Just want to put my 2 cents in here. I called the fish & game last year about gas motors they said NO gas motors reason the oil can leak but also they think that if your electric motor goes out that you will be tempted to fire up the gas to get back in.
If you want to fish quality lakes spend $200 & get a pontoon boat or a small boat its easier to launch & you never have worry.
I have had home owners yell at me for fishing around there docks. I just move on & say sorry I didn't think I was harming anything. The last thing I think we as bass fishermen want to be know as are confrontaional  jerks you have to think about it this way you don't know were that person is coming from.Someone might have taken stuff off there dock or left hooks snagged on there docks & now there pissed.
Bottom line is if enough home owners get mad on a small lake they can push to close public launch & give up the state stocking the lake with trout. I do see lot of lakes that are private & the home owners pay to stock it.