BONNER COUNTY BOATING REGULATIONS

• It shall be unlawful to operate, or to allow the operation of a motor-driven watercraft by a person under the age of ten (10) except under direct adult supervision.
• The age restriction provided for shall apply to the operation of personal watercraft.

• It shall be unlawful to operate, or to allow someone to operate, a motor-driven watercraft when the operator is between the ages of ten (10) to fourteen (14) without adult SUPERVISION unless the vessel is powered by a motor rated at ten (10) horsepower or less.

SPEED LIMITS:

• Within two hundred (200') feet of any shoreline or any dock, pier, other structure, or any person in the water, will be designated as no wake zone or five (5) miles per hour.
• Within one hundred (100') feet of any other vessel, the speed shall be reasonable and prudent, but not in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour.
• At night, where the speed is not otherwise restricted, the speed limit shall not exceed twenty-five (25) miles per hour.
• During the day, where speed is not otherwise restricted, the speed limit shall be reasonable and prudent, but not in excess of fifty (50) miles per hour.

SPEED LIMITS FOR RIVERS:

• Specific speed limits for the Clark Fork River from the mouth of the river to the dam, and Come Back Bay from the bridge over Fry Creek to the headwater, are as follows:
• During the day, where the speed is not otherwise regulated, the speed limit shall be reasonable and prudent, but not in excess of thirty-five (35) miles per hour.
• At night, the speed limit shall not exceed twenty-five (25) miles per hour.
• During the day or night, no motor-driven watercraft shall be operated at a speed or in a manner that creates an excessive, dangerous, or damaging wake, or in excess of five (5) miles per hour or no wake within one hundred (100') feet of the shoreline, dock, pier, other structure, or person in the water, and no more than fifteen (15) miles per hour within fifty (50') feet of tanother vessel.