Up north about an hour or so away in the White Mountain National Forest, the U.S. Forest Service started charging three dollars/day or $20/year to park your vehicle at the many different hiking trail parking lots. This was free up till about ten years ago.
Maybe the Fish and Game could do something similar like charge $3/launch or $20/year via a self deposit steel security drop box on site or a windshield sticker?
Just imagine how the Alton Police could secretly scope out this process from a distance through binoculars, and when some poor slob launches a boat without paying the three bucks they could turn on those bright blue flashing lights and arrest him for theft of service or something. So, besides raising money for the Fish and Game, it could be a good money maker for the town and state, too.
And, the local police could call it "catch and release" ......... ho-ho-ho-ho!
