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2015 CGOAIA Meet Planning
dorelse:
Moved/Split thread for 2015 Planning!
I'm good with that, provided you go first...no channel markers...you can find the sand bars first!
fireman24mn:
--- Quote from: dorelse on June 16, 2014, 05:03:48 PM ---Pictures should be fixed.
We had absolutely perfect water Thursday & Friday. Little wind, no boats Thursday and most of Friday. Saturday was very windy, so a couple of us went over to the resort to the water park.
Boat issues...mine isn't running right, Mike H's CVZ is gonna be a screamer when he gets it dialed in...Brandon blew his drive coupler...Erik's CV-23 is running great with the new motor. Joe P's boat is ready to rumble...Joe 'Deuceman's boat was perfect as usual.
All in all a good weekend...thankfully the cicada's quieted down and night...how cow!!!
What else...um...they broke a water main, so our bathrooms were completely closed...had to go over by Barb's cabin to use a bathroom, shower, etc.
There was some discussion about moving it North or West next year...possibly Emmetsburg, Five Island Lake...or to Lake Icaria, Adams, IA...out west.
We'll see. Emmetsburg has quite a bit to offer, Casino, Freshwater lake, camprounds, hotels, etc, and a couple hours from the TC's.
If folks are interested, I'll run up and take a look some day this Fall. Supposed to be a nice area.
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I lived in Emmetsburg many years ago. As I remember the lake was pretty good. If i remember the whole top half of the lake was pretty shallow, but if i remember they dredged it. Also if you are thinking about that Area. Okoboji has a pretty large chain of lakes and there is plenty of different camping areas around the lake. I am really going to try and make next year.
dorelse:
Okoboji would be fun...expensive, lots to do, super busy lakes, but fun.
My only thought was that Emmetsburg would potentially be more welcoming to us since we'd be 'News'...Casino has a nice RV park, but the campground is essentially a city park...so not necessarily great there.
2 years with terrible bathrooms at a State Park and I've about had it, and who puts a campgound on a hill and doesn't level at least a tent spot (Iowans...that's who)...the other option is a Corps park at Rathbun...but Rathbun is a haul for anyone not in the Southern 1/2 of Iowa.
Anyway, I'm willing to check it out if people are interested.
I will say this, Thursday & Friday were amazing 'on the water' days...even if it took 200 yards for me to get on plane and I could only cruise at 28 mph...still great days. (DNR left us alone too...well, except for the helicopter buzzing Travis.)
Now...about the Amberg's... :D
75starflight:
--- Quote from: dorelse on June 18, 2014, 12:16:55 AM ---Okoboji would be fun...expensive, lots to do, super busy lakes, but fun.
My only thought was that Emmetsburg would potentially be more welcoming to us since we'd be 'News'...Casino has a nice RV park, but the campground is essentially a city park...so not necessarily great there.
2 years with terrible bathrooms at a State Park and I've about had it, and who puts a campgound on a hill and doesn't level at least a tent spot (Iowans...that's who)...the other option is a Corps park at Rathbun...but Rathbun is a haul for anyone not in the Southern 1/2 of Iowa.
Anyway, I'm willing to check it out if people are interested.
I will say this, Thursday & Friday were amazing 'on the water' days...even if it took 200 yards for me to get on plane and I could only cruise at 28 mph...still great days. (DNR left us alone too...well, except for the helicopter buzzing Travis.)
Now...about the Amberg's... :D
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Okoboji does look like fun, but VERY developed but a lot of places to explore. The nice thing is it would be about a four hour drive from Central City. I do like Rathbun but, I am with Doran the restroom thing has been an issue the last two years. I did send an email to the DNR customer service about the issues from this year. I am curious to see if I get any response out of them.
fireman24mn:
Lake looks like it is pretty shallow. http://www.iowadnr.gov/Portals/idnr/uploads/fish/maps/fis74.pdf
Thinking there would not be a lot of room to run multiple boats. I remember the lake just being long and skinny.
If Okoboji was chosen there is many different places to stay and the chain of lakes is pretty large. I have stayed by Arnolds Park area before and a couple of the campgrounds on the west side of the lake. We used to go over there a few times a year when I lived in IA
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