To Ellington, the idea of private fishing rights on a river that’s been fished by the public for generations is absurd. “You can’t lay claim to the water,” he said.

A landowner confronted a kayak fisherman on a stretch of the Flint River, telling him there was no fishing allowed on his water. It's part of a larger navigability debate.

Merv Lapin is one of the landowners whose property is affected by fishing access. He said CPW encouraged him to post the private property signs so fishermen know to stay on a straight path to the ...

Coloradans wrestle with the public water versus private land conundrum regularly. Stream access laws aim to protect property owners from — among other things — outdoor enthusiasts trespassing on ...

Judges yesterday put a stop to a case that had private land advocates on edge, ruling in the Colorado state Supreme Court that an angler lacked standing to determine whether the state is the ...

The dam would have been the first private dam built in the Llano River watershed since 1976 — and the first built for recreational purposes like swimming, boating and fishing.

RareWaters fashions themselves as the “Airbnb of fly fishing.” The company connects landowners with river access to fly fishers eager to find a stretch of river less crowded than public lands.