I was watching FOX news yesterday and they were doing a story on public fishing access in the United States. They were saying how it was coming to a head (Land owners against fishermen) , and that there were several cases in the courts right now which may determine what a persons public access and fishing rights on public waterways will be in the future . One case involved a group of fly fishers who claimed that they had exclusive fishing rights on a river because it was on located on private lands. It was being challenged (I believe) by a guy that did not belong to the same "group" that had "bought" the access rights to fish on that river.

Did anyone else see or hear the story? If so, what is your thoughts on it, and did anyone catch what rivers were involved? My understanding was that the out come of these cases would set a new legal standard for all public access rights on public waters in the US. Did anyone else make the same assumption?

(Edit) here is one of the stories;
http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Fish_Boat/newsreleases/2003/nwlittlej.htm

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