I'd be the first to agree with you that you need to be very careful diving the lake. I had an experience last summer where my wife and I had set our large dive flag on our dive site and had backed our boat off about 50 ft, anchored, and were suiting up when a passing boat saw the flag, motored right up to it and the couple leaned over the side to see if they could see anything! Glad we weren't surfacing! Like you, we stay away from the busier areas on weekends, and usually try to dive them early in the morning.
I also agree that the lake is a shared resource where some "users" can negatively impact how other "users" experience the lake. Divers and boaters, boaters and kayakers, jet skis and just about everyone! Not all the issues can be solved with common courtesy, but a whole lot probably would! Here's hoping....
Counting the days until our Belize trip in July....
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