Bolles or Toledo Beach?
 

I'm getting back into boating this summer after an absence of almost 10 years due to a job move 1 hour north of Dayton. (I had a 30' Scarab with twin 500's.) I'll be boating in a 38 Ft. Powerquest Avenger and am pretty excited about it. I'm looking at "outside rack" storage. Looking for comments/ recomendations as to Bolles or Toledo Beach. One positive about Bolles - about $100 cheaper per month. THANKS!

There is also peir 75 on the river

Pier 75
 

Is it really about 9.5 miles from their location to get out in the lake? I have this program that I used to calculate the distance & am not sure how accurate it is....

never measured it, im guessing 1.5 mile at most, but it's prolly 70% no wake, so it feel's like 20 mile:eek:

I would say your program is fairly accurate. That is one of the places I checked out when I was offered a job down there.

Yes, that seems about right.

One other thing about Pier 75 is you have to run the gauntlet. By running the gauntlet I mean every phucking law enforcement agency in Toledo/Northwest Ohio that has a boat, sits downtown or nearby and attempts to pull over every boat they can.

From the high level bridge to the new bridge is no wake basicly just in front of the food docks is no wake the rest is go daddy go.

how far is it from the lake to the docks where metropolis is or i should say how long would it take to get there and how long would it take to get there from the islands

Depends where you consider 'the lake' starting from the river. It's about 40 miles from PIB give or take, so depending how fast you cruise would be how long it takes. You have to swing north a bit before heading uprive when you come back from the islands. There is a radar bouy that is usually a good point to shoot for, most people usually come back into the channel between the radar bouy and the lighthouse.

So from the Toledo Lighthouse to the Docks (or what's left of them) it's about 13 miles, and from PIB to the lighthouse it's about 27 miles.

where do you guys,,,that rack store at toledo beach,,or bolles harbor,,,hang out at,,,,i know hot hole is close,,,what else is close,,,like if i wanted to spend a couple hours just hanging out or go for a quick swim,,,not a forty mile run:drink:

Woodtick island

Hot hole is tricky to get into, unless you've done it before.

People hang out at North Cape (aka Woodtick) to the south, you have to watch the east side of the cape as if the water is down it gets shallow. Also have to pick your spot if you want to run out to the channel from WT as there are dredge dumps along the channel.

I've heard people hang out at Sugar Island up in the Detroit River, never been there myself but plan on trying it this summer. The water in the Detroit rivers seems to be quite a bit clearer than we have down here.

Sugar Island, Cross Dykes and Hole in the Wall are all good spots as well.

looked for woodtick on google map ,,couldnt find it,,,what else is it near????

It's in the southern most part of maumee bay look for ottawa river

Will show you Larry.

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:drink: thanks everyone