Boat fee helps support Gile Park

GILE, Wis. — A new fee to use the Gile Flowage boat landing at the park didn’t stop fishermen from heading out on the water Monday.

The daily fee costs $5 and the annual fee is $25, both on the honor system, according to a poster at the park in Gile.

Around a dozen boat trailers were parked at the park Monday morning on a sunny, ideal day for spring fishing, after a weekend of cold, wet weather.

One boater about to head out onto the flowage approached by a reporter was unaware of the new fee, which was posted on the side of the information kiosk at the landing. After he thought about i...