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Just fished a very high end lake. I parked outside of the gate of a very nice 2 million dollar home and fished on a very nice dock.
There were no no trespassing signs so I don't see anything wrong with what I did.
The land owner came outside screaming. Asking me to leave his property.
Shocked at how rude he was. I asked him if this was private property.
He said yes.
I told him there were no no trespassing signs so how could I have known?
Enraged he told me he was calling the cops.
As a precaution. I hopped off his dock into the lake, and inflated the one pull instant inflatable float tube I carry in my fishing vest.
In doing so I knocked over the 50lb bag of corn I was using to Chum this guy's lake into the water.
When the police arrived I informed them I was not on his property but was trapped and needed some sort of way to access public lands as his property surrounded this lake, but the water above the lakebed was public and I was just trying to get home.
The police asked the property owner if he had a public easement. He said no.
The police then gave him a ticket for entrapment on public lands.
I also caught 3 carp.
