Brian Van Erim wrote:
There is a wonderful bit of river on Kohler Corp. land near my home town, surrounded by golf course, it has the best gravel between the lake and the first dam. It swarms with migratory fish, but Herb (Kohler), has placed a $150 annual fee on his parking lot under the guise of "river wildlife pass". While he lines his pockets with the cash of an elite crowd, the rest of us try to figure out access on to the good water (In the state of Wisconsin, the river IS public, and if your access point is legal and you keep your feet wet you can go anywhere you want on that river -- no private water). +++++++++++ I believe the public access in Wisconsin is at the high water mark at any time. If his parking lot has ever flooded, it would be considered public too. I worked for two summers, while in college, for a cranberry grower in central Wisconsin that was upset because they would not arrest fishermen coming to one of his flowages across public land. He wanted to claim the flowage as private but once it became navigable, it became public. You may want to have your TU club or another group check on the "claim". [Nothing stated here is intended to be legal advice. This information was formerly published in Wisconsin fishing regulations for public distribution.] A Wisconsinite temporarily living outside the state for 25 of the last 30 years. Gerald E. Lincoln Mount Joy, PA
