3 days w/a 25’ Checkmate in Lake Erie chop
10-06-2019 | 06:55 AM
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One of the tricks the wife and I figured out if you don’t want to be in the middle of the rowdies at the main docs at PIB you can go to the marina at middle bass It is only a few years old and classy!
Marins monitor ship to shore and will have crew waiting on you to tend lines.
Multiple, and nice restrooms.
Sidewalks, just a beautiful facility.
And a half mile walk is the sunny s shuttle/ferry which will take you to PIB for $4.
So you can party with the locals and then jump back on the Sony s to the quiet and solitude of your boat at middle bass. We’ve done it numerous times and it’s big fun.
We did that to run over to PIB for Christmas in July and it was mass insanity!
Couldn’t get into any of the bars.
People everywhere and heard the next morning that someone got knifed in a fight at one of the bars.
Back ck at Middle Bass, JF walleyes across the street from marina is a way cool joint.
Basically A quarter million Dollar renovation several years back which includes outdoor patio with tables and chairs and an adult wading pool with waterfalls and a cave!
They also rent golf carts and bicycles.
School House Bay, just to the north of harbor entrance is a perfect place for a day on the hook.
The waters between middle and north bass are beautiful and see zero traffic.
Make sure and use your charts/gps though as they’re are a couple of boat eating shoals in that area.
we were talking last weekend and want to do another trip next summer and explore some of the other uninhabited, more northern, Canadian islands.
Again gone up there all my life and only been on for five of the many islands.
Middle island which is the first Canadian island and uninhabited is rumored to have the ruins of a speakeasy from the prohibition era from one of the famous gangster/Bootloggers.
It was a stopover point when smuggling booze from the Canadian shoreline to our side.
I’ve been on the island once and didn’t make it through the thick outer perimeter to do any real exploring.
those of us in the area are spoiled and lucky to have the western basin of Lake Erie so near.
We spent nine years boating the Florida intercoastal and keys and have shocked many of my friends when stating my choice of perfect weekend at any of the above I choose the Erie islands.
Tons and tons to explore, totally escape civilization if you want, explore the many shipwrecks on the bottom, Canadian culture on their side of the lake, a gorgeous winery on Pelee, bonfires on the beach, sunset, sunrise on the hook, just don’t get much better than that fellars.
And of coarse the party of PIB. Boats n people everywhere!
Spent one Fourth of July night on the hook off the beach at Pelee Island years ago and was gifted with the scene of simultaneous fireworks displays from the mainland, three different islands, all the while mother nature had a furious thunderstorm going on the horizon behind the fireworks displays as to show who is boss.
i think I counted 8 displays And decided I was forever ruined for future fireworks displays.
https://www.jfwalleyes.net/
Marins monitor ship to shore and will have crew waiting on you to tend lines.
Multiple, and nice restrooms.
Sidewalks, just a beautiful facility.
And a half mile walk is the sunny s shuttle/ferry which will take you to PIB for $4.
So you can party with the locals and then jump back on the Sony s to the quiet and solitude of your boat at middle bass. We’ve done it numerous times and it’s big fun.
We did that to run over to PIB for Christmas in July and it was mass insanity!
Couldn’t get into any of the bars.
People everywhere and heard the next morning that someone got knifed in a fight at one of the bars.
Back ck at Middle Bass, JF walleyes across the street from marina is a way cool joint.
Basically A quarter million Dollar renovation several years back which includes outdoor patio with tables and chairs and an adult wading pool with waterfalls and a cave!
They also rent golf carts and bicycles.
School House Bay, just to the north of harbor entrance is a perfect place for a day on the hook.
The waters between middle and north bass are beautiful and see zero traffic.
Make sure and use your charts/gps though as they’re are a couple of boat eating shoals in that area.
we were talking last weekend and want to do another trip next summer and explore some of the other uninhabited, more northern, Canadian islands.
Again gone up there all my life and only been on for five of the many islands.
