301 KAR 1:015 - Boat and motor restrictions
RELATES TO: KRS 150.090, 150.625, 150.990, 235.010(4), 235.990
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 150.620 authorizes the department to promulgate administrative regulations governing lands and waters the department has acquired. KRS 235.280 requires the department, with approval of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission, to promulgate administrative regulations to govern the fair, reasonable, equitable, and safe use of all waters of this state. This administrative regulation establishes size limits of boats and motors on small lakes for safety reasons and to minimize interference with other users.
Section 1. Definition. "Idle speed " means the
slowest possible speed at which maneuverability can be maintained.
Section 2.
(1) On a lake established in subsection (2)
of this section, a person shall not operate a:
(a) House boat;
(b) Monohull boat with a center-line length
exceeding twenty-two (22) feet; or
(c) Pontoon boat with a float or decking
exceeding twenty-two (22) feet, except on:
1.
Guist Creek Lake , where a pontoon boat with a float or decking up to
twenty-four (24) feet or a monohull boat with a center-line length up to
twenty-four (24) feet and seating for at least eight (8) passengers may be
operated; or
2. A lake established
in clauses a. through c. of this subparagraph, where a pontoon boat with a
float or decking up to thirty (30) feet or a monohull boat with a center-line
length up to twenty-four (24) feet and seating for at least eight (8)
passengers may be operated:
a. Cedar Creek
Lake ;
b. Lake Beshear; or
c. Lake Malone.
(2) List of lakes:
(a) Ballard WMA lakes, Ballard
County;
(b) Beaver Creek Lake ,
Anderson County;
(c) Bert Combs
Lake , Clay County;
(d) Boatwright
WMA lakes, Ballard County;
(e)
Boltz Lake , Grant County;
(f)
Briggs Lake , Logan County;
(g)
Bullock Pen Lake , Grant County;
(h)
Carnico Lake , Nicholas County;
(i)
Carpenter Lake , Daviess County;
(j)
Carter Caves Lake , Carter County;
(k) Cedar Creek Lake , Lincoln
County;
(l) Corinth Lake , Grant
County;
(m) Dennie Gooch Lake ,
Pulaski County;
(n) Elmer Davis
Lake , Owen County;
(o) Fishpond
Lake , Letcher County;
(p) Goose
Lake , Muhlenberg County;
(q) Greenbo
Lake , Greenup County;
(r) Guist
Creek Lake , Shelby County;
(s)
Island Lake , Ohio County;
(t)
Kentucky River WMA, Boone Tract lakes, Henry County;
(u) Kincaid Lake , Pendleton County;
(v) Kingdom Come Lake , Harlan
County;
(w) Kingfisher lakes,
Daviess County;
(x) Lake Beshear,
Caldwell County;
(y) Lake Chumley,
Lincoln County;
(z) Lake Malone,
Muhlenberg County;
(aa) Lake Mauzy,
Union County;
(bb) Lake Reba,
Madison County;
(cc) Lake Washburn,
Ohio County;
(dd) Lebanon City
Lake , Marion County;
(ee) Lincoln
Homestead Lake , Washington County;
(ff) Marion County Lake , Marion
County;
(gg) Martin County Lake ,
Martin County;
(hh) McNeely Lake ,
Jefferson County;
(ii) Metcalfe
County Lake , Metcalfe County;
(jj)
Pan Bowl Lake , Breathitt County;
(kk) Pikeville City Lake , Pike
County;
(ll) Shanty Hollow Lake ,
Warren County;
(mm) South Lake ,
Ohio County;
(nn) Spurlington Lake ,
Taylor County; or
(oo) Wilgreen
Lake , Madison County.
(3)
Length restrictions in this section shall not apply to a canoe.
(4) A person shall not operate a personal
watercraft on Cedar Creek Lake , as established in
KRS
235.010(4).
Section 3.
(1) A person shall not operate a boat:
(a) Motor without an underwater exhaust;
or
(b) Faster than idle speed while
passing a boat with an occupant actively engaged in fishing, except in a
designated skiing zone.
(2) The requirements established in
subsection (1) of this section shall apply on:
(a) Beaver Lake , Anderson County;
(b) Boltz Lake , Grant County;
(c) Bullock Pen Lake , Grant County;
(d) Carnico Lake , Nicholas County;
(e) Cedar Creek Lake ; Lincoln
County;
(f) Corinth Lake , Grant
County;
(g) Elmer Davis Lake , Owen
County;
(h) Greenbo Lake , Owen
County;
(i) Guist Creek Lake ,
Shelby County;
(j) Kincaid Lake ,
Pendleton County;
(k) Lake Beshear,
Caldwell County;
(l) Lake Malone,
Muhlenberg County;
(m) Pan Bowl
Lake , Breathitt County;
(n) Shanty
Hollow Lake , Warren County;
(o) Swan
Lake , Ballard County; and
(p)
Wilgreen Lake , Madison County.
Section 4. A person shall not operate an
electric or an internal combustion boat motor on:
(1) Dennie Gooch Lake , Pulaski
County;
(2) Kingdom Come Lake ,
Harlan County; or
(3) Lake Chumley,
Lincoln County.
Section
5. A person shall not operate an internal combustion boat motor
and shall only be allowed to use an electric trolling motor on:
(1) Bert Combs Lake , Clay County;
(2) Briggs Lake , Logan County;
(3) Carpenter Lake , Daviess County;
(4) Carter Caves Lake , Carter
County;
(5) Fishpond Lake , Letcher
County;
(6) Kentucky River WMA,
Boone Tract lakes, excluding Benjy Kinman Lake , Henry County;
(7) Kingfisher Lake , Daviess
County;
(8) Lake Mauzy, Union
County;
(9) Lake Reba, Madison
County;
(10) Lake Washburn, Ohio
County;
(11) Lebanon City Lake ,
Marion County;
(12) Lincoln
Homestead Lake , Washington County;
(13) Marion County Lake , Marion
County;
(14) Martin County Lake ,
Martin County;
(15) McNeely Lake ,
Jefferson County;
(16) Metcalfe
County Lake , Metcalfe County;
(17)
Mill Creek Lake , Wolfe County;
(18)
Pikeville City Lake , Pike County; or
(19) Spurlington Lake , Taylor
County.
Section 6. A
person shall not operate a motorboat faster than idle speed on:
(1) Ballard WMA lakes, Ballard
County;
(2) Benjy Kinman Lake at
Kentucky River WMA, Henry County;
(3) Beulah Lake , Jackson County;
(4) Boatwright WMA lakes, Ballard
County;
(5) Carnico Lake , Nicholas
County;
(6) Goose Lake , Muhlenberg
County;
(7) Greenbo Lake , Greenup
County;
(8) Island Lake , Ohio
County;
(9) South Lake , Ohio
County;
(10) Pan Bowl Lake ,
Breathitt County; or
(11) Wilgreen
Lake , Madison County.
Section
7. A person operating a boat motor greater than ten (10)
horsepower shall not exceed idle speed on:
(1)
Beaver Lake , Anderson County;
(2)
Boltz Lake , Grant County;
(3)
Bullock Pen Lake , Grant County:
(4)
Corinth Lake , Grant County;
(5)
Elmer Davis Lake , Owen County;
(6)
Herb Smith-Cranks Creek Lake , Harlan County;
(7) Kincaid Lake , Pendleton County;
(8) Martins Fork Lake , Harlan County;
or
(9) Shanty Hollow Lake , Warren
County.
Notes
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 150.620, 235.280
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