The laws vary greatly from state to state.
Example: A landowner owns the land on both sides of a flowing stream.
1. In Texas, as long as you don't exit your boat onto the shore above the cutbank of the stream, you're completely legal. The state owns the "bed and banks" of any navigable stream.
2. In Georgia, you can be filed on for trespass, if there is a "No Trespassing" sign.
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