Rules in laying traps in channel?

[ravlegend]

Is there any rules/regulations in regard to laying the traps across the channel/passageway? (alas Wye Island or Bush River)

I assumed you just need to space them far enough apart so any big boat could pass thru them?

[reds]

Is there any rules/regulations in regard to laying the traps across the channel/passageway? (alas Wye Island or Bush River)

I assumed you just need to space them far enough apart so any big boat could pass thru them?

You'll have to check. Some channels are float free by law. Sorry, I can't find the list right now.

[Mr. Breeze]

you can't obstruct traffic in a marked channel

[jack1747]

That's a good way to lose traps.  Larger boats are not going to change course to avoid your buoy.  Not cause they want to run over it but because they may not be able to.  It doesn't have to be a marked channel.  Many rivers and creeks have very small natural channels that the tide keeps open.  A boat entering or leaving such a entrance may not be able to even maneuver depending on the tide current and wind, etc.  I have, more than once, had to hail a person in a small boat with my PA that he had to move because I could not maneuver.  Once I had a guy yell at me that he wasn't going to move because his depth finder said there was 6 feet of water.  I suggested that he move over 5 feet or get pushed out of the way.  When he moved, he shut up cause he was in less then 2 feet of water...