I snorkle often and always tote a Dive down flag with me, why? Because it keeps the moron boaters who aren't paying attention to what is in front of them on the lake from running me over. Plus, a snorkler or diver can hear the screws underwater from approaching boats, the louder the noise the closer the boat. My point is the lake isn't like it was back in the seventies or eighties or even the nineties. If, that lady who was snorkleing, was accidentally hit by a boat, even a neighbor pulling out from their dock, it would be tradgic. If the Mp officer saw something wrong he did his job to correct it. That is the bottom line, that is his job. The comments of that they should be picking on more important violations comes to timing, he saw your violation first. So, stop feeling that you are being picked on by these guys. With all the bad press they have been getting over the years, about not doing anything to enforce the laws of the lakes, they are now nailing everything they can, even snorklers. What other options are there? The coast gaurd?
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