Middle island which is the first Canadian island and uninhabited is rumored to have the ruins of a speakeasy from the prohibition era from one of the famous gangster/Bootloggers.
It was a stopover point when smuggling booze from the Canadian shoreline to our side.
I’ve been on the island once and didn’t make it through the thick outer perimeter to do any real exploring.
those of us in the area are spoiled and lucky to have the western basin of Lake Erie so near.
We spent nine years boating the Florida intercoastal and keys and have shocked many of my friends when stating my choice of perfect weekend at any of the above I choose the Erie islands.
Tons and tons to explore, totally escape civilization if you want, explore the many shipwrecks on the bottom, Canadian culture on their side of the lake, a gorgeous winery on Pelee, bonfires on the beach, sunset, sunrise on the hook, just don’t get much better than that fellars.
And of coarse the party of PIB. Boats n people everywhere!
Spent one Fourth of July night on the hook off the beach at Pelee Island years ago and was gifted with the scene of simultaneous fireworks displays from the mainland, three different islands, all the while mother nature had a furious thunderstorm going on the horizon behind the fireworks displays as to show who is boss.
i think I counted 8 displays And decided I was forever ruined for future fireworks displays.
https://www.jfwalleyes.net/
Last edited by Twin O/B Sonic; 10-06-2019 at 07:00 AM.
10-06-2019 | 10:05 PM
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One of the tricks the wife and I figured out if you don’t want to be in the middle of the rowdies at the main docs at PIB you can go to the marina at middle bass It is only a few years old and classy!
Marins monitor ship to shore and will have crew waiting on you to tend lines.
Multiple, and nice restrooms.
Sidewalks, just a beautiful facility.
And a half mile walk is the sunny s shuttle/ferry which will take you to PIB for $4.
So you can party with the locals and then jump back on the Sony s to the quiet and solitude of your boat at middle bass. We’ve done it numerous times and it’s big fun.
We did that to run over to PIB for Christmas in July and it was mass insanity!
Couldn’t get into any of the bars.
People everywhere and heard the next morning that someone got knifed in a fight at one of the bars.
Back ck at Middle Bass, JF walleyes across the street from marina is a way cool joint.
Basically A quarter million Dollar renovation several years back which includes outdoor patio with tables and chairs and an adult wading pool with waterfalls and a cave!
They also rent golf carts and bicycles.
School House Bay, just to the north of harbor entrance is a perfect place for a day on the hook.
The waters between middle and north bass are beautiful and see zero traffic.
Make sure and use your charts/gps though as they’re are a couple of boat eating shoals in that area.
we were talking last weekend and want to do another trip next summer and explore some of the other uninhabited, more northern, Canadian islands.
Again gone up there all my life and only been on for five of the many islands.
Middle island which is the first Canadian island and uninhabited is rumored to have the ruins of a speakeasy from the prohibition era from one of the famous gangster/Bootloggers.
It was a stopover point when smuggling booze from the Canadian shoreline to our side.
I’ve been on the island once and didn’t make it through the thick outer perimeter to do any real exploring.
those of us in the area are spoiled and lucky to have the western basin of Lake Erie so near.
We spent nine years boating the Florida intercoastal and keys and have shocked many of my friends when stating my choice of perfect weekend at any of the above I choose the Erie islands.
Tons and tons to explore, totally escape civilization if you want, explore the many shipwrecks on the bottom, Canadian culture on their side of the lake, a gorgeous winery on Pelee, bonfires on the beach, sunset, sunrise on the hook, just don’t get much better than that fellars.
And of coarse the party of PIB. Boats n people everywhere!
Spent one Fourth of July night on the hook off the beach at Pelee Island years ago and was gifted with the scene of simultaneous fireworks displays from the mainland, three different islands, all the while mother nature had a furious thunderstorm going on the horizon behind the fireworks displays as to show who is boss.
i think I counted 8 displays And decided I was forever ruined for future fireworks displays.
https://www.jfwalleyes.net/
Marins monitor ship to shore and will have crew waiting on you to tend lines.
Multiple, and nice restrooms.
