easy45
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Is it legal to fish a moving body of water such as a creek or river on private property as long as you are on the water and do not step out on the bank and access it on public ground?
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Only if it is considered a navigable waterway by the army corps of engineers. And then you still cannot touch the stream bottom. I've researched this myself due to some trespassing issues in the past. There's a website somewhere that actually list the navigable streams in the state.
It is impossible to answer that as there are so many variables. If you aren't on a Corps of Engineer's listed navigatable water, and are talking about wading, my best guess is that it would not be legal without the landowner's permission.
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