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A Maine politician has proposed a Law that would make all fishing within 250ft of shore anywhere there is a dock or most any other structure illegal....
Pretty obvious this is driven by wealthy lakefront owners and the way politics has worked lately especially in Michigan I wouldn't be surprised to see it gain some steam...

http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_126th/billtexts/HP050901.asp (http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_126th/billtexts/HP050901.asp)

HP0509
LD 758 Session - 126th Maine Legislature
 LR 1077
Item 1
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An Act To Protect Boats, Moorings and Docks in the Inland Waters of the State

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §12457, sub-§1-A  is enacted to read:

1-A.  Other closed waters.   Waters within 250 feet of shorelines along which docks, boats, moorings or swimming floats are located are closed to fishing. The commissioner shall adopt routine technical rules, as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, to implement the provisions of this subsection.

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This bill closes to fishing inland waters within 250 feet of shorelines containing docks, boats, moorings or swimming floats and requires the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to adopt rules to implement this closure.

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Dan, I put this in the wrong spot...I forgot that there was a Legislative room... ;)....Feel free to move..

It's okay here for now. Maine has been recently leading the way in stupid and harmful legislation proposals, followed by Minnesota. We all need to be aware and involved.

Or take what we get. All of these types of 'ideas' tend to give other people in other states ideas... I am going to be talking to someone from Minnesota later this week about another crazy proposal someone put out there to try to help with ideas about how to kill it. As our society changes, these types of things are not going to lessen.

Thanks for posting.

I wouldn't even be able to really fish, don't own a boat.