The law is a fallacy. Walton county does not have control over the beaches at the water. The state owns the water from the mean high tide line to the water. Walton county has zero jurisdiction there regarding legally taking fish of any species. This is solely the right of FWC and nowhere is there a lawful ordinance preventing shark fishing. I know this is an old thread but the real law needed to be brought out considering there has been no mention of it.
Section 379.2412 of Florida law)
The shore line from mean high tide out into the ocean is owned by the state under Chapter 10 section 11 of the state constitution.
SECTION 11. Sovereignty lands.—The title to lands under navigable waters, within the boundaries of the state, which have not been alienated, including beaches below mean high water lines, is held by the state, by virtue of its sovereignty, in trust for all the people. Sale of such lands may be authorized by law, but only when in the public interest. Private use of portions of such lands may be authorized by law, but only when not contrary to the public interest.
History.—Am. H.J.R. 792, 1970; adopted 1970.
This has been up held as recently as 2009.
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On June 17, the Supreme Court held in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection (No. 08-1151) that the land under the water at a Florida shoreline continued to belong to the state even after the state added new sand, extending the beach and interrupting property owners’ exclusive access to the water. By a vote of eight to zero, the Court upheld a decision by the Florida Supreme Court, which had held that the state’s ownership of newly created land at the shoreline was not an unconstitutional taking.
Under Florida law, all beachfront property seaward of the median high-water mark belongs to the state, while the owners of beachfront property own the land between that line and their homes. In 2003, two Florida cities sought to deposit new sand along the shoreline of their beaches, extending the beaches into the sea by seventy-five feet. The new land would belong to the state, depriving the owners of adjacent property of their exclusive access to the water, as well as ownership of any new land subsequently added by gradual natural change. A group of property owners went to state court, arguing that the actions violated the Takings Clause of the Constitution. The Florida Supreme Court rejected that argument, and the Supreme Court agreed.
Sadly it’s illegal got fined heavily for it after pulling in a 10 foot bull by watersound. This was at 6:32 pm
