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Post by karim18 on Jul 2, 2014 8:31:48 GMT -6
Anyone have experience with personal pontoon boats? i.e. Inflatables like the Colorado XT, or Hard pontoons like the Venture outdoors 6T?
I am considering getting one that I can throw in the back of my SUV and put together when I get to the water.
Karim
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Post by BFA on Jul 2, 2014 9:30:47 GMT -6
I have researched them quite in the past but always decided against them. The main reason is extremely limited number of places you are allowed to use them in the general Chicagoland area. Once you get out of cook and dupage county, however, those limits start to decrease quite a bit.
Still, the kayak was better choice for me
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Post by karim18 on Jul 2, 2014 9:56:24 GMT -6
Is the water on the dupage south of 135th fairly smooth? (Not too choppy?)
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Post by BFA on Jul 2, 2014 10:02:23 GMT -6
For the most part. There is one ripple area a bit before it dips under 59. After that, it's pretty smooth all the way until the dam in shorewood. There are definitely shallow spots in between but nothing that you can't easily wade through if needed. You would have to portage there. From there, it's actually the beginning of a pretty popular spot for recreation tubers.
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Post by karim18 on Jul 3, 2014 15:43:46 GMT -6
On a separate note, Eaton Preserve is now under the management of the Plainfield Park district making it a "Park", any place to launch from other than here (within a reasonable distance north or south)? I'd rather not leave my CCW unattended in the car.
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eric
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Baitcasting for BIG bronze...
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Post by eric on Jul 11, 2014 11:21:14 GMT -6
A good point A to point B downstream float 'n fish trip is from the 135th Street access to the Riverside Parkway Canoe Access (off of Frontage Road, just east of Lilly Cache and Caton Farm). It's around an 8-mile float that takes between 3-5 hours with decent fishing. Of course, to my wife's dismay, I've succeeded in pushing it WAY longer than that!
Don't forget to wear sunscreen and re-apply.
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