Question of floating toy islands

[chachee52]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

This is kinda like asking…is it OK if someone jumps in your boat and uses it while on the “public” lake…

Private property is just that…

Dan

I somewhat disagree, and I might be wrong. A boat is registered to a person. If I recall, and this is where I might be wrong, the inflatable rafts do not need to be registered. Therefore ownership is more at question.
That being said, I wouldn't jump on it because I know it is someone else's.
But just like your yard, from the street, technically the first 3 feet is public/town access, so if you leave something on that part of the yard, is it free to use?
But I also wouldn't hesitate to anchor where I used to if I did it frequently enough. People do it all the time all around the lake. I'm not one to anchor out frequently though, but I see it all the time.