Love that video...

Thx Ronnie took it lol

That is a cool video of some impressive water!

But more importantly, where can a larger version of you avatar be found!! :drool1::daz:

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She's a gymnast .... So cool

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Just another run on r lake like most other days....
http://youtu.be/-wevq3noggc?list=UUVJNfUmRjjABkfT5TwfA8Pg

Old Bessey..... fun day haha



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD4WKKYQ4UU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trfWRFDQbtc

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We know how to have fun thats for shure lol I miss that old girl

So cool is right, thanks for the additional visual aids!! :ernaehrung004:

What a second, is that a condom machine?! What's about to happen in that picture?? :faint2:

LOl I think it is hahahha

http://youtu.be/AOv40FefvHI Apache water? :party-smiley-004::whistle:

it's just a great lake... LOTO is bad on a busy weekend lol

Pretty sure no one being serious actually believes LOTO is rougher than any of the Great Lakes. Everything is relative.

I hear ya, I have had guys tell me that it gets rougher then our lake on a busy weekend.... well maybe thats true if Erie is calm that day... anyone who has ran the Sandusky channel knows what I am saying...

I have been told that loto is worse then Erie buy a super boat guy on here. That being sead he has never been here sooooo.

My annual family LOTO trip has been over the 4th of July for many, many years. Obviously that timeframe is among the handful of the worst you will see the water there. I've been all over that lake during that week/weekend in a 26' boat. Yeah, I'm tucked in running upper 20's to low 30's and occasionally having to slow to ride a massive cruiser wake like a surfboard but I always got to my destination without much drama. The water never kept me at the dock if there was somewhere I wanted to go. At the time I was staying at the 14 MM on the main channel and would usually frequent places as far down as Dick's on the Osage or as far up as Time Out (closed now) up the Gravois. That's roughly a 50 mile stretch of the lake. I've also been in a 43' F-4 Sunsation running the main channel post Shootout when it was still held at Shooter's 21. I've read/heard the stories of guy's talking how their boats can eat that water up at 80 MPH and not spill a drop out of their beer. BS. Even in a 43', 11K lb. boat you are going to get tossed around a bit in certain water there. So yes, LOTO can get rough at times and if you are in the wrong boat or don't know what you are doing it can get dangerous. That type of water only occurs a few times out of the year and is still managable even in smaller equipment if you know what you are doing. LOTO is basically a river in terms of width with plenty of shoreline protection. It is never going to see the wind driven waves the Great Lakes see.

I have no desires to go to LOTO. With how nasty the waves get and all the accidents I hear about.

You are missing out on the best destination in the midwest. Just go for a week around the end of July or so, it is not very busy during the week.

Having boat on Lake Michigan for over 30 years and living at LOTO I will tell you one thing. When the water is big on the great lakes boat DO NOT leave the docks. LOTO is rough every weekend from boat traffic. Holiday weekends is stupid rough.

Don't believe everything you read. There no more accidents hear than anywhere else people boat.

I gess the people I know and boat with r just crazy or strate stupid. Not much holds us at the docks.

Would I be able to use my boat during a weekday at the end of July? I guess I could always go in October and not worry a single bit.

Easily can use a 25 Baja during the week. Can use it on the weekends too although just be careful, it will be rough on Saturday. This year if you picked a week between July 26-Aug 15 you will be fine, water will be warm for swimming and everything is open and won't be packed all the time. Weekends, meaning mostly Saturdays, during that period will be busy but not prohibitive. During the week it won't be busy.. Once labor day passes there are very few boats on the water during the week. The 3 holiday weekends, Support our Troops PR weekend and the Shootout are the 5 biggest weekends during the summer.

Yes, the end of July will be fine. This is us running from the 4 MM up by the dam to Ha Ha Tonka during that timeframe. As you can see, I'm not in any big boat and we are running between mid to upper 30's the entire trip.


Before I started going over the 4th all the time, I used to go the last week of June and then bug out before the 4th. I've also done the end of July and the first part of August. All good times. This year I'm thinking about the first part of September after the Labor Day crowd leaves.

Starting late Monday afternoon of Labor Day for the rest of the week is some of the quietest times at LOTO, and all the places to go are still open. Tuesday on you can find 5-6 mile stretches where there will only be 1 or 2 boats. It has always been my favorite time to be there.

Well if someone is bored this is 11 minutes from or condo to the shootout on Saturday. 2014
I wasn`t there when every one was leaving but getting there was no big deal. I`d compare it to a decent day on the Great Lakes
But then again it is a Cig. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqPG9mxTWC0

Thank you there everyone.

Captain Nick...I always see threads from you about going everywhere...do you ever GO anywhere?

NOTE to Self--- Lower Flap next time!

I don`t have flaps it`s a boat not an airplane!!

Sommerfliesby, I need a truck to tow. More time off of work. Would like to have more money to go all over the US and Canada. I like to have an idea if my boat will work for the area at all. What to watch out for. The only places that I've taken my boat to are the Illinois Chain. The other is the Three Lakes chain with having my neighbor towing my boat. All in all it would be fun to boat in different atmospheres. Check out the boats and houses. Try out restaurants.

Problem solved!


http://www.ebay.com/itm/191469671787...84.m1555.l2649

Boating on the Chain sucks balls.... nasty, dirty, small, shallow , lakes with more plug fouling wake zones than a hooker on 1/2 off night.
Buy my truck and take that thing to some real boating destinations. The big lake is 30 minutes from that dump.

That is funny I just got done with a truck just like yours. Same color and everything lol... it needed a rockers, front fender, tail gate and both bed sides. It had a 5th wheel on it at one point and who ever had it jack knifed it on both sides and blew them apart. Outher then all that it was a nice truck.

Damn 2 strokes. :food-smiley-009:

Getting to the shootout was a breeze, even my buddies 24ft challenger we cruised 60-70mph. Leaving the shootout on the other hand way worse. I was beat up by the time we got back. We also had a 27mile trip though.

Our plan when leaving the shootout, either leave early or sit and wait 45 minutes and it's really helpful,

You're getting old. :D:D

Exactly!!!^^^^ That is Almost the main reason to Go!! Getting Soft from FLA times lol

I can't dispute that,................. I'm thinking more like smarter, then I can watch the bikini's go by when I'm relaxing.