If the fee paid was for conservation and safety stuff I would have to agree. A fee of like $3 for a day would be reasonable if it went directly to the lake and not the states general fund. Sending money to the state is a joke and they already get a nice cut through licenses, registrations, and every other place they could bleed it from you

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