How long is your freshwater season?

Trucky

Trucky

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Jun 26, 2011
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Boone Lake, TN
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1999 210SD SunDeck / 2002 Ford F250 CC Lariat 4X4, slightly tweaked 7.3L
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With winter around the corner, and glum faces all around due to winterizations...

How long is the boating season where you live? I'm talking about freshwater. I know those in Florida and along the gulf coast can giggle as we "northerners" whine about pulling out, shrink wrapping, anti-freezing and all the other dreary tasks that we get to deal with.

Here in western NC we've already had a few frost advisories and expect overnight temperatures in the low 30's later this week. I pulled the plug on mine over the weekend. I expect it will be mid to late April before the weather turns more appealing again.

Ok, so I might be whining just a little bit... Bucit waved those low-priced, water-front, nice -looking homes down around Tampa in my face last week...
 
Sorry Trucky . If it makes you feel any better I did grow up just outside of Chicago and rememebr how cold and miserable it can get.:smt001
 
Bucit said:
Sorry Trucky . If it makes you feel any better I did grow up just outside of Chicago and rememebr how cold and miserable it can get.:smt001
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Hah, yeah, well... I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express once but my boat still has pink juice inside and I'm wearing more clothes than I want to. Got a spare room and some extra dock space? I don't eat much.
 
My goal every year is to be in the water on Good Friday... and yes a few years ago it was in March and it snowed... but Good Friday till 1st or 2nd Saturday in October for me... and Bucit I don't have to stay in the house I'll just live in the boat till you want to use it...:thumbsup:

Later,
Jason
 
January through December normally :smt038
 
January thru December....it gets cold, but doesn't stay that way too long. Went out on Christmas Day a few years ago.

Don
 
Middle April to middle September - An expensive hobby to be enjoyed for only 5 months. :smt021

We have the weather for a longer season but the corp thinks our lake is more important as flood control. :smt089
 
Six months and plenty long for us. We are now busy doing other things. Just pulled the boat out.
 
February - November. Though there have been a couple Christmas' that were more than warm enough to go cruise the lakes. :smt001
 
Usually I am in by the 2nd week in April and out by the 3rd week in October- give or take.
 
Thanks to the ice boom, the marina doesn't open until May 15th. Closes October 15th, Most boats don't stay untill the end though, weather is just too iffy.

This is what things looked like this past Saturday, the 15th. 15 footers coming over the outer harbor walls..this jet skier was enjoying the day, I think.
The seiche was about 5 feet, I take my boat out on a hydraulic trailer, so I would have got wet feet with the water 2 feet over the ramp docks.
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my3sons said:
Thanks to the ice boom, the marina doesn't open until May 15th. Closes October 15th, Most boats don't stay untill the end though, weather is just too iffy.

This is what things looked like this past Saturday, the 15th. 15 footers coming over the outer harbor walls..this jet skier was enjoying the day, I think.
The seiche was about 5 feet, I take my boat out on a hydraulic trailer, so I would have got wet feet with the water 2 feet over the ramp docks.
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IMG_1958.jpg
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Wow, cool photos!
 
I keep one of the boats operational all year usually the cobalt. I have a bilge heater in it. The sea ray I winterize sometime after the last tennessee home football game. I usually get it back out around April 15th or so.

Both of mine are in a lift at the house so they are relatively easy to winterize/dewinterize if I really want to take them out.


John
 
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