I assume that would depend on the lake. what lake is this ?I was looking on onXmaps and I have a question. If a persons land ownership contains a large area of a lake with some islands and said person has their land posted, are those islands also posted or can you hunt it because it's in the middle of the lake? I know that person technically does not own the water and cannot tell you can't fish the waters from a boat, but how do islands work? The below picture is for a reference.
I guess that makes sense. I just read that I can anchor the boat and shoot from there, so that's always an option.
We were also, having the discussion with the local Warden at Twin Lake. The land was posted on the west side of the lake. But not on the east side. We were fishing off the road when the Warden showed up. It's a touchy subject, the road was closed to traffic, with the high water. The Warden let us fish. But told us to come in on the east and come in on unposted land. The land owner was a piece of work. My kids were throwing rock in the water and that is what set him off. The biggest rock was maybe the size of a golf ball.
I've always kind of wondered, aren't there lots of guys that hunt ducks on Devils Lake? I assume most of it is technically private land (presumably posted), how does this work - if they stay in their boat are they ok?
I'm about 99.998% certain if your anchor touches posted land (even under water), you're trespassing.
and then check out what bodies of water are classified as such in ND. Its kinda disappointing to see how few.
If this is the case then anchoring while fishing over posted land would be trespassing also?
Just like fishing Canadian border waters, you can fish in Ontario waters by accessing via boat, with an Ontario fishing license of course, but the minute you drop a physical anchor that touches mud, you have to have in your possession a remote area border crossing permit as you have now touched Canadian soil. Trolling motor anchors are ok.
