boating

Boating shall only be at speeds causing no white water wakes, except during adverse conditions. 

All members are required to follow the Mussel control program as defined by the Handy Ditch Company and the Mead Board of Directors. 

All member’s boats and boat trailers are required to display the owner’s membership identification number on the right rear half of the boat as viewed from the front (Port, side aft). Numbers are to be three (3) inches in height and of contrasting color. The boat trailer is to display the number on the trailer tongue. Guest boats will be allowed on the Lake so long so long as the boat is accompanied by a member and carries the membership identification number and meets the Mussel clean boat requirement. 

A member may not have his/her boat and a guest boat on the Lake at the same time. Only one boat per membership is allowed on the Lake at any given time. Guest boats may have the member’s membership identification number attached permanently or on a temporary placard, hanging from the rear port side. Boats not numbered in this manner will be denied access to Welch Lake. 

Boat owners must maintain their own storage areas. Use of club mowers and trimmers (available in the locked storage Conex’s) is permissible. 

Boats with or without motors shall be allowed on the lake during all duck and goose seasons for the purpose of transporting hunters and equipment to hunting areas and for retrieving downed game. 

During waterfowl seasons, fishing from a boat is permissible only between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3 p.m. Boats shall be operated during this time period at trolling speeds only. Unless requested by a hunter, fishing boats shall not retrieve any downed game. 

All boats on trailers and empty trailers must be parked in the boat parking area south to the east dike, or in a position completely out of the way of vehicle traffic in parking areas (i.e. between buildings, trailers, or recreation vehicles units that are parked in designated