Wakesurfing legislation call to action

[LakeDad]

Originally Posted by FlyingScot

I think we all want a clean and beautiful lake, protected from milfoil and cyanobacteria. If somebody told me that my boat was causing much more damage than most, I'd change my boat and/or behavior

That’s going to be fishing boats.
They hop lake to lake the most (by a landslide).

They should be flushing the bilge and live wells after every dip. Hot water, bleach, flush, and let fully dry before the next launch.

Enforcing this is super difficult unless the boat and trailer look like hanging gardens

[FlyingScot]

Originally Posted by LakeDad

That’s going to be fishing boats.
They hop lake to lake the most (by a landslide).

They should be flushing the bilge and live wells after every dip. Hot water, bleach, flush, and let fully dry before the next launch.

Enforcing this is super difficult unless the boat and trailer look like hanging gardens

Absolutely, fishing boats have lots of potential to transport milfoil. But the erosion caused by wake boats and others with large wakes increases the phosphorous in the lake, and that's what drives the growth of the milfoil and cyanobacteria already in Winni. We need to address both