Credit Town of Minocqua
With the 2021 fishing opener just around the corner, the status of the slow-no wake designation of the winding river channel between Lake Minocqua and Tomahawk Lake has suddenly taken an unexpected turn.
At its March 2 meeting, the Minocqua town board voted 3-2 to designate the entire thoroughfare that lies within Minocqua Township as slow-no wake. Previously, boaters could go on plane for about a 3,000-foot stretch between the mouth of Mid Lake and 1,200 feet north of the Thoroughfare Road bridge.
But on Tuesday, with supervisor Bill Stengl, who voted in the majority March 2, absent, the board deadlocked 2-2 on adoption of an amended ordinance making the change to slow-no wake. The tie vote meant the amendment was not adopted.