Moshawquit Lake Fishing Regulations for non-members of the MITW: The Wisconsin state fishing regulations apply to people who are not members of the MITW when they fish on Moshawquit Lake. These regulations are on the WDNR website below.
https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/fishing/regulations
Who may operate a boat? (from WI DNR site: http://dnr.wi.gov/education/outdoorSkills/safetyEducation.html)
- No one under the age of 10.
- Children 10 years of age but less than 16 if accompanied in the boat by a parent or guardian or a person at least 18 years of age designated by a parent or guardian.
- Anyone at least 12 years of age may operate a motorboat if they have successfully completed a DNR prescribed boating safety course and possess a boating safety certificate issued by the Wisconsin DNR or another state.
- There are no age requirements for operating a boat that is not equipped with a motor.
Who may operate a personal watercraft? (from WI DNR site: http://dnr.wi.gov/education/outdoorSkills/safetyEducation.html)
- No one under the age of 12 may operate, lease or rent a personal watercraft.
- No one under the age of 16 may rent or lease a personal a personal watercraft.
- Children at least 12 years of age may operate a personal watercraft if they have successfully completed DNR prescribed boating safety course and possess a boating safety certificate issued by the Wisconsin DNR or another state. Adult supervision is not a substitute for a certificate.
Moshawquit Lake Safe Boating Rules
- No wake inside of the No-Wake buoys.
- Greater than no-wake speed is only allowed 10 AM – 7 PM.
- No wake is expected from 7 PM – 10 AM.
- You cannot operate above a no-wake speed within 200 ft of a swimmer, raft, boat, shore, pier, person being towed.
- Drive all watercraft in counter-clockwise direction around the lake.
- If towing a person/people, you need a driver, a spotter and an additional seat on the Watercraft (Boat or PWC) for each towed individual. Thus, in order to pull one person behind a PWC, it must be a 3-seat model. If you have a 3-seat PWC you may NOT tow 2 people.
- No towing a person between sunset and sunrise.
- There must be a wearable life-preserver for each person and 1 throwable cushion/ring for each skier.
Violations are not only unsafe, they are very expensive!
- Illegal PFD (each violation) $163
- Launching w/aquatic plants $295
- 100 ft. no wake violation $188
- Reckless boating $200
- Underage boating $163
- Towing a skier w/o spotter $173
- Night boating w/o lights $175
- Boat OWI $453
Rules for Using the Moshawquit Lake Boat Landing
- Our boat landing is only open to tribal members and Moshawquit Lake Property Owners. The Property Owner must be present at the boat landing in order for your visitors/renters to use the landing. Your presence will also help to insure they are not bringing in Eurasian milfoil, zebra mussels or other Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS).
- Do not power your craft onto a trailer as it damages the boat landing ($200 fine!).
- If your boat or trailer is scraping the bottom at the landing, change your hitch receiver to lift your boat higher.
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