re: Private vs public water in tidal navigable waterways

What's really interesting is how much private property isn't posted or enforced. It's almost directly related to whatever the social climate is in a specific area. Seems like where you find sport yachts and million dollar camps, you also find marsh gates and overly aggressive people claiming to hold rights to property. I use the word claiming because I am 100% sure I have been chased out of ponds by people who didn't own them.