Great loop
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Don
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I'd like to do the Great loop in pieces...break it down to 1 or 2 week jaunts. There needs to be a boat under me that I like and I'm not terribly picky as long as it gets dirty and beshevelled looking easily ( a man needs to feel comfy) Then in BTWN segments the boat has to be worth fishing at my favorite lakes. So a deep deep Vee will not do. Starting to think an old C-dory may be nice. Plainest ole' Jane I can find. Do any of you fish from cabin boats in fresh water?
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Don
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My cousin just bought a G3 Yamaha. 28’ and Jet. He is learning the Susky. He used to fish Oneida for yrs. Then lake George for several yrs. Then he switched to Lake Ontario. Every Spring he would set up for big fishes where the Niagara comes out. He said that the warm water coming off Lake Erie and over the falls was stimulating to the many species that lived in the area. Big Bass, lakers, pike. And more. That was when he had a C-Dory 25. It could handle the open waters.
truecrimson
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Where are you planning to start?
I assume the Mississippi will be done going downriver?
Are you going all the way down the Miss or taking the detour to avoid the big barges?
I assume the Mississippi will be done going downriver?
Are you going all the way down the Miss or taking the detour to avoid the big barges?
Don
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My real interests are in the Erie and Champlain canals and all of the inter coastal waterway from Manasquan to Florida. Also interested in northern Great Lakes and coast if Maine.
There are lots of resources In the group called AGLCA, ie discounts, mapping, marinas. Lots of side jobs nterests such as the James, Pamlico, pokomoke, chincoteague and more. It’s been 20 yrs now since we sold our sailboats. I’d like to stay in the water one more time.
There are lots of resources In the group called AGLCA, ie discounts, mapping, marinas. Lots of side jobs nterests such as the James, Pamlico, pokomoke, chincoteague and more. It’s been 20 yrs now since we sold our sailboats. I’d like to stay in the water one more time.
Don
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Comrads,
We are getting closer to planning this Great Loop Trip. I'm so nervous because I feel like I don't deserve it and it can't be true. But it does seem like we will be able to do it or at least large portions of it. I put away all tying and fishing gear and am getting a property ready for sale to pay for some of this. We are hoping and planning on the boat before late spring. Shakedown cruises next summer and when she retires in late 2025 we can plan for some longer eggs (or all of it) in 2026.
Stoked In Easton
We are getting closer to planning this Great Loop Trip. I'm so nervous because I feel like I don't deserve it and it can't be true. But it does seem like we will be able to do it or at least large portions of it. I put away all tying and fishing gear and am getting a property ready for sale to pay for some of this. We are hoping and planning on the boat before late spring. Shakedown cruises next summer and when she retires in late 2025 we can plan for some longer eggs (or all of it) in 2026.
Stoked In Easton
troutspinner
Nuts & Bolts Guy
Happy for you! May just be something I add to the bucket list down the road.
Solitario Lupo
Moderator
Good luck
Don
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Sol, Its not Luck, buddy. Its the the consistent application of knowledge vs experience. Kinda like Z making a good rod, Melvin tying a good lure and MB3 catching things on cheap lures. Consistent application of knowledge vs experience.....
Hey, if we do get to do it shall I post reports on the Facebook page? Will anyone read there?
Hey, if we do get to do it shall I post reports on the Facebook page? Will anyone read there?
troutspinner
Nuts & Bolts Guy
truecrimson
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Don’t eat em near Rochester though.
The regional thing is Garbage Plates anyhow. They are about as close to heaven on earth as it gets for fine dining. Might have lead to more Rochester/Durham bypass surgeries than all other contributors combined though. Man I miss those from my time living there.
The regional thing is Garbage Plates anyhow. They are about as close to heaven on earth as it gets for fine dining. Might have lead to more Rochester/Durham bypass surgeries than all other contributors combined though. Man I miss those from my time living there.