Do you use your boat 12 months a year?

BugsBunnyBoater · Oct 21, 2009

Do you go boating all year? Persoanlly I love the cool weather. The humidity plus Hot sun on the water during the middle of the summer make me know how an egg feels in a pot of boiling water.

H20Rat · Oct 21, 2009

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a little hard to boat when there is a couple feet of water on any body of water within hundreds of miles!

boat went into storage 2 weeks ago, and of course it hit 80 degrees last weekend.

trendsetter240 · Oct 22, 2009

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I wish!

I'm currently repowering my boat but when it's ready I'll be going out rain or shine.

dingbat · Oct 22, 2009

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smokingcrater said:
a little hard to boat when there is a couple feet of water on any body of water within hundreds of miles!

boat went into storage 2 weeks ago, and of course it hit 80 degrees last weekend.

Never heard of lakes drying up in the winter time. Must be a midwest thing?

pine island fred · Oct 22, 2009

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Year round. Water is rarely below 70 degs.F Winter winds are my problem. FRED

ziggy · Oct 22, 2009

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would if i could, but i just have a regular boat and it's not an ice breaker...

Snobike Mike · Oct 22, 2009

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Boat is mothballed for 7 months of the year up here in the great white north.

We won't be wet again until Mid May if we're lucky.

Home Cookin' · Oct 22, 2009

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Coastal Virginia: most of them are used almost year round. Duck season ends in January and we winterize the club; open back up in late March but April is when we really get back to it. Small boats for water sports May-Sept. Fishing all fall thru Dec. 31. Not much reason to go out Feb-March but this year I will b/c I'm keeping one boat (new one) in the water and have to run it almost weekly to avoid ethanol poisoning.

BTMCB · Oct 22, 2009

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I am in so cal. So, all year.

collind · Oct 22, 2009

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I'm in South Florida so I can go boating all year round, but the water conditions are usually rough 90% of the time during Winter. I go out in 0-2, 2-4+ is not fun in my boat, can't fish, can't do water sports. I can put around the intercoastal waterways, but thats about it.

reelfishin · Oct 22, 2009

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I'll run in anything but ice or high winds, but the conditions also dictate where I can go in a smaller boat. As the weather gets colder, the distance I go gets shorter. Pretty much, I can run from late Feb. to sometimes early Dec. depending on the weather. The remaining months are too cold and there's too much risk of freezing. It's also not much fun to fish when it's 20 degrees plus a 30 mph wind in your face. I do on occasion uncover the boat on nice days and make a short run but that's usually a rare occasion. Winter runs are usually just short trips to the closest lake or river for some quick freshwater fishing.

jeff_smith_0423 · Oct 22, 2009

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dingbat said:
Never heard of lakes drying up in the winter time. Must be a midwest thing?

I know you're kidding around.. but our flood control reservoirs get drawn down to a point where it's difficult to launch if at all possible.

Does a nice job concentrating the shad, too. The bass get fat and a lot of the ones that don't get eaten die off from crowding... but that's for another forum...

LadyFish · Oct 22, 2009

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Here on the coast there is no reason not to get out there all year. Some of the best fishing is in the winter months.

gstanton · Oct 22, 2009

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Yes. We trailer our bout south to FL for the winter and trailer it back north to western MD for the summer!

The poll didn't allow for that.

Ha!

Jeep Man · Oct 22, 2009

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Only if I could find a couple of snowmobilers to tow me across the lake.

Amdavis76 · Oct 22, 2009

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All year for me. So. Cal is great for that!

Boss Hawg · Oct 22, 2009

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Well, maybe 11 out of 12

amanphoto · Oct 22, 2009

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it snows up hear and the lake freezes up. That doesn't mean I stop using it. I work on it every second I have (on the trailer) so that when the weather brakes, I can use it. That also means camping on it in the driveway with the kids.

puddle jumper · Oct 22, 2009

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We go out all year but the weather can be nasty in the winter and keep us home.

AZSenza · Oct 22, 2009

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Phoenix Arizona...gets a little warm sometimes LOL, but not too hot or too cold.

Do you use your boat 12 months a year?

Do you use your boat 12 months a year?

NO Its to cold during the fall and winter and we have ice.

Yes its the weather is never and issure here On the water 24/7

Hot or cold is not an issure its the weather that keep me off the water. Hurricanes and other stuff

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