When Do You Pick Up The Phone?

[tjulianc]

I was told by a land owner on a Missouri creek once that he could give away gravel, he just couldn't sell it. Don't know if this is true or not.

[UnCivE]

Are you 100% legal being there in the first place? I ask because you said it was your "local haunt", which could technically be trespassing.

If it isn't a well traveled public stream then you might be causing yourself more problems than you are the dude with the bobcat.

Odds are "Bobcat man" owns the property you stood on and that phone call could mean you'll not be fishing there anymore.

It's the Gasconade River and I put in at a public access... I don't see any legality problems there....

I went ahead and left a message with the DNR, I made it clear that I wasn't really sure the regulations, or that any had been broken, just recommended somebody stop out there and take a look.

[Wayne SW/MO]

If it was at an access I hope it wasn't the MDC doing it? It wasn't at a ford was it?

[jdmidwest]

A landowner on a Scenic Riverway or NFS river may face different rulings Justin. But a landowner on a smaller stream that does not disturb the actual stream or course does not have to get a permit, especially if he owns both sides of the stream.