Lakes with no gas motor signage?

Off in the Bushes · #1 03-01-2022, 08:45 AM

If your boat has a gas motor can you still fish those lakes. As long as you are not using the gas motor. Can it be on your boat? Just looking for clarity on the rules for this summer.

tirebob · #2 03-01-2022, 09:06 AM

My understanding is it applies to the vessel itself and not just the motor, so if a gas motor is on your boat, it is a gas powered vessel and would not be allowed, even if not under power at the time.

I would call for confirmation in this instance.

scesfiremedic · #3 03-01-2022, 09:47 AM

Previous post: http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=319471

AlbertanGP · #4 03-01-2022, 10:35 AM

I just leave my outboard out of the water. I don't pull the gas tank out or take the motor off. I used my skid steer to install my outboard on my SSV-16 and it's "permanently" bolted on. I haven't come across a CO yet mind you.

I think the rule is in place mostly on small trout lakes, where people ripping around with an outboard could cause havoc with belly boaters, kayakers, and canoeists. Any environmental argument doesn't really make sense as people often drive on or use ATVs on them in the winter and/or use gas powered augers to punch holes in them to ice fish.

Penner · #5 03-01-2022, 02:05 PM

Leave the motor and the boat it is attached to at home.

Off in the Bushes · #6 03-01-2022, 10:40 PM

So I called Fish and Wildlife and inquired and was informed that it is not their signage and it belongs to Alberta Parks. So it is not inforced by them. Tomorrow I’ll call Alberta Parks and get some clarification.

Wes_G · #7 03-01-2022, 10:41 PM

As far as I am concerned and my interpretation of the wording at least, As its written. You can not us a gas motor, It does not say that you cannot us a boat with a gas motor attached. It should be irrelevant if you have a gas motor on the boat or not, as long as you are not using it.