Dock shooting law

Can someone post a link to the state law that talks about docks being legal to fish? I've tried to Google it with no success. There's a large marina on Guntersville that has no tresspassing and no fishing boat slip signs posted all over it. From what I've been told is that, they can post whatever they want, but they can't legally prevent me from fishing the slips. I've fished it twice now and haven't had a confrontation with anyone, but I'm sure it's coming. I want to have my documentation printed off and ready to hand them.

On Martin anything beyond full pool is public domain in water. You can fish all docks here but you can not Harrass home owner. Best to not respond to dock owner. Green jeans told me to get phone out and record any harassment situation. Call green jeans on your lake

Yeah I plan to do that, but I want to have a printed copy of the law with me. I've never read the law.

That marina wouldn't start with an A would it?

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Originally Posted by tlefire

That marina wouldn't start with an A would it?

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Yessir

I have only fished it twice, for a total of maybe an hour. I have yet to catch a fish there, but I'm gonna keep trying.

Years ago they stopped duck hunting anywhere around them. Go figure. Now it inside Guntersville city limits, so no hunting from there back to the city.

I would contact TVA and see what they say. At one time TVA would extend lakeward property rights beyond the shoreline for some big marinas.

It's been a few years ago , but we fished it from a boat and some idiot was running up a down the dock screaming.We weren't near the slips. The G police showed up and ask us to leave so the guy would shut up, be we finished our trip and front of the idiot and the officer. Good place to fish but beware of the moron's.

Yeah, but them morons are rich, and own property on the lake. They are entitled to keep the unsavory at a respectable distance. Ask 'em.

Never a good situation

I just - prefer to not fish them. I know it is a free lake, but those lot owners can be hard on your blood pressure.

I may would try it for a bit. If it ruffled any feathers I write it off and be gone. Too many other places to fish to put up with any drama. During the middle of the week on a work day tends to be good times to fish areas where you may be confronted. Less people around then

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Originally Posted by trypman1

I just - prefer to not fish them. I know it is a free lake, but those lot owners can be hard on your blood pressure.

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I can be hard on theirs too.

Brad when you or a business builds a structure inside TVA's Easement the dock or structure in actuality belongs to them. Check a permit for building a dock and you will see that. You can fish anywhere your boat will float and under any dock or structure that has not been set as off limits by TVA such as around dams and construction sites. If they don't like it tough

I know of no law that prevents you from fishing around or under a dock on public waters.
Had an owner put a motion detecting sprinkler system on a dock I fished.
I reported him to the game warden and they made him take it down.
If someone is fishing on a dock, I never fish it.
If no one is fishing on it, it's fair game.

No fish is worth a bad confrontation. If an owner comes out and is upset, I leave.
The next time I go fishing, I fish that same dock if the fish are there. :biggrin

Had a dock owner call the law on us while we were putting out structure one year. They were yelling and screaming and had the video camera going telling us to quite dumping garbage in the lake. The coast guard showed up, saw what we were doing and left without saying a word.

Law Enforcement is to control the poor folks!!! Don't believe it see if Comet goes to jail!!!!

And folks that go again the SWAMP or the power brokers of a given community!!!!!

I would suggest putting out some habitat and avoid the issue all together!!

On TVA waters, they give marina owners the right to post as no fishing if desired.

Growing up fishing from a young age to date,there were not is many homes on the lakes and marinas.I fished with my dad and granddad were there are now homes, marinas whatever? I will still fish these areas, because they produce fish and have great memories . Maybe they should move?

I always thought that Alabama Game and Fish had control over fishing regulations not TVA.

I called the water patrol after a confrontation started with a boat owner. They told me I had the right to fish all around there from my boat. I couldn't get out on the dock or the other boats. I asked about placing my boat inside the boat slip to fish the main walkway and they said that the dock owner could ask me to leave because they control access to the dock and boat slips.
This was around the yacht club.

Interesting

Seven or eight years ago, my friend and I were fishing docks in front of some very nice condos. A condo owner walks down to the edge of the dock and tells us that we're on private property, no fishing and leave immediately , while we're sitting in our boat, not on the dock ! We explained that we were in the water, TVA public property ! He claimed that the property owners OWNED the land UNDER the water and that he would call the police. Property owner was very arrogant and my friend argued with him until I convinced him to just leave and that it wasn't worth arguing about. The next day, my friend had a massive heart attack and to this day, I still believe that the argument had a lot to do with it !!

It is a bad situation all the way around. I was bank fishing one nigt and some young adults came by bow fishing. I hear one of them holler you shot that boat . They cranked up the main engine and tore out of there. No boat numbers on the boat. The dock they were bow fishing around had a boat in the water. I would be upset if it was my boat that had a hole shot in it.

Hate to hear about your Friend. TVA as well as Alabama Power use eminent domain to take private property for public use. They own everything in their easement including the lake bottom as well as the land the Dock sits on.

When the Harbor House still had docks in Guntersville there were people living on their big boats there. There was a couple of women who fed loaf bread chunks to the bream. A friend and I would fish from the bank and load up on those fattened up bream and those 2 women would just raise all manner of Hell with us. We just kept catching till we were ready to leave and we'd do it again in a few days :)