This past Saturday, July 9, the TBF of CT had a tournament on Lake Zoar.

Also on Lake Zoar, an organization called Leaps of Faith Disabled Water skiers Club, had a water-skiing event.

Sometime late in the AM, a boat pulling a three skiers cam within 20 feet of our boat while we were fishing the shoreline in the stretch of water just below the Shepaug dam, and nearly swamped us. We made a mental note about being pretty close for a power boat to drive near us, and then forgot it. About 10 minutes later 2 jet skis come up to us and told us they were having the waterskiing event for disabled, and that we had to leave the area. They claimed that their permit allowed them to do this as well. We of course disagreed politely and said that we were also permitted to use the lake and had no such information saying otherwise. They threatened to get the police, they wrote my boat numbers down, which we again, politely even asked them to do so.

They left, but came back to us several times, in different boats and jet skis, about 5 times total in the next 45 mins or so.

Eventually, we notified our tournament director about this, whom was also fishing the area above us closer to the dam, and then I proceeded to head south. While we approached their area, we waited for two boats pulling skiers to go by, and then tried to go past them, but they flagged us down, and then began to complain that we had to leave. We said calm down, we are leaving. As we left, we came across their marked area and boat sign stationed to keep others from proceeding up the lake into that area. It was not there when we went by earlier in the AM.

Now, at no time were we rude or harsh. We said we did not agree with that they were telling us, and even told them we liked what they were doing, but that did not give them the right to kick us off or close off a portion of the lake we were fishing all morning.

Later in the day, when we saw a Police boat, I flagged them down and told them about this. Two police were on the boat, and one said they were not allowed to do that, the other disagreed.

So, the question is, was this a legal action or some organization using a benefit in a way that is great, but just not thinking everything through and taking some liberties while at it. If such events are allowed and portions of the lake are closed to others, shouldn't notice of this be given to other registered and permitted activities prior to the events? Who permits such types of activities that can control the lake like that? (PERMITS meaning we had a "permit from the DEP" to use the lake as well as anyone else may have)