Big Redfish Management Plan Meeting and Discussion

[Smiling JOe]

My question is with the wording. By requiring a minimum of a 4 stroke engine, that sounds like one must have a 4 stroke engine to boat on the lake.

There are a few small engine boats on Big Redfish, but there isn't much traveling they can do, so I don't even know why they have one, unless they use it as a means to hall their stuff and themselves to the beach. I have never seen one of the boats with motors in acutal operation on Big Redfish, so I don't know that it is currently a problem. I doubt any of the new project owners on Big Redfish will keep a boat there, and a motorboat would seem like overkill on such a small lake anyway. (although I guess that doesn't stop some folks).

 

[CBA Phillip]

Excellent point, Smiling Joe.....I will make sure the wording is a little clearer in the future.....The main discussion point was how to limit the impacts from outboard motors. Because of the diminutive size of these lakes and the small number of boats currently present on them, I do not think this is a major issue. However, people do use boats on the lakes, and this was discussed as a possible means of protection......This may fall more into the boater education/outreach category rather than enhancing the existing rules/regulations of the County.