03-25-2015, 02:48 PM
My OPINION is that wake generators are bad. I have about $2,000.00 worth of damage to my jet boat from a wake board boat that threw me in to the rocks at Strike. By the time I picked myself up off the floor, they were too far away to see the numbers. I saw a kid pitched out of his dad or grampa's boat at Lucky Peak because of waves from a couple of wake boats. I hate them.
HOWEVER, once we start kicking individual user groups off any body of water, it opens the door for the powers that be to start picking other user groups to kick off. At that point it becomes "which user groups get what lakes". Should we limit Lowell to fishing only, Lucky Peak to only waterski and wake boats, etc...?
Instead, I believe we as a population should educate all users as to the possible impacts created by the toys they have, and that they are fiscally responsible for damages they incur (Federal Laws regulate wake damage by the way). And having focused enforcement of rules and regulations. Inform users on Lowell that if they stay away from the floating vegetation areas, they will not impact the nesting grebes. This will reduce the impacts to these birds, and also reduce the likelihood of mandated legal restrictions. Next step should be the USF&WS posting buoys around the nesting bird areas so people can reduce wakes there. Beats the heck out of kicking all wake boats off the lake.
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HOWEVER, once we start kicking individual user groups off any body of water, it opens the door for the powers that be to start picking other user groups to kick off. At that point it becomes "which user groups get what lakes". Should we limit Lowell to fishing only, Lucky Peak to only waterski and wake boats, etc...?
Instead, I believe we as a population should educate all users as to the possible impacts created by the toys they have, and that they are fiscally responsible for damages they incur (Federal Laws regulate wake damage by the way). And having focused enforcement of rules and regulations. Inform users on Lowell that if they stay away from the floating vegetation areas, they will not impact the nesting grebes. This will reduce the impacts to these birds, and also reduce the likelihood of mandated legal restrictions. Next step should be the USF&WS posting buoys around the nesting bird areas so people can reduce wakes there. Beats the heck out of kicking all wake boats off the lake.
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