Thread: Fenced in docks

Originally Posted by arkcrappie

It is common on Horseshoe for piers to be wrapped in fence wire. Not sure if it is legal


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I would think that practice on public waters like AGFC lakes it should be illegal . It is stopping fishermen from fishing public water.

We had wake/wave wood slat walls protruding down below the waterline, a foot or so, to protect boats in the slips, on our pier years ago. They were legal then. If they are running straight down along the footprint of the dock then I would believe they are legal. Similar principle too air rights on land.

Originally Posted by SpeckledSlab

We had wake/wave wood slat walls protruding down below the waterline, a foot or so, to protect boats in the slips, on our pier years ago. They were legal then. If they are running straight down along the footprint of the dock then I would believe they are legal. Similar principle too air rights on land.

No boats on these docks . Just blocking fishermen from fishing under them . Dock owners install trap doors in floor to fish under them. Time to pull a night run and fill under docks with trap doors with netting and weights .

Originally Posted by NIMROD

No boats on these docks . Just blocking fishermen from fishing under them . Dock owners install trap doors in floor to fish under them. Time to pull a night run and fill under docks with trap doors with netting and weights .

Nimrod I would think that urging and/or participating in such night runs on someone’s private property would be adverse to the message sports minded anglers want to promote. In my state if a hunter shoots across private property, even if the game they are shooting is on property they have a legal right or permission to hunt, the hunter can be charged with a 3rd degree felony. As long as a dock owner does not impede or interfere with an anglers access to fish beyond the footprint of his dock, I wouldn’t think that he’s doing anything illegal. I not sure it is just to target a person who doesn’t want fishing under his dock, without his permission. Anymore than it’s legal to take game flying over another’s property, even though they might come down on a different property. I know some property owners will grant permission to hunt over land, just as some dock owners don’t mind people fishing under their property. Here we used have a 50 ft barrier law around our boat house & dock that prevented skiers, jets skiers, and boats from encroaching on them. I haven’t looked into that particular ordinance in a long time, but I imagine there’s still something like it in place today.
I hope we, as sportsmen, can find an approach that will win us access to fish these structures rather than forcing ourselves on them. “He whose opinion is changed against his will, is of the same opinion still”. Just as I support legal harvest, I also support legal access. I don’t want people getting arrested, shot, or worse, over such matters. Our life and fishing time is short enough as it is. Thanks

I was fishing the light shining on the water in front of a Dock one night. I could see the bow fishing boat working it's way to me. The next dock over had a boat tied up in the water. One of the kids made a bad shot and punched an arrow in the hull of the boat just at the water line. They pull themselves over to the boat break the arrow off and high tail it out of there. I turned the boat number and location over to fish and game.

On another note. I shoot a lot of docks. Besides planer boards in spring shooting docks is how I fish. I have some hard and fast rules I follow. I make every attempt to not leave any hooks in mooring ropes and docks for people to reach down and get snagged on. A rusty hook could make for a awful infection. If I see a jig left in a rope or a dock I make a decent attempt to remove it without damage. Had one dock owner come out and ask me rudely what I was doing. When I explained and showed him the small collection of rusty jigs on the deck of my boat he said thank you. I try to treat the dock owners property as I would want someone to treat my own property

Originally Posted by SpeckledSlab

Nimrod I would think that urging and/or participating in such night runs on someone’s private property would be adverse to the message sports minded anglers want to promote. In my state if a hunter shoots across private property, even if the game they are shooting is on property they have a legal right or permission to hunt, the hunter can be charged with a 3rd degree felony. As long as a dock owner does not impede or interfere with an anglers access to fish beyond the footprint of his dock, I wouldn’t think that he’s doing anything illegal. I not sure it is just to target a person who doesn’t want fishing under his dock, without his permission. Anymore than it’s legal to take game flying over another’s property, even though they might come down on a different property. I know some property owners will grant permission to hunt over land, just as some dock owners don’t mind people fishing under their property. Here we used have a 50 ft barrier law around our boat house & dock that prevented skiers, jets skiers, and boats from encroaching on them. I haven’t looked into that particular ordinance in a long time, but I imagine there’s still something like it in place today.
I hope we, as sportsmen, can find an approach that will win us access to fish these structures rather than forcing ourselves on them. “He whose opinion is changed against his will, is of the same opinion still”. Just as I support legal harvest, I also support legal access. I don’t want people getting arrested, shot, or worse, over such matters. Our life and fishing time is short enough as it is. Thanks

This is public land so far from the water . They just get permits to have a dock . Rather see no docks cause a few act like they own the water around their dock .

Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

I was fishing the light shining on the water in front of a Dock one night. I could see the bow fishing boat working it's way to me. The next dock over had a boat tied up in the water. One of the kids made a bad shot and punched an arrow in the hull of the boat just at the water line. They pull themselves over to the boat break the arrow off and high tail it out of there. I turned the boat number and location over to fish and game.

On another note. I shoot a lot of docks. Besides planer boards in spring shooting docks is how I fish. I have some hard and fast rules I follow. I make every attempt to not leave any hooks in mooring ropes and docks for people to reach down and get snagged on. A rusty hook could make for a awful infection. If I see a jig left in a rope or a dock I make a decent attempt to remove it without damage. Had one dock owner come out and ask me rudely what I was doing. When I explained and showed him the small collection of rusty jigs on the deck of my boat he said thank you. I try to treat the dock owners property as I would want someone to treat my own property

Most dock owners with boats have them enclosed metal building . Ones we are discussing are mainly just built to fish off of . Most times no boats around them .

With or without boats on them, Horseshoe has quite a few that have fence around the perimeter of the pier. Most use reinforcement wire. It’s tough


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