How busy is Lake Koshkonong typically?

• Assume boat traffic begins May 15 and ends roughly September 15 – that’s 4 months, or 16 weeks out of 52 weeks – 31% of the year for boating.
• Then, consider 3 days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) of “intense” boat traffic within each of those 16 weeks – that equates to 48 days of boat traffic out of 365 days – 13% of the year for “heavy” boat traffic.
• Then, if we were to review the Farmer’s Almanac to determine, over the last 5 years, just how many of those 48 days were indeed “boatable” weather – i.e. not storming, or high-water/no wake, or low water/drought conditions, or unseasonably cool weather, or an early frost, etc, etc – Lake Koshkonong/Rock River hosts “busy” boating – fast, slow, and in-between – less than 10% of the calendar year.

If you are one of those shoreline homeowners who have grown tired of boats disturbing your backyard tranquility, then please keep it in perspective. Boat traffic is at its worst just 10% of the year.