Wisconsin and Vermont are trying to tackle some of the problems wake boats cause

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One of my memorable experiences was fishing E Canyon about mid September. On a week day at that the power squadron putting in a last hoorah of the season. The day started at dawn which was nice & wakeless, by 0900 it seemed all hell broke loose with monster waves. Had a boat to come 50-60ft of me but the skier in tow intentionally came a lot closer kicking up a wall of water towards me. A pair of water cops in their patrol boat witnessed the onslaught but elected not to chase down the culprit, instead, they pulled up to me wanting to do a safety inspection and checking for a fishing license and wanting to see if I had a limit of fish. I found there was no concern for my safety and with the  lashing I provided after the interruption received, I packed up heading in to get off of the lake. Even this took me 45min to wait in line to trailer my boat.