Sunday fishing from private land

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(a) General rule.--No person shall fish on any Sunday from privately owned land without the express or implied consent of the owner or lessee of the land abutting on a stream or body of water and of the bed thereunder. The consent shall be implied unless the landowner takes any reasonable action to negate his consent to Sunday fishing.

(b) Penalty.--Any person who violates this section commits a summary offense of the third degree.

(Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)


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