It may be hard to tell by simply looking outside this weekend, but warm and sunny boating weather is finally promising to arrive after a long spring cooped up due to COVID-19.

People are setting up at the lake, preparing their boats and getting ready to take to the water.

It's the annual time of year when Conservation Officers begin reminding everyone about boat safety and the precautions that can save a life.

Lindsey Leko is a conservation officer with the province of Saskatchewan.

"Safe boating is really important. With the summer here we're going to see an increase in boat traffic, and we're just going to want to ensure that everyone is doing it as safe as possible and they should know that RCMP and conservation officers jointly will be patrolling the waters ensuring compliance with the legislation that pertains to any sort of water sport activity."

One of the main focuses this year, he says, is ensuring that boaters are leaving the liquor at home.

Some of the legislation that Leko speaks of is the requirement of properly fitting Personal Floatation Devices (PFDs).

Additionally, he reminds the public to ensure that the boat plug has been removed when transporting the boat to and from the lake.

This measure has been put in place to help prevent the spread of invasive species across the province; something that has been getting more attention in recent years.