i feel there needs to be a change as well. i used to fish beaver lake three times a week and after going throuh several trolling batteries i strated fishing t-ville and willisburg and the ohio river and i only have a 20hp on my boat. beaver imo is big enough to atleast have idel speed with any size motor on it. i have burnt up a few batteries due to charging them constantly. at one time i was rotating between four batteries. its rediculous. on theese types of lakes they could stop all of this regulation stuff and at least make them idel only lakes.

as far as the boat being to big senario imo if your only using your trolliing motor then why does your boat have to be a certain length?? i shouldnt matter if its 30ft long if your using your trolling motor and not ripping up the lake 80mph then whats the difference?? i havent ever fished a lake withe the 18ft6 rule so i am not sure if theese laks have a hp limit or not but it all seems foolish to me. why not just put a speed limit on all of our lake. say the ones smaller that 3000 acres a speed limit of 35mph and larger 55mph? no need for burning up the lake 80-100 mph. fishing is supposed relaxing isnt it??