as long as we were on the dock and fishing they steered clear. My guess is that it's probably legal to fish it, but not worth the hassle. All the fish in the lake will not be under 1 dock.

Depends on the lake your at. I was at Lake Hamilton and was told to stay away from the docks. The land owner owned to the center of the pool. I think it was Hamilton, anyway it was near Hot Springs and was an arkansas power and light lake. I never went back again.

I know on Norfolk, Bull Shoals, a year or two ago, the COE was looking at making a ruling that you could not fish the docks from a boat.
Dock owners were tired of hooks in lines going to the dock. Not sure how it came out but the dock owerns were pushing it hard

I fish docks as well and I've only had a few encounters with dock owners in which they asked me not to fish under their dock. Memorial Day weekend I had a dock owner come down and ask me if I could get any closer to his dock, I kept my mouth shut and kept on fishing. I came back that Monday and the dock owner had lined the outside of his dock with 2 x 6's and lattis. I just laughed and went on to the next dock. I've asked the local game warden and he said as long as I was not on the dock or tied up to the dock, it was legal to fish under the dock. I'm not going to be disrespectful to anyone. If they ask me not to fish under their dock, I will leave but I will be back later. They own the dock but not the water under it.

Originally Posted by arkdrakehunter

i fish docks as well and i've only had a few encounters with dock owners in which they asked me not to fish under their dock. Memorial day weekend i had a dock owner come down and ask me if i could get any closer to his dock, i kept my mouth shut and kept on fishing. I came back that monday and the dock owner had lined the outside of his dock with 2 x 6's and lattis. I just laughed and went on to the next dock. I've asked the local game warden and he said as long as i was not on the dock or tied up to the dock, it was legal to fish under the dock. I'm not going to be disrespectful to anyone. If they ask me not to fish under their dock, i will leave but i will be back later. They own the dock but not the water under it.

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Originally Posted by WE16

I know on Norfolk, Bull Shoals, a year or two ago, the COE was looking at making a ruling that you could not fish the docks from a boat.
Dock owners were tired of hooks in lines going to the dock. Not sure how it came out but the dock owerns were pushing it hard

I'm not for sure, but I think they were talking about commercial docks.

I've fished Lake Hamilton alot and some of them guys do try and say stuff like that. One reason is because that lake can be hard to fish. Most people around that lake put out big brushpiles around different docks and I've caught some of my best bass and crappie.

Whether it is river fishing, ocean, lake, or stream, structure is where one looks for fish. Last time i checked, docks are structure. There will always be people, who do not want to share. Apparently, they never watched sesame street.