Tpetey

While I'm sure I'm not the only one with the itch to get the pontoon/drift boat into the water. I took a drive yesterday, had the wife with me so I couldn't do much walking and I had a look at things. The city looks clean, with the excepting of a little ice on the banks in spots. Policemans looks really good, compared to years past where I remember way more ice, the launch is actually almost clean. The bad news is Mckinnons is frozen solid, bank to bank! Does anyone know where the ice starts to back up, any predictions as to when there will be about 6 feet of open water so a guy can float down? I'm assuming that Cottonwood is where it starts, anyone been down there on foot this weekend? Hows the confluence looking? Thanks for the help!

I have a minkota 34lb thrust for my 10' pontoon boat. If your just slowly cruising around the lake my battery will last 4-6 hours. If you've got it full out moving from one spot to another your probably looking at about 2-3 hours. The 34lb on the one man boat is LOTS! It's very hard to stear so I normally put it as straight as I can get it and then stear with one or both of the paddles.

There should be nothing on the bow that will scare you. The odd big rock, concrete block or sweeper are about all that can hurt. There are a few spots you'll find this time of year that are too shallow, and end up walking to find deeper water. The biggest advice I can give you is to keep an oar in the water, not the downstream one! You'll find yourself looking for an oar if times get tough and you need to move quickly.

That was the sole purpose of the weir, it's still in service today. The new 'falls' will do the same thing, just drop the water the height of the weir over a longer distance making it 'safe' to pass by boat. There will still be a safety boom on one side of the river. This will aim to keep people away from the intake gates of the irrigation canal. Found this on the internet, it's a pretty picture. It looks like the weir is still in place, that will be the first 'falls' in the series.

Ok, so I'm going to turn this question into a product endorsement. In less that one week, 3 1/2 business days, I'm back in action. The welds on my pontoon boat frame came apart last Saturday, Sept 13th. I contacted Outcast by phone on Monday morning and discussed the problem with their repair shop. I e-mailed pictures and descriptions after discussing the problem with them. On Tuesday morning I called back to confirm that they had received my e-mail, they had and we're just discussing the issue. An hour later they called me back and said that they would ship me a new frame, not just the replacement part but an entire new frame. The frame was shipped UPS from their office Tuesday afternoon, was in transit on Wednesday and I just received it before lunch today, Thursday Sept 18th. In a city/world were good customer service often goes unrecognized I would like to recognize the way that outcast has handled this situation. I have been completely satisfied with my pontoon boat up to this point and assume that if I have any further problems with it that outcast will handle them in the same way that they handled it this time. If it ever comes time for a second boat purchase or other gear, Outcast will be the product of choice.

Does anyone have experience with Outcast and their warranty? I've had my pontoon boat for 6 months and today i had my eyes opened. I was floating along and two or the frame welds split open. Luckily the top half of the weld held, but the frame was not stable to say the least. I'm pretty sure that this will be covered by warranty but I was just wndering is someone could give me some heads up before I make the call.

Someone is selling one on the forum, currently that is your best bang for your buck. If I didn't already have one I'd be all over it.

I have loaded it and so far have had no problems. I haven't loaded it at home yet only at work! I'm a big fan of Google's previous software and I assume Chrome will fall right in line.

Talk to Max, go out fot the day. If cash is an issue, do a half day or wait till later in the fall, he normally runs specials for board members. Best money I've spent on fishing, plus he'll teach you some new wordz too....

More than likely it's a hard drive failure. You may or may not be able to get some stuff off of it, an external drive case for the failed drive may be a good investment. When you done throw the drive away!

Technically you can't have open beer on the water anywhere. In the city there is a bylaw although I'm not sure how hard they inforce it. South of the city your probably ok, I've never been caught with beer and I'm not sure what the conso's would do about it. Everytime I float I've got a cooler my ice cold favourites. My motto is your not fishing till you've had a beer, not many times I make the first corner after policemans without cracking into one...

We've been floating Policemans to McK every week or two this year, consistantly catching fish from Policemans to the Highwood. Once we get ds of the highwood, ok maybe more than a km ds the fishing seems to go stone cold. Does a guy need to change things up after the highwood or is it just not as productive?

I got a 10 IR this srping. I've had it down the bow and find it very stable, I wasn't sure how it would like the 'rough water' but does great. I've only had it out on a lake once and it took a while to get used to! I have a 34lb electric motor and if you put in on full speed the toon just wants to keep turning circles. If you have a long way to go, it can be frustrating. I found it helped to keep a paddle in the water. Once your where you want to be the it's nice to just motor around a little bit.

Just a shout out, we went out with Max in the fall on the same deal. I got more out of him in one day than I could have ever imagined. If ya want to get out with someone and get er pretty much figured out in one day, this is worth your time. I still don't catch the number if fish that this guy does! I don't think he shows or helps ya with everything......

Walker, I find it very easy to spend other people's money, but try to get me to spend my own.... The cables that will come with your PVR, assuming that you got the Shaw HD PVR, and not the regular digital PVR, are component video cables (red,green,blue). This is the same technology that has been used to get maximum picture quality from DVD players for 5+ years. You will see an increase in picture quality vs using RCA cables (red, yellow, whie) and even a s-video cable. To get the "true" HD picture you will have to use a HDMI cable. As I said before there are probably 100 different brands that will make this cable, 95% of which will all have higher, noticiable in my opinion, quality than the component cables. The brand that you select is up to you and how much you want to spend, but after buying the TV and the PVR, I think you'd be a fool to cut the last corner and not pick up the HDMI cable. On a second note when you get the PVR installed, try running a comparison between the 1080i signal and the 720p signal from the PVR. The upper tier tv's are all rated for 1080p but the shaw box does not send a 1080p signal. I found the 720p signal from the shaw box to be higher quality. I don't think it really matters how you set everything up, the habs won't look good in any format....GO FLAMES!

Yak, i can't speak for Cozumel but I just got back from Mexico and I can make a recomendation. We went deep sea fishing with an outfit called Captain Ricks, we had a great experience. They offer FF in the mayan, although you must have your own gear. I'd think that if you were willing to pay the guide fees they'd be able to take you anywhere you wanted to go. If they can't accomodate you, this is the type of outfit that would direct you to someone else that they had confidence in.

I agree about not wanting to cheap out after dropping the wad on the TV, but I did! I find it hard to stomach paying $200 for the monster cable HDMI when the same thing, non monsterized, is $70 at the bay for a cable twice as long. Bottom line is it shouldn't be noticably worse with the "cheaper HDMI cable" (still better than component cables), but if your already in 4K for the TV and PVR, whats another $100 +/- to remove all doubt from your mind?

Does anyone know if there's a shop in town that rents pontoon boats? There listed in the University Outdoor Catalogue but was wondering if there was anywhere else. I've been thinking about getting one and would like to take float one before I decide to make the big purchase.