Boating rules and regulations

Know the rules

The DNR established no towing law R281.775.1 in 1972, states hours of 6:30 pm to 10 am. If you wish to read more on this please click here. (This includes, but is not limited to surfing, wakeboarding, skiing, tubing, etc.)

Please follow these rules to ensure safety and fun for all:

• Boat traffic should travel around the lake in a counterclockwise direction.

• Care should be taken when crossing the “narrows” between the small side and big side. Take notice of other boaters including those that are towing.

• The minimum age to operate a wave runner is fourteen years old with a boaters safety certificate.  Any boater that is born after June 1996 is required to have a boaters safety certificate. You can go online and take the course:  www.boatEd.com and print your certificate to keep in your boat. Or, call the St. Joseph Sheriff’s Department in the spring to find out when they will be hosting the Boaters Safety Class. The phone number is: 269-467-9045 and ask for T. J. Baker

• Personal watercrafts are to be operated at slow speed as to not make a wake when crossing within 150 feet behind another vessel. Please be courteous to your fellow boaters so everyone can safely enjoy the lake!