the northeasterly portion of Lake St. Clair that is bounded by a line extending northwest (approximately 315°) from the south bank of the mouth of the Thames River in the County of Essex in the Province of Ontario to the International Boundary between Canada and the United States and thence northeasterly following the International Boundary line to the intersection with the southwesterly shore of Seaway Island, the portion of Rondeau Bay on Lake Erie in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent in the Province of Ontario, and the portion of Long Point Bay on Lake Erie in Norfolk County in the Province of Ontario that lies westerly of a line extending from the confluence of the waters of Lake Erie with the waters of Cottage Creek across the most westerly extremity of Whitefish Bar Island to the intersection with the southerly shore of Turkey Point, each of those portions being situated beyond 300 m from the shore, from an area of emergent vegetation or from a water line that forms a boundary of private property;
Directly from the federal regulations.
The problem in this discussion is the intent of the wording of emergent vegetation. My read on the intent is that emergent vegetation is a natural rush bed. Read into that something that you would hide a boat in. The wording originally was such but has been changed. The interpretation that any thing sticking out of the water is emergent leaves a lot to interpretation to the CO who is there to write you up. The port Rowan pier is another interesting anomaly in the equation. Gives another 100 Meters or so. But my observation of some groups is that 300 Meters is more like 800 in there mind. I should be able to hit a golf ball to there rig from the end of the pier......not likely in some of the set ups.