Sidewalks, just a beautiful facility.
And a half mile walk is the sunny s shuttle/ferry which will take you to PIB for $4.
So you can party with the locals and then jump back on the Sony s to the quiet and solitude of your boat at middle bass. We’ve done it numerous times and it’s big fun.
We did that to run over to PIB for Christmas in July and it was mass insanity!
Couldn’t get into any of the bars.
People everywhere and heard the next morning that someone got knifed in a fight at one of the bars.
Back ck at Middle Bass, JF walleyes across the street from marina is a way cool joint.
Basically A quarter million Dollar renovation several years back which includes outdoor patio with tables and chairs and an adult wading pool with waterfalls and a cave!
They also rent golf carts and bicycles.
School House Bay, just to the north of harbor entrance is a perfect place for a day on the hook.
The waters between middle and north bass are beautiful and see zero traffic.
Make sure and use your charts/gps though as they’re are a couple of boat eating shoals in that area.
we were talking last weekend and want to do another trip next summer and explore some of the other uninhabited, more northern, Canadian islands.
Again gone up there all my life and only been on for five of the many islands.
Middle island which is the first Canadian island and uninhabited is rumored to have the ruins of a speakeasy from the prohibition era from one of the famous gangster/Bootloggers.
It was a stopover point when smuggling booze from the Canadian shoreline to our side.
I’ve been on the island once and didn’t make it through the thick outer perimeter to do any real exploring.
those of us in the area are spoiled and lucky to have the western basin of Lake Erie so near.
We spent nine years boating the Florida intercoastal and keys and have shocked many of my friends when stating my choice of perfect weekend at any of the above I choose the Erie islands.
Tons and tons to explore, totally escape civilization if you want, explore the many shipwrecks on the bottom, Canadian culture on their side of the lake, a gorgeous winery on Pelee, bonfires on the beach, sunset, sunrise on the hook, just don’t get much better than that fellars.
And of coarse the party of PIB. Boats n people everywhere!
Spent one Fourth of July night on the hook off the beach at Pelee Island years ago and was gifted with the scene of simultaneous fireworks displays from the mainland, three different islands, all the while mother nature had a furious thunderstorm going on the horizon behind the fireworks displays as to show who is boss.
i think I counted 8 displays And decided I was forever ruined for future fireworks displays.
https://www.jfwalleyes.net/
10-07-2019 | 07:41 AM
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This stuff should be on travel websites. Accurate descriptions and true knowledge from someone who knows the place properly rather than a bloke critiquing his vacation.
Some great destinations there, I've always underestimated your inland waterways.......until now.
RR
Some great destinations there, I've always underestimated your inland waterways.......until now.
RR
10-12-2019 | 07:37 AM
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From: Milton, Fla!
Yep.
Early Spring, late fall it’s a different island.
I came up last yr for the vintage British car races on the airport.
An absolute hoot.
The Mrs surprised me this weekend and rented us a house on Kelly’s.
Took the ferry over last night. Great lil house on an acre w/deer in the yard when we pulled up.
Woke to 40* and 15 - 20 mph winds this morning.
Youd have to want it to bring the boat over.
BTW, for those coming over for the Clam Bake at the casino, wind and 2-4’s out of the SW.
My friends wife that joined us at Middle Bass says we’ve become “fair weather ***gots” in our old age 😂
I’ve waken to snow on the boat more than once.
This morning though, at 60, I used the remote start for the wife’s Jeep, from our warm kitchen, so it’s watm to take her to breakfast/screwdrivers.
Bonz, you and I need an evening of beers and story telling.
I tell everyone that will listen that I can’t imagine a more magical childhood than what I had and it sounds as though you might be able to match me, story for story.
QUOTE=thirdchildhood;4709652]We always go to PIB on weekdays when we can have a little elbow room and the Boardwalk always has slips available during the week. They also have the "dock 'n dine" package.[/QUOTE]
Last edited by Twin O/B Sonic; 10-12-2019 at 07:56 AM.
