Lehigh Falls Fishing Club v. Andrejewski

HESTER, J.:

¶ 1 Lehigh Falls Fishing Club appeals the trial court’s determination that the Le-high River is a navigable waterway. 1 We affirm.

¶ 2 The underlying facts are not complicated. Appellant leases land through which the Lehigh River flows. The land is approximately ten miles north of the Francis E. Walter Dam, in Buck Township, Luzerne County. Appellant was formed in the 1960s as a fly fishing club, and it stocks the portion of the river located between its land with fish.

¶ 3 In spring 1995, John Andrejewski, Appellee, began fishing on the portion of the river located through…