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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: CP on April 29, 2020, 02:30:07 PM

Title: Less than 10hp only Lakes
Post by: CP on April 29, 2020, 02:30:07 PM: Is it okay to use a boat with a bigger engine on these lakes if you only run a small kicker or an electric?
Title: Re: Less than 10hp only Lakes
Post by: h20hunter on April 29, 2020, 02:32:21 PM: I have before......just like you said, don't fire up the main
Title: Re: Less than 10hp only Lakes
Post by: fishngamereaper on April 29, 2020, 02:47:08 PM: No issues. The rule is for use only. Not possession of per se.
Title: Re: Less than 10hp only Lakes
Post by: Southpole on April 29, 2020, 05:47:41 PM: Not to hijack this thread, but... there’s been a couple times I was slightly harassed from make believe fish lawyers for being in a non motorized lake with a boat that has a gas engine on it, not in the water, using the electric motor off the front (bass boat set up). What’s the real story?
Title: Re: Less than 10hp only Lakes
Post by: walt on April 29, 2020, 06:01:16 PM: Quote from: Southpole on April 29, 2020, 05:47:41 PM
Not to hijack this thread, but... there’s been a couple times I was slightly harassed from make believe fish lawyers for being in a non motorized lake with a boat that has a gas engine on it, not in the water, using the electric motor off the front (bass boat set up). What’s the real story?

Not that I agree with it but from Pg 10 of the regs:
"Internal Combustion Motors Prohibited: Fishing from a floating device with an internal combustion motor attached is not allowed regardless of whether the motor is in the water or not."
:sry:
Title: Re: Less than 10hp only Lakes
Post by: CP on April 29, 2020, 06:45:07 PM: Quote from: walt on April 29, 2020, 06:01:16 PM
Quote from: Southpole on April 29, 2020, 05:47:41 PM
Not to hijack this thread, but... there’s been a couple times I was slightly harassed from make believe fish lawyers for being in a non motorized lake with a boat that has a gas engine on it, not in the water, using the electric motor off the front (bass boat set up). What’s the real story?

Not that I agree with it but from Pg 10 of the regs:
"Internal Combustion Motors Prohibited: Fishing from a floating device with an internal combustion motor attached is not allowed regardless of whether the motor is in the water or not."
:sry:

Well that's interesting and I don't mind expanding this.

Per Snohomish county code:

Electric Engines
The county code prohibits the use of internal combustion engines on certain lakes within the county. Since electric motors are not internal combustion engines, they are allowed. When motors cannot or are difficult to remove, gas cans must be removed, fuel lines disconnected, and the engine bagged. Bagging the engine is simply enclosing the propeller shaft and hub in a plastic bag and leaving it in the tilted upright position. By taking these steps, the motor is not operative or leaking petroleum product into the water. The means of propulsion for the vessel is now by electric motor or manual operation.
Title: Re: Less than 10hp only Lakes
Post by: h20hunter on April 29, 2020, 07:45:19 PM: So.... basically....not ever will I take my boat on a lake that requires such steps. Stick to power ok but hp limited and don't fire up the big one.
Title: Re: Less than 10hp only Lakes
Post by: bigtex on April 29, 2020, 07:57:50 PM: Quote from: CP on April 29, 2020, 02:30:07 PM
Is it okay to use a boat with a bigger engine on these lakes if you only run a small kicker or an electric?
Chances are the regulation is actually a county ordinance. Each county words their boating ordinances differently, there isn't a statewide standard.
Title: Re: Less than 10hp only Lakes
Post by: Southpole on April 29, 2020, 08:10:30 PM: Thanks for the response guys. It was confusing because I was seeing some pretty fancy bass boats not following the restrictions you mentioned.
Title: Re: Less than 10hp only Lakes
Post by: CP on April 30, 2020, 07:12:14 AM: As far as the electric motor regs, there appears to be 2 sets, state fishing regs, and county ordinance. And they may or may not be the same.

For example, in Snohomish county Spada Lake and Blackmans Lake are both “Internal combustion motors prohibited” per SCC 12.08.030. I can boat on both lakes with an electric motor provided I prepped the boat's internal combustion motors as I described in my last post.

I can also legally fish in Blackmans Lake out of that same boat. But in Spada Lake I can only boat but not fish because of the fishing reg. Confusing.
Title: Re: Less than 10hp only Lakes
Post by: Bill W on April 30, 2020, 08:21:23 AM: over here on Lake Lenore the gas motor has to be off the boat.