I'm lucky if I get out once a month, and I absolutely would not pay for this. This would just mean I ride even less often. I simply cannot afford it. I use one of the few public ramps here that is free and I absolutely hate the riff-raff that tie up the ramp, hang out all day there on jet skis or fishing, throw wake as the ramp, etc. but such is life. I usually try to get out when the sun comes up and back by noon before the drunks wake up and tie up the ramp and pull out their tubes.
I deal with it because every penny saved by using that ramp is a penny towards a nicer boat, gas, whatever (generally $15-$20 to use most ramps around here). I won't give my money to some state mandated cronies, I'll go home and peruse WW, clean the boat, do something productive before shelling out any money. Then again I always hose down the boat and trailer and run the engine on the hose to flush the river water out after each trip so i wouldn't expect any trouble if whatever state program is reasonable. I take extra care whenever going to any new body of water that I don't bring any plants or anything with me.
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