[quote="BR549"]Chotard was still the river till the 1937 flood! Abermarle cut off in like 1897
And yes the natural banks are not far inside the willows in some places. Of course on the east bank (the high bank) it's very definitive. But on the west bank its not. Like I said go into it when the ...

To BR549 - The natural banks of the Mississippi River equate to the Ordinary High Water Mark, by Federal law. In the Vicksburg area, that is about 30' on the gauge. It will be different in other areas. I will be glad to provide you with the citations, if you would care to read them. On any stage up ...

DanP - You can go to w to download the complete opinion. Click on the opinions page, and then click on Parm vs Shumate, Docket #06-31045. For additional info, you can Google Normal Parm vs Sheriff Mark Shumate - this will get you to info on the original case, plus a letter from the lawyer handling ...

For those who don't know it yet, this is just the start on the trespassing issue. On 28 Dec, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling made in LA courts re: navigability and the rights of the public. The gist of the case is that navigability, and therefore our right to hunt and fish, is ...