The $30 weekend fee is not all year long. It drops to $13 at Morse and $15 on Geist after peak pleasure boating periods. Also, during those "peak times", if your off the water by 11:00 am you get 1/2 your money back on weekends. I live on one of the lakes, and I can tell you by looking at the water during the summer, that they have no reason to drop the rates because the lake is PACKED with pleasure boaters. Their are a ton of great crappie lakes in Indiana, so if I didn't live on one, I sure wouldn't pay the fee to fish it either.