Dundee falls Dam... finally made it to the other side..

[Wilson]

Originally Posted by Skunk City

2+ year old post guys. .

Don't matter.... it will be railed and fished out now, if it isn't already.

[buzzbaiter]

Originally Posted by flyboy1

and if you want to get technical you can stand in an inch of water and there is nothing the police can do cuz the actual water is public.

Not true. Only the water itself is public domain. The river bed can be owned. IOW, its okay as long as your not touching the bottom(like in a boat). Its silly but that's NJ law for you. Many examples of this in NJ where you have a nice trout stream flowing through private land. Even if you access the stream via public land, once you enter posted land, that streambed is also private land as well. Pa has the navigable river law whereby any river(like the Lehigh) designated as a navigable is !00% public both the water and bed of the river. Not sure that applies to NJ rivers. Personally I don't see how one can own a stream. Its like owning air or clouds.

[briansnat]

Originally Posted by buzzbaiter

Not true. Only the water itself is public domain. The river bed can be owned. IOW, its okay as long as your not touching the bottom(like in a boat). Its silly but that's NJ law for you. Many examples of this in NJ where you have a nice trout stream flowing through private land. Even if you access the stream via public land, once you enter posted land, that streambed is also private land as well. Pa has the navigable river law whereby any river(like the Lehigh) designated as a navigable is !00% public both the water and bed of the river. Not sure that applies to NJ rivers. Personally I don't see how one can own a stream. Its like owning air or clouds.

Because the Passaic is tidal up to the Dundee dam there may be other considerations too. I believe tidal waters are public up to the high tide mark.

[buzzbaiter]

Originally Posted by briansnat

Because the Passaic is tidal up to the Dundee dam there may be other considerations too. I believe tidal waters are public up to the high tide mark.

Yes could be right. Funny how many riparian laws refer to 'high water mark' in case of the Passaic River, that would include most of northeast NJ. lol

If you have to have this conversation, is it worth the risk for a few fish. There are millions of places to fish in NJ and bordering states, why take a chance if there's a safety risk or you might lose your equipment. Crazy!