East Bay Sporting Club v. Miller

It is well settled in this state that the right of the public to fish in the waters of Lake Erie and its bays is as fixed and complete as if those waters were subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, and that the public rights of fishing in the waters of the open, navigable public bays of Lake Erie are not limited within such public bays to the particular portions thereof which are navigable. Winous Point Shooting Club v. Slaughterbeck, 96 Ohio St., 139, 117 N. E., 162, L. R. A. 1918A, 1142; Bodi v. Winous Point Shooting Club, 57 Ohio St., 226, 48 N. E., 944; Sloan v. Biemiller, 34 Ohio St.,…