The Flint River is at the center of a long simmering debate over stream access laws in Georgia. When Marshall Stamps paddled his kayak past multiple “No Fishing” signs on Georgia’s Flint River last month, he was surprised. The Flint is a public river, after all, and Stamps had put in at a well-marked public boat launch just a mile upstream. Stamps had floated and fished other rivers in Georgia, where the riverbeds of navigable waterways belong to the public, according to state law. So, he stayed in his boat and kept working his way down the posted bank, catching a few fish here and there. Stamps was even more shocked minutes later, when a landowner waded out into the river to confront him. After introducing himself as Mike Smith, the landowner let Stamps know that he couldn’t fish there because that particular bank was privately owned and off-limits to public fishing. Tap the link in profile for the full story 🔗 #fishing #kayakfishing #flintriver #georgia #kayak #kayaking #fishingt...