[jimmythegreek]

LH will never be a 9.9 restriction, it would kill the economy, never gonna happen. I am a proud member of the KneeDeepClub and between the club and the Lake Hopatcong orginazation there have been tens of thousands of dollars spent for the better of the lake. Its the fisherman and those that care about the water quality that make the lake the great fishery that it is today, and a great lake as a whole. The real problem is the actual number of boats and the disrespect to others, its gotten out of hand. As many of you know LH is my home waters and I keep my big boat in the water. I fish early and late, mainly weekends, and people still manage to wake me out and come very near me even at 6am. The water skiers and watersports ppl all want glass water, they come out at sunrise, and even tho the lake is big, they stay out of the main lake and use the bigger coves, where most of the fisherman are on the points and coves fishing. The place is a washing machine of wakes on the weekend, its dangerous to say the least, and very rough. During the week u wouldnt know you were on the same lake, its amazing, and the old timers fish their spots and have it all to themselves. It needs to be a Lake George type system w a pay sticker deal to use the lake, this would get rid of half the boats on the water, but the big speed demons have expensive rigs and they would pay the money easily, at least the money could go to enforcement and the quality of the lake, I rly hope to see this happen soon. And as said if you fish spring and fall u dont have too much traffic like summer, but the windows for spring and fall is only a few weeks, not enough for me to get my fix