I have a question..what is a "Beach"?

[GatorBoy]

My question is this... what defines a beach in specificly Florida Metal detecting laws.
Does it only mean ocean beach?..or does it include the intercoastal waterway?

 

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[GMD52]

Wouldn't a beach be defined by whether or not it borders tidal flow?

 

[GatorBoy]

That's my line of thinking.. but have not read specific legal language stating that.
It seems very important to me to define the term "beach" as it pertains to the law.

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/beach

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

You have fresh water beaches.... In state of Florida I can hunt any ones private fresh water beach as long as I do not leave the water and step on their sand and I enter the location from the water side not their property...

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[GatorBoy]

Gotcha.. that makes sence..that would be state land.
I'm sort of questioning..tidal water along the Indian river lagoon for instance..would the shore between mean high and mean low tide be treated the same as the ocean beach..that is considered state land and belongs to all the people and cannot be deemed private.

 

[bigscoop]

I may be wrong here, but it seems to me that I remember something (laws) in regards to "rivers" that might also come into play?

 

[baywalker]

I think they have to be ( navigable historically ) so in other words if you can get to it by boat it is o.k. but on rivers and lakes you have to be in the water not like salt water where you can walk to the high tide line ( historically ).

 

[GatorBoy]

I see what your saying.. crossing through private property without permission to get to a piece of water... is.... a no no.
Thinking along those lines... entering a shoreline of a body of water that is connected to the ocean and fully navigatable by means of a public crossover should leave someone on a fully detectable strand of shoreline...that the same rules as the Atlanta shoreline has.
Nice Cobia by the way.

 

[baywalker]

Same on ya the kings and cobia are just starting to show up here got a 26# Wednesday one of my favorite eating

 

[GatorBoy]

The best.. right behind wahoo in my book. Try smoking a slab...Mmmmm.

 

[sponge]

Gotta get out there. Cobia jigs are frothin at the hook. Dam metal addiction is killing my fishing and wave addiction

 

[GatorBoy]

Haha.. I know! I surf alot too.. nice swell right now.. SE. wind.. Seb. Inlet great yesterday!
I take it you body board.. sponger..LOL.

 

[sponge]

25 yrs of soaking the slam will do toll on the back. I have to be selective now. Brother surfs new symeria 2 to 3 times a week. Since I started metal detecting my inner core has strengthened dramatically which helps the lower back. I plan on getting in green room more often. But for now theres gold to find. ARRRR

 

[GatorBoy]

YUP!