re: Gerald Boelte died yesterday.

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You are probably not familiar with the ebb & flow of the navigable waters of the Mississippi River.

Private property changes with water levels.

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Actually, my father spent 20 years as an attorney working on one case that ended up defining case law in this matter. Look up the Gassoway access case in Louisiana.

My family owns significant land Holdings which are affected by the rise and fall of the Mississippi and other navigable rivers. I have personally prosecuted and testified in trespassing cases involving duck hunters and fishermen.

This is why message boards get a bad rap. It's from people spouting off nonsense when they don't know what they're talking about.

Saying that public access is determined by the species of trees on the bank is simply ignorant, misleading, and wrong.

There are thousands of miles of navigable river bank that have no trees whatsoever. And many thousands more that don't have oaks.

It's about the mean high water mark, not the species of trees for fricks sake. That doesn't have anything to do with it.

So in this case, I do know more than you. So do us all a favor and stop spreading bad information