Well, them's the rules and have been for a long time. They used to allow you in with a gas motor attached, but after multiple incidents of people firing it up in the back they decided not to continue that practice. The place is jam packed and over crowded on weekends during the summer as it is, and being the small, pristine, clear water reservoir that it is (and pretty unique for the area) I have no problem with them limiting access and doing their part to try and preserve the beauty of the place. I have seen pictures of monstrous browns in my grandfathers photo album from there from a long time ago...nothing like today.
I have been fishing that place since I can remember as a child. I lamented when they changed the open and close dates to a tighter window, limiting boat access even further before May 24 and after Labour Day. Now, as a kayak angler, I have come to love it. The crowds disappear, along with them the citiots who have no consideration or understanding of rules of the water, written and unwritten. They treat it like an amusement park, and then leave their garbage for the rest of us to clean up on Monday. That place is near and dear to my heart, and fishing it in solitude when the fall colours are in full bloom, the bass are fat and active, the crappie are on the move and the trout are firing on all cylinders is one of life's little pleasures. Getting out in a bass boat once a year during Fish a Thon is cool treat, but I am glad that it doesn't get pounded by 2 the 0 big boats every weekend that the wind blows too much down at the point.