There are two launches but unfortunately the lakewood side has been closed for some time now. It looks like they are going to repave the staging and launch area. The Tillicum launch is open but you might have better luck beings you have military privelages and launch right out of the Ft. Lewis north fort marina launch. The water believe it or not is pretty clean. I've drank alot of it
. Pretty much anything that floats. There are a couple of those car boats that rally to the small islands there. Not a very big lake so you see alot of the same faces. Lot of cool people with their families. If you see a green and white Calabria Pro V with a funky looking tower stop and say hello!