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Originally Posted by gare
(Post 3258145)
She has a great rib eye sandwich there tho. It's too bad a lot of places on the water don't realize how much business they lose because of bad docks. Capt'n Ron's on the Il River is another example
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Originally Posted by onestrghtridaa
(Post 3246080)
Clinton lake is just a small local lake, its fun on the weekends but does not compare to LOTO at all...the lake is about 5 or 6miles long...personally I like it better than shelbyville because of the cops down there...they are sooo bad on shelbyville! Clinton lake is a power plant lake, the lake is used to cool it so at any given day in the summer parts of the lake are around 90 plus degrees, it stays pretty warm year around. Its located about 40 minutes west of champaign or about a good hour north of shelbyville. In recent years it has been much more fun then years past due to the increased boats coming up from shelbyville and other areas.
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We went to shelbyville on 4th of july weekend, and we saw that water patrol at least 4 times in the two days we were sitting in party cove..pretty strict about the more then 5 boats tieing up at one time..
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There is a lot of water partol on shelbyville, and they are strict about everything! Its too bad because that lake used to be a lot of fun but in my opnion it is not ruined!
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You might see DNR on Clinton Lake once a weekend if you are lucky. They just don't have the funding to patrol more. They seem to only target big weekends (Memorial, 4th, Labor Day) now and even then they are sparse. We regularly have up to 10 or more boats rafted off on any given weekend. We have a good crew of boats though so no drama, just good times.
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I agree, the water partrol at clinton lake is pretty easy, the only boats I ever see pulled over is little tiny boats with ten people in them and usually they were doing something dumb in the first place! I have been boating on clinton lake since I was unable to walk and I am yet to see any larger boats pulled over.
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Clinton Lake is a nice place to boat for a lil while and then tie up with friends. Not much room for running around though. Great for family boating or hanging out. Just my .02s
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Originally Posted by Plowtownmissile
(Post 3261338)
I boated alot at Shelbyville this summer (2 weekends a month at least) and rarely ever saw water patrol. It was never crowded either which was nice for some train bridge to dam WOT runs :drink:
Ditto :drink: and your bound to see WP on the BIG weekends and alwayz somebody gettin hurt .last 2 years seems like always someone leaving in a ambulance or helicopter .. |
Originally Posted by SLOWRIDE-388
(Post 3264743)
Clinton Lake is a nice place to boat for a lil while and then tie up with friends. Not much room for running around though. Great for family boating or hanging out. Just my .02s
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Originally Posted by stlliberator
(Post 3261443)
We went to shelbyville on 4th of july weekend, and we saw that water patrol at least 4 times in the two days we were sitting in party cove..pretty strict about the more then 5 boats tieing up at one time..
Originally Posted by onestrghtridaa
(Post 3262895)
There is a lot of water partol on shelbyville, and they are strict about everything! Its too bad because that lake used to be a lot of fun but in my opnion it is not ruined!
Originally Posted by RunninHotRacing158
(Post 3264747)
Ditto :drink:
and your bound to see WP on the BIG weekends and alwayz somebody gettin hurt .last 2 years seems like always someone leaving in a ambulance or helicopter .. |
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