Power loading / Winnebago County

Ok, this to me is just complete BULLSH**. Winnebago county here in
Wisconsin has just posted all the launches as "No Power loading", and
site that it "Undermines the Launch". Ok, if that is the case, where is
my $25 a year going along with the money people pay to launch on a daily
basis. If it goes to the guy who comes around to collect it, then hell
I want that job! Seriously though, who would I contact about this? I
know the DNR is handing out the fines, and it is a count for it, so it
must be a state thing, right? So do I contact my congressman?

If Power loading undermines the launch then dredge out the launch and
pour concrete out further, or is that an over simplification? The city
can blow $500k on a stupid Sun Dial, but can't make the launches power
load friendly? I apologize for getting worked up about something maybe
minor in some people's eyes, but fishing and therefore boating is a
HUGE part of my life, and I thought we lived in a Democracy.

Thank you for any help and input you guys can give me.

Chris

Hi Chris,
Surprisingly Minnesota does not outlaw powerloading. They just recommend
that you don't do it. Page 60. I don't know if this will help in your quest
but ...............
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/reg...atingguide.pdf

South Dakota on the other hand has nothing in it's handbook.
Joe Z.

"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
.. .
Ok, this to me is just complete BULLSH**. Winnebago county here in
Wisconsin has just posted all the launches as "No Power loading", and site
that it "Undermines the Launch". Ok, if that is the case, where is my $25
a year going along with the money people pay to launch on a daily basis.
If it goes to the guy who comes around to collect it, then hell I want
that job! Seriously though, who would I contact about this? I know the
DNR is handing out the fines, and it is a count for it, so it must be a
state thing, right? So do I contact my congressman?

If Power loading undermines the launch then dredge out the launch and pour
concrete out further, or is that an over simplification? The city can
blow $500k on a stupid Sun Dial, but can't make the launches power load
friendly? I apologize for getting worked up about something maybe minor
in some people's eyes, but fishing and therefore boating is a HUGE part
of my life, and I thought we lived in a Democracy.

Thank you for any help and input you guys can give me.

Chris

"No power loading" has been standard at Lake Geneva and Lake Delavan ( and
lots of other lakes in Southern Wisconsin) for years.

Suggestion..
Buy an extendable boat hook/rod and it will make it easier. Also I have
some tricks for loading/off-loading single-handed, if you want. RG

--
RichG TX IL
Manager http://groups.msn.com/CarolinaSkiffOwners/
"Joe Z" wrote in message
...
Hi Chris,
Surprisingly Minnesota does not outlaw powerloading. They just recommend
that you don't do it. Page 60. I don't know if this will help in your
quest but ...............
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/reg...atingguide.pdf

South Dakota on the other hand has nothing in it's handbook.
Joe Z.

"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
.. .
Ok, this to me is just complete BULLSH**. Winnebago county here in
Wisconsin has just posted all the launches as "No Power loading", and
site that it "Undermines the Launch". Ok, if that is the case, where is
my $25 a year going along with the money people pay to launch on a daily
basis. If it goes to the guy who comes around to collect it, then hell I
want that job! Seriously though, who would I contact about this? I know
the DNR is handing out the fines, and it is a count for it, so it must be
a state thing, right? So do I contact my congressman?

If Power loading undermines the launch then dredge out the launch and
pour concrete out further, or is that an over simplification? The city
can blow $500k on a stupid Sun Dial, but can't make the launches power
load friendly? I apologize for getting worked up about something maybe
minor in some people's eyes, but fishing and therefore boating is a HUGE
part of my life, and I thought we lived in a Democracy.

Thank you for any help and input you guys can give me.

Chris

Rich,

I do appreciate it, but loading the boat by hand isn't a "major"
problem. I can do it, I just use power loading as a convenience. I
really would like to know where my money is going now. If it goes to
pay someone to put the buoys out on the lake I will volunteer a weekend
and do it myself. Personally , if they raised the price to $50 annually
for the County launches I would pay it , if that is what it would take
to create a launch that could handle power loading.

My biggest problem with the whole situation was it wasn't put to council
at all. This as you know is a huge Walleye lake in Wisconsin, therefore
draws Big Heavy Walleye boats. That would have never passed the
public vote. This was somehow slipped between a proposal for a $500
stapler and a $50 pencil. I thought we vote for things here, maybe
debate it. Maybe they have a great reason for doing it, maybe we are
actually destroying the launches. I don't know that, none of my friends
that frequent Winnebago knows that, and nobody I talk to that lives in
this state knows that. I can tell you this, not one single person I
saw at the launches was happy about it. I talked to as many of them as
I could as they came in, and every single one of them ignored the sign
and power loaded, as did I. I don't agree with it, but that doesn't
mean a whole lot, they will still write me a ticket if they see me do it.

I guess I am just going to push it as far as I can with the state. I
appreciate the input though.

Chris
rich wrote:
"No power loading" has been standard at Lake Geneva and Lake Delavan ( and
lots of other lakes in Southern Wisconsin) for years.

Suggestion..
Buy an extendable boat hook/rod and it will make it easier. Also I have
some tricks for loading/off-loading single-handed, if you want. RG

Well shoot - those blow out holes at the ends of the ramps here in
Georgia are great places to catch bass and flatheads!
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

Chris Rennert wrote:
Rich,

I do appreciate it, but loading the boat by hand isn't a "major"
problem. I can do it, I just use power loading as a convenience. I
really would like to know where my money is going now. If it goes to
pay someone to put the buoys out on the lake I will volunteer a weekend
and do it myself. Personally , if they raised the price to $50 annually
for the County launches I would pay it , if that is what it would take
to create a launch that could handle power loading.

My biggest problem with the whole situation was it wasn't put to council
at all. This as you know is a huge Walleye lake in Wisconsin, therefore
draws Big Heavy Walleye boats. That would have never passed the
public vote. This was somehow slipped between a proposal for a $500
stapler and a $50 pencil. I thought we vote for things here, maybe
debate it. Maybe they have a great reason for doing it, maybe we are
actually destroying the launches. I don't know that, none of my friends
that frequent Winnebago knows that, and nobody I talk to that lives in
this state knows that. I can tell you this, not one single person I
saw at the launches was happy about it. I talked to as many of them as
I could as they came in, and every single one of them ignored the sign
and power loaded, as did I. I don't agree with it, but that doesn't
mean a whole lot, they will still write me a ticket if they see me do it.

I guess I am just going to push it as far as I can with the state. I
appreciate the input though.

Chris
rich wrote:
"No power loading" has been standard at Lake Geneva and Lake Delavan ( and
lots of other lakes in Southern Wisconsin) for years.

Suggestion..
Buy an extendable boat hook/rod and it will make it easier. Also I have
some tricks for loading/off-loading single-handed, if you want. RG

Chris...heck, I don't think that a single dollar of any of the license, fee
or other money goes directly to DNR////Pks & Wildlife or whatever else they
call it in WI. I imagine that in TX ( my home state) that all the money goes
into the general fund, and then the TX Pks and Wildlife get a stipend, set
by the politicians, after they have squandered much of it on pork barrel
deals.

I'd imagine it is the same in a lot places. Scream if you want, but be
sure that the guy you are screaming at actually gets some money from fees to
do anything with.
--
RichG TX IL
Manager http://groups.msn.com/CarolinaSkiffOwners/