Wake boats are specialized watercraft designed to create large wakes for wake surfing, wake boarding or tubing. Over about the last decade these boats have become increasingly popular among water ...

Wake-enhanced boats and cigarettes came to mind while musky fishing on an Oneida County lake. I gave up casual smoking 32 years ago, long before Gov. Jim Doyle and the Legislature passed a law ...

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection should investigate what other states and local governments are doing to regulate wake boats. The State of Connecticut and local ...

Wake boats, designed to create large waves for surfing, are ill-suited for Wisconsin's lakes, which have defined shorelines and existing infrastructure. The large waves generated by wake boats cause ...

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Mar. 21—TRAVERSE CITY — A new proposal to regulate the use of "wake boats" on Silver Lake — and possibly other lakes in the area — is making waves. Talk about the recreational watercraft that uses ...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Several lake associations are looking for Becker County to consider specific surface use ordinances to limit the use of wake boats in surf mode on their lakes. Research ...

THE LAWSUIT LATER THIS YEAR. SOME STATE REPS WANT TO SEE TIGHTER REGULATION FOR WAKE BOATS AND JET SKIS. LAWMAKERS HEARD TWO BILLS YESTERDAY AIMED AT LIMITING WHERE THOSE WATERCRAFT CAN OPERATE ON NEW ...

If the tulips lining the walkway to the Statehouse are any indication, summer is on its way, and with it, a season of boating on Vermont’s lakes and ponds. That fast-approaching season is not lost on ...

Public concerns about damage caused by wake boats in Wisconsin have resulted in requests by Natural Resources Board members for action, including new laws, to address the issues. Wake boats are power ...