Capt. Mike,

While I believe you are correct that guns being drawn isn't going to help ANYBODY, you are wrong to think an angler is somehow required to ASK to be below the high water mark. You don't have to because on any navigable waterway, the property line ENDS at the OHWM (Ordinary High-water Mark). Asking permission is the wise thing to do, but any chump who tries to toss me off a river because he THINKS he owns it is going to get told to bite off. If a gun gets pulled, then the sheriff is going to get called and his ass is going to go to jail. I don't NEED to ask permission, except to cross private property to access the water. Simple as that.........