Electric motors??? Illegal??? You would probably have to piss off somebody or do something else illegal to get a ticket for one. Trolling motors i see being a problem seeing the law obviously was ment to be for vehicles. Personally i would never run any motor where it says no motors. In those places i always hand crank and even blow thru my air stone so i dont use the motor on my air pump. And if you think that its safe to use an air pump....you should see what happens when you accidently put one of the D batteries in upside down. Since we are asking for opinions here about signs and rules....if the sign says no hunting OR fishing....i cant hunt....or fish......but i could hunt AND fish as long as i did them both at the same time while I use an engine to do it right?