Eisboch wrote:

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I'd like to see Harry be able to fish for trout,
sauger, pike, and Walleye in deep cold water, then go into the coves
and catch largemouth, spotted bass, white bass etc. in the warmer
water, run out to the middle of the lake, troll for huge stripers, all
in the same day. Can't do that just anywhere.

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Harry's too busy fishing in rec.boats.

Eisboch


I don't fish for the Loogy Crapfish.


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The morality police - the bloviating gas bags of the religious right -
have fallen lower than the stock market. It has truly been an amazing
(and amusing) thing to watch these so-called "spokesmen of Christ"
defending their morally indefensible positions these days. Finally -
they're going away. It seems an answer to a prayer. Thank you, Lord.

Several posters here seem really down on lake boating as if it isnt
"Real" boating. What a bizarre idea. Lake boating is different and
often better than on salt water, often the scenery is much better. We
learned to sail on Lake Guntersville in Alabama and although there
were never big swells, there were countless beautiful little coves to
anchor in. Yes, one can go offshore in salt water but there's nothing
interesting to see out there, all the interesting stuff is near
shore. Lake Lanier in the GA mountains looks really nice to drive
past and would probably be great for quiet coves. After being in salt
water for awhile, boating on fresh water is infinitely more refreshing.

Frogwatch wrote:
Several posters here seem really down on lake boating as if it isnt
"Real" boating. What a bizarre idea. Lake boating is different and
often better than on salt water, often the scenery is much better. We
learned to sail on Lake Guntersville in Alabama and although there
were never big swells, there were countless beautiful little coves to
anchor in. Yes, one can go offshore in salt water but there's nothing
interesting to see out there, all the interesting stuff is near
shore. Lake Lanier in the GA mountains looks really nice to drive
past and would probably be great for quiet coves. After being in salt
water for awhile, boating on fresh water is infinitely more refreshing.


I like lake boating. I use to boat a bit on some lakes in Connecticut,
and several lakes in Florida. I prefer salt water, though.

--
The morality police - the bloviating gas bags of the religious right -
have fallen lower than the stock market. It has truly been an amazing
(and amusing) thing to watch these so-called "spokesmen of Christ"
defending their morally indefensible positions these days. Finally -
they're going away. It seems an answer to a prayer. Thank you, Lord.

On Mar 19, 12:36*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
Several posters here seem really down on lake boating *as if it isnt
"Real" boating. *What a bizarre idea. *Lake boating is different and
often better than on salt water, often the scenery is much better. *We
learned to sail on Lake Guntersville in Alabama and although there
were never big swells, there were countless beautiful little coves to
anchor in. *Yes, one can go offshore in salt water but there's nothing
interesting to see out there, all the interesting stuff is near
shore. *Lake Lanier in the GA mountains looks really nice to drive
past and would probably be great for quiet coves. *After being in salt
water for awhile, boating on fresh water is infinitely more refreshing.

I enjoy lake boating. 60 miles from me is a large lake. Lake Carlyle
in IL. in another direction is Ren Lake, thats about 75 mi. and in
another direction is Shelbyville lake which is large as well. Carlyle
is big enough that y9ou can stick a hundred boats out there, and you
rarely cross each others paths. Lots of coves and fishing too. If I go
45 mi. tpo the east I have the wabash river which is pretty good when
the water is up, and you can ski for better than 20 miles on calm
water. OR, 90 mi to the south of me is the Ohio river.

Locally there is a small lake (Omega) at Sam Parr state park which is
a nice little picnic lake that a person can do lots of skiing but you
travel in circles a lot. but during holiday time it's really crowded.
I like the bigger fresh water myself.

Tim wrote:
On Mar 19, 12:36 pm, Frogwatch wrote:
Several posters here seem really down on lake boating as if it isnt
"Real" boating. What a bizarre idea. Lake boating is different and
often better than on salt water, often the scenery is much better. We
learned to sail on Lake Guntersville in Alabama and although there
were never big swells, there were countless beautiful little coves to
anchor in. Yes, one can go offshore in salt water but there's nothing
interesting to see out there, all the interesting stuff is near
shore. Lake Lanier in the GA mountains looks really nice to drive
past and would probably be great for quiet coves. After being in salt
water for awhile, boating on fresh water is infinitely more refreshing.

I enjoy lake boating. 60 miles from me is a large lake. Lake Carlyle
in IL. in another direction is Ren Lake, thats about 75 mi. and in
another direction is Shelbyville lake which is large as well. Carlyle
is big enough that y9ou can stick a hundred boats out there, and you
rarely cross each others paths. Lots of coves and fishing too. If I go
45 mi. tpo the east I have the wabash river which is pretty good when
the water is up, and you can ski for better than 20 miles on calm
water. OR, 90 mi to the south of me is the Ohio river.

Locally there is a small lake (Omega) at Sam Parr state park which is
a nice little picnic lake that a person can do lots of skiing but you
travel in circles a lot. but during holiday time it's really crowded.
I like the bigger fresh water myself.



