Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

Re: Trespassing in streams and rivers

A creek, maybe. A river, probably not. The river bed is held to be public property, and if entry was gained through other public property there can be no trespass if the wader does not exit onto private property from the riverbed.

Carrying a concealed weapon under such circumstances, licensed or not, has no bearing upon whether or not there is a trespass. They are mutually exclusive legal issues.

Re: Trespassing in streams and rivers

You can not be held criminally liable for treaspassing in a river unless the owner derives his title from a piece of property granted under the Mexican Partitas law and that the souce grant included both sides of the river. As to a creek, you probably could if it is not a navigable strem. As to hand gun issue, I doubt it.