How Far are you from the Water?

[IMPATIENT 1]

Re: How Far are you from the Water?

you could drive a while and fish the arkansas river, kerr, eufaula , brushy, tenkiller, etc.....

i live about 5 miles by crow.........it takes about 12-15 min to get to my favorite ramp.

all we have down here are 175-180lb alligator gars that skeer us alil, the occassional gator, i can handle that, but up north around yall i hear about that oklahoma octopus saw something about it on the tv the other nite, it was funny muddy boggy runs near my place and i see tv programs about bigfoot all the time, i wanted to call in and let em know it was just my 300lb neighbor suntaning, he's lil hairy

i'd like to get up there sometime, my sister has a place on keystone lake. i coach spring/summer league baseball , so i don't get away from home enough during the summer.

 

[ebry710]

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I am 45 minutes to an hour from 4 different lakes (Clear Lake, Lake Sonoma, Lake Mendocino and Lake Berryessa) , Bodega Bay (Pacific Ocean) and Sausalito (San Francisco Bay).

 

[puddle jumper]

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Its about 3 minutes to the east cost and about 30 minutes to the west cost. We also trailer our boat because mooring fees are out rages and i never know which shore i am going to.

 

[cbavier]

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15 ft to the kitchen sink and 25 to closest bathroom. Now seriously I live five miles from North Higgins Lake State Park. A 9,600 acre lake. 12 Miles to Houghton lake 20,000 acres

 

[heycods]

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About 1/2 mile. Suits me fine. None live on the water here, lake is Municipal and has no docks or houses on it. It sure cuts down on the traffic and conjestion. On a busy summer day thier are seldom over 100 boats on the 20,000 ac. lake.

 

[slasmith1]

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About 1/2 mile. Suits me fine. None live on the water here, lake is Municipal and has no docks or houses on it. It sure cuts down on the traffic and conjestion. On a busy summer day thier are seldom over 100 boats on the 20,000 ac. lake.

Is that Belton Lake?

 

[fishrdan]

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1 - 1.5 hours to Lake Mead or Lake Mohave,,, I usually figure 2 hours from leaving the driveway to on the water and fishing. Other lakes,,, 4-6 hours. Guess that's what I get for living in the desert.

The rest of you guys have it made!

 

[Mark_VTfisherman]

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10 minutes to Lake Elmore (pike, smallmouth, perch)
25 mins. to Waterbury Reservoir (smallmouth, browns, rainbows, perch, smelt)
60 mins. to Lake Carmi (smallmouth, walleye, perch, horned pout, pike)
60 mins to Seymour Lake (smallmouth, salmon, rainbows, brown, lakers, smelt, brookies, perch)
35 mins Caspian Lake (smallmouth, lakers, perch, smelt)
60 minutes Lake Champlain - sort of a small "Great Lake"
and a gazilion other little lakes within an hour-ish

 

[projecthog]

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Its about 3 minutes to the west cost and about 30 minutes to the west cost. We also trailer our boat because mooring fees are out rages and i never know which shore i am going to.

Hey PJ,

Mc Neil, is a wonderfullly central spot to be in, I spent a lot of time bobbing around between Sointula and Port Hardy.
Is your West coast access Coal Harbour by any chance? Just wondering as I used to drive my old double ender from Alice to Coal Harbour a lot to play in the narrows and tidal whirlpools and photograph the K/whales and ocasional shark. I moved to Port Alice after that, and now live in Northern Ontario.
Lots of fishing either way.
Take care, PH.

 

[projecthog]

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1 - 1.5 hours to Lake Mead or Lake Mohave,,, I usually figure 2 hours from leaving the driveway to on the water and fishing. Other lakes,,, 4-6 hours. Guess that's what I get for living in the desert.

The rest of you guys have it made!

Yeah...but,

I drive through there a lot, and just to make you feel good, I love that area and envy "desert living" sometimes, but at least you can get wet within a reasonable time!
Cheers, PH.

 

[Fu-Inator]

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12 Miles to Houghton lake 20,000 acres

I grew up in MI and we went camping five or six summers up at Houghton lake. Nice area around there.

Is that Belton Lake?

Sounds like it, I used to live in Morgans Point on the east side some years back. Gota love the Army.

 

[projecthog]

Re: How Far are you from the Water?

My place is 100 feet from my dock but I don't use it much.

The water is very good for fishing, but from the dock I can only boat for 1/8th mile as the dam for the lake is at one end and the railway bridge is at the other.
The bridge is just big enough to pass under with a 16 footer, but very tricky as the rocks under the bridge are sharp edged and shallow in a "V" shape underwater.
You have to navigate that in turbulent water, so that's a no go with a bigger boat.
The ramp to the lake is 2 minutes away, and other lakes are 15 and 20 minutes away, all good fishers.
PH.

 

[puddle jumper]

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Hey PJ,

Mc Neil, is a wonderfullly central spot to be in, I spent a lot of time bobbing around between Sointula and Port Hardy.
Is your West coast access Coal Harbour by any chance? Just wondering as I used to drive my old double ender from Alice to Coal Harbour a lot to play in the narrows and tidal whirlpools and photograph the K/whales and ocasional shark. I moved to Port Alice after that, and now live in Northern Ontario.
Lots of fishing either way.
Take care, PH.

Wow, ya we go all over out there. Tomorrow i am heading to Turner Island to fix a truck. We usually put our boat in at Rupert Arm drop the traps and fish our way over to Coal Harbor. Ive been through the narrows so many times its just a drive to work. Boy can the water ever rush though there. Ive spent many of days in Mahatta river working. Any one you would like me to say high to if i bump into them projecthog?

 

[strokeoluck]

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We're first-time boaters so we haven't dropped it in any water yet. But we live about a 3-wood from a small size all sports lake w/launch. We live in the western suburbs of the Twin Cities so there are lakes ALL OVER THE PLACE around here (that's why we bought the boat). We're about 10 minutes from the mother of all lakes: Lake Minnetonka.

 

[Shizzy]

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man, i'm envious of you guys... 5 minutes, a stone throws away, 15 minutes, and the best is ladyfish hanging on a sling. "how cool is that" sums that up i think.... on and on. you folks are real lucky.
i guess i just thought i had it good. i'm 30-35 min. away from the boat ramp. 21 miles. or an hour away from the river at about 65 miles...
oh well, i guess i should be happy i'm only 30 mins. from the ramp. nebraska ain't exactly known for having lakes... or water for that matter....

BTW, no one here looks at you funny when you pull up to work on a Wednesday with your boat hooked up and the boss usually isnt mad when you ask if you can bail 15 minutes early to go fishing.

 

[Pierutrus]

Re: How Far are you from the Water?

15 minutes to Lake Mead or 45 minutes to Lake Mohave.
Can't wait till they get that bypass bridge built for Hoover Dam.
I love going to Willow Beach. But getting stopped and searched both ways is a pain in the butt. Once it's done.......20 minutes to Willow as well.

 

[Mark42]

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About 20 minutes to a lake, about 50 miles from the Jersey shore, and 150 miles to my favorite boating waters on Long Island, NY.

 

[ebear]

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15 minutes to the ramp, 15 miles to the fish,I'm on the south end of the big bend area and it only drops one and a half feet a mile

 

[DaNinja]

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Here in Texas, we're 5-10 minutes depending on which ramp we use. At our Missouri place, I walk out the front door, drop the boat off the lift, and pull away in under 2 minutes.

 

[derekpfeiffer]

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Live 8 blocks from the river marina...can have the boat in the water and pickup/trailer parked in 15min.