McMark
Jetboaters Captain
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- 1,280
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- Location
- Monongahela, PA
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2015
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 24
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Very interesting!
Exactly. Which in some cases can apply to a dried up creek with barely a puddle of water still considered a navigable channel. Can create a lot of confusion as far as trespassing.I'm on Lake Livingston, which is the impounded Trinity River, and often ride upstream on the river itself, sometimes exploring creeks and large ponds flowing into the river. The Texas Stream Navigation Law is enlightening and outlines exactly what constitutes publicly navigable in Texas:
"Under a law dating from 1837, a stream is navigable so far as it retains an average width of 30 feet from its mouth up. The width measured is the distance between the fast (or firmly fixed) land banks. A stream satisfying the 30 foot rule is sometimes referred to as “statutorily navigable” or “navigable by statute.” Under a court decision, the public has rights along a stream navigable by statute just as if the stream were navigable in fact."
https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/nonpwdpubs/water_issues/rivers/navigation/riddell/navigability.phtml
-Greg