Luck with fighting communities against ballast laws

(jason95gt) · (jason95gt) **Join Date: May 2006** 10-08-2010, 9:01 AM

I am wondering if any of you have had to deal with fighting the municipality/community on public lakes that are trying to outlaw ballast systems? There are a couple lakes that are trying to push this law into affect along with one in Milwaukee that already has passed this. Please let me know what has and hasn't worked for you to fight this.

(rkinsell) · (rkinsell) **Join Date: May 2005** 10-08-2010, 10:54 AM

vote new people in on what ever board is making this decision. That is how we are trying to fight it on our private lake.

mojo 10-08-2010, 12:52 PM

underfloor ballast

(jonb) · (jonb) **Join Date: Oct 2003** 10-10-2010, 3:54 PM

Move!

(wake77) · (wake77) **Join Date: Jan 2009** 10-10-2010, 4:00 PM

Get an old houseboat, weight it down, and drive it up and down where the proposed restriction at cruising speed. Maybe then they will try to ban houseboats and not worrying about wakeboard boats.

(craig_f) · (craig_f) **Join Date: Feb 2008** 10-10-2010, 6:19 PM

Put a goldfish in the tanks and call em' livewells. Be sure to point out that you even use the same pumps to fill them as the guy in the ranger bass boat.