I hauled my SeaPro around a little in Florida, mostly to lakes where
there were bass and other fresh water species. I remember one trip to a
nearby lake where we saw some bald eagles. Great trip.

--
The morality police - the bloviating gas bags of the religious right -
have fallen lower than the stock market. It has truly been an amazing
(and amusing) thing to watch these so-called "spokesmen of Christ"
defending their morally indefensible positions these days. Finally -
they're going away. It seems an answer to a prayer. Thank you, Lord.

On Mar 19, 3:29*pm, Tim wrote:
On Mar 19, 12:36*pm, Frogwatch wrote:

Several posters here seem really down on lake boating *as if it isnt
"Real" boating. *What a bizarre idea. *Lake boating is different and
often better than on salt water, often the scenery is much better. *We
learned to sail on Lake Guntersville in Alabama and although there
were never big swells, there were countless beautiful little coves to
anchor in. *Yes, one can go offshore in salt water but there's nothing
interesting to see out there, all the interesting stuff is near
shore. *Lake Lanier in the GA mountains looks really nice to drive
past and would probably be great for quiet coves. *After being in salt
water for awhile, boating on fresh water is infinitely more refreshing.

I enjoy lake boating. 60 miles from me is a large lake. Lake Carlyle
in IL. in another direction is Ren Lake, thats about 75 mi. and in
another direction is Shelbyville lake which is large as well. Carlyle
is big enough that y9ou can stick a hundred boats out there, and you
rarely cross each others paths. Lots of coves and fishing too. If I go
45 mi. tpo the east I have the wabash river which is pretty good when
the water is up, and you can ski for better than 20 miles on calm
water. OR, 90 mi to the south of me is the Ohio river.

Locally there is a small lake (Omega) at Sam Parr state park which is
a nice little picnic lake that a person can do lots of skiing but you
travel in circles a lot. *but during holiday time it's really crowded.
I like the bigger fresh water myself.

Oh, you know how it is, if Harry doesn't do it, it's not worth doing.
Lake Lanier has some of the best bass fishing in the southeast, as
well as huge stripers. What is unique about the place is that it's
deep and mountainous, so there's cold water species as well as warm
water species. I'd like to see Harry be able to fish for trout,
sauger, pike, and Walleye in deep cold water, then go into the coves
and catch largemouth, spotted bass, white bass etc. in the warmer
water, run out to the middle of the lake, troll for huge stripers, all
in the same day. Can't do that just anywhere.

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I'd like to see Harry be able to fish for trout,
sauger, pike, and Walleye in deep cold water, then go into the coves
and catch largemouth, spotted bass, white bass etc. in the warmer
water, run out to the middle of the lake, troll for huge stripers, all
in the same day. Can't do that just anywhere.

-----------------------------------------------

Harry's too busy fishing in rec.boats.

Eisboch

Frogwatch wrote:
Several posters here seem really down on lake boating as if it isnt
"Real" boating. What a bizarre idea. Lake boating is different and
often better than on salt water, often the scenery is much better. We
learned to sail on Lake Guntersville in Alabama and although there
were never big swells, there were countless beautiful little coves to
anchor in. Yes, one can go offshore in salt water but there's nothing
interesting to see out there, all the interesting stuff is near
shore. Lake Lanier in the GA mountains looks really nice to drive
past and would probably be great for quiet coves. After being in salt
water for awhile, boating on fresh water is infinitely more refreshing.

I agree that lake boating can be more fun than ocean sailing. The
average sailboat travels about 4 to 5 mph so in a given 3 to 4 hours you
are not going to travel very far. While the ocean sailor is traveling
from the marina to the ocean you can have several hours of nice sailing
on the lake.

I am aware there are lakes and then there are lakes. When we were in
eastern North Carolina, we had Lake Jordan (about 10000 acres) and Lake
Kerr about (30000) you could spend a lot of time on one tack or reach.
One good days sail was going up the lake about 5 miles and back.

Now we living in Indianapolis, the lake we have to sail is about two
miles long and a half mile wide, it give you lots of practice in tacking
and reading the wind.

You did not mention the wildlife that you see on the shores of the
lakes. We have seen bobcats (the animal), deers, eagles, etc.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:04:11 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


Lake Lanier has some of the best bass fishing in the southeast, as
well as huge stripers. What is unique about the place is that it's
deep and mountainous, so there's cold water species as well as warm
water species. I'd like to see Harry be able to fish for trout,
sauger, pike, and Walleye in deep cold water, then go into the coves
and catch largemouth, spotted bass, white bass etc. in the warmer
water, run out to the middle of the lake, troll for huge stripers, all
in the same day. Can't do that just anywhere.

So you are inviting Harry to move on down to Lake Lanier?
That's very generous, and a bit of a surprise.
But I'm glad to see you extending the hand of friendship.
We need more of that here.

--Vic

On 19-Mar-2009, Frogwatch wrote:

Several posters here seem really down on lake boating as if it isnt
"Real" boating

That would have to be spoken by weekend warriors who have never been on Lake
Huron in April or November, or any of the Great Lakes except when it's 72
degrees with no wind.