Here are some real facts that are very important, but sadly, TOTALLY missed in this whole discussion:

From the CT State Boaters Guide: http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/boating/boating_guide/part6_08.pdf

Lattins Cove launch has 100 spaces for parking.
Squantz Pond launch has 100 spaces for parking.
Squantz Pond State Park, separate lake has 25 spaces for parking of boaters.

These 3 areas have a combined boater number of 225 boats. On a daily basis, that is the total number of boats that could publically launch and be out on the water from those areas.

Now, realistically speaking, the lake is 5064 acres in size. 225 boats is not alot of boats compared to residents 6800+ register boats(with the DMV) docked on the lake (in marinas and at shoreline resident docks). That's a 30 to 1 ratio of residents over visitors to the State Launches.

How can anyone in their right minds think that the State Launches are the root of the traffic problem? It is not a fact that these are the boats causing the traffic problems. It is the Resident Traffic!
If you brought a sticker into the equation, it is the residents who will pay for it. If not, the CLA will not get enough income from visitors launching from the State Launches (at 200 a day possible usage?) to make a difference in things on the water.

Even charging a fee to launch would barely do anything. At $10 a day launch fee, would bring in $2000 a day, if maxed out, 7 days a week, $14000 a week max X the season of say 26 weeks or half a year (not realistic though) $364000 a year income from the laucn fees. Would that even be a dent?

That's if you max out the launches every day for 26 weeks of the year. Not gonna happen! It would definately be better than not charging though.