calling all lake mead boaters! nevada

[jjacobs007]

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million dollar ? do those guys who run in the parade of lights during Christmas winterize at all? I have never been there to see it but this yr im gonna try to go.
whats better calville or boulder? I will be in my suv to see it from shore unless theres a good spot at marina.

I was going to put lights on my boat as it sits on side of house but then I realized it would look funny with the cover on,maybe the trailer I thought even lol.

I have another idea!! Like when the government was shut down and boulder boats cruised the strip to protest, how about we light up our boats and do the same for Christmas. not to protest, but to have a good old time! hello power inverters.gonna need some help with that though. I can imagine a Christmas tree on my sun deck standing tall and bright with all the trimmings.I think we would make news easy.Just like were all so friendly at the lake and all we will show vegas the same.

 

[jaxnjil]

Re: calling all lake mead boaters! nevada

million dollar ? do those guys who run in the parade of lights during Christmas winterize at all? I have never been there to see it but this yr im gonna try to go.
whats better calville or boulder? I will be in my suv to see it from shore unless theres a good spot at marina.

I was going to put lights on my boat as it sits on side of house but then I realized it would look funny with the cover on,maybe the trailer I thought even lol.

i think boulder used to have more boats

most of the boats in the parade of light come out of the marina. unless your boat is on a hydro lift, not to much of freezing danger.especially every thing below the water line. never drained the 230 unless i took it out of the marina. the 310 was on a lift, so if i didn't get it drained, made sure it was in the water.

never had one freeze on mead or Powell when moored on the water..did have the shower on the 310 freeze once in a nasty storm on powell. as soon as i turned on the heat and opened the hatch to inner wall between the head and hull it thawed right out,

have always watched lights from the dock or boat so can't recommend a place on the shore.. maybe the tourist over look parking lot up on top of the mountain over looking horse power cove???? would be a ways, but what a view

 

[jjacobs007]

Re: calling all lake mead boaters! nevada

thanks for the info, man its cold out,maybe too cold to parade on strip this year.

 

[NO WHINERS]

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what night is parade of lights?? its cold but would like to see if not to cold..We used to go to Newport Beach for parade of lights…

 

[jjacobs007]

Re: calling all lake mead boaters! nevada

The Lake Mead parade of lights is on dec-7(boulder beach I hear is good to watch), and calville is having one similar called dock of lights on dec-14, probally just walk through this one, if u want to help out call bill vice at 702-604-6236.

 

[jaxnjil]

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hi ; did any one make it to the parade last night. looked at weather and looks like it was chilly and bit of a breeze

still looking to come down around fist of feb or jan. see what the weather looks like then.

don't think echo now. might check for sort term slip at calville or lake mead marina

merry christmas and here is a cyber christtmas card for you and your family's to listen to

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best to all ; john, sarge,mac

 

[NO WHINERS]

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Didn"t make the boat parade, Seems pretty cold to me just moving here a month ago from Southern Cal. Had ice on our pool this morning and windy today..

 

[lvfishingdude]

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Didn"t make the boat parade, Seems pretty cold to me just moving here a month ago from Southern Cal. Had ice on our pool this morning and windy today..

they canceled the parade... not sure if they rescheduled it. It was pretty nasty the night it was originally scheduled

 

[fishrdan]

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looked at weather and looks like it was chilly and bit of a breeze

Seems pretty cold to me... Had ice on our pool this morning and windy today..

It was pretty nasty the night it was originally scheduled

Yeah... It was COOOOLD...

I went out fishing Friday night/Saturday morning down at Willow Beach, low 30's maybe into the high 20's. It wasn't bad with 4-5 layers of clothing, until the un-forecasted 20-30MPH winds started blowing up the river. :faint2: If it wasn't a weed-fest out there I might have stayed and toughed it out, but I wasn't going to freeze my butt off dragging around a ball of weeds trying to catch a fish.

 

[motor boater]

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I'm surprised u chose willow, I'm actually wondering what's going to end up happening down there with the trout die off. I'm thinking the striper and cats may leave the area by the time things get back to what they used to be. Sucks really, specially since the have been puting so much money into that place.

 

[NO WHINERS]

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Whoa…..You da man Dan…….I want to go fishing anywhere but when I go outside I change my mind….Maybe this Friday.

Yeah... It was COOOOLD...

I went out fishing Friday night/Saturday morning down at Willow Beach, low 30's maybe into the high 20's. It wasn't bad with 4-5 layers of clothing, until the un-forecasted 20-30MPH winds started blowing up the river. :faint2: If it wasn't a weed-fest out there I might have stayed and toughed it out, but I wasn't going to freeze my butt off dragging around a ball of weeds trying to catch a fish.

 

[fishrdan]

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I'm surprised u chose willow.....

Yeah, me too... The weed situation down there has made trolling tough and last Saturday was the worst I've seen. I was out the day after they dumped the hatchery and it was dead, kind of like last Saturday. I bet the stripers and birds are going to clear out the trout within a month, then be hungry again,,, with nothing to stick around for. Nothing except for the razorback suckers that will be on the menu...

Whoa…..You da man Dan…….I want to go fishing anywhere but when I go outside I change my mind….Maybe this Friday.

I've never seen it that cold at Willow and I've fished it for 15-20 years. It wasn't the temps, it was the wind... 30* temps plus 30 MPH winds = 14* wind chill factor :dizzy:

 

[jjacobs007]

Re: calling all lake mead boaters! nevada

Up to 80 % off blowout seats on iboats right now!!!!!! I knew I should have waited for mine lol!!

 

[12vMan]

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Callville's Dock of Lights was Saturday. Some friends were in it and won...again! Here's some pics, looks like it was an awesome evening.

 

[jjacobs007]

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I really like that set up, Lots of nativity, I would have gone there, but had to work as usual.

 

[jaxnjil]

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tks for pix 12 volt

good work

 

[jjacobs007]

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12vman,do you think your friends who won it can give us a few numbers about how many lights and what it took to make it happen?

 

[jjacobs007]

Re: calling all lake mead boaters! nevada

I'm surprised u chose willow, I'm actually wondering what's going to end up happening down there with the trout die off. I'm thinking the striper and cats may leave the area by the time things get back to what they used to be. Sucks really, specially since the have been puting so much money into that place.

It will be ok, just like the rest of lake mead and river! crap happens but lake mead spirit never fails!!!!!!

 

[fishrdan]

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It will be ok, just like the rest of lake mead and river! crap happens but lake mead spirit never fails!!!!!!

The river will still be there, but it's going to change the dynamic of Willow Beach. They just dumped $20 million into rebuilding the place, but now they are not going sustain one of the main reasons people go down there, fishing. The hatchery was built back in the 50's as a fish mitigation hatchery, for the express purpose of raising rainbow trout. Now the only thing that's going to be raised at the hatchery is endangered species, razor back suckers, bonytail chub, frogs. Unless they do something to get the trout section of the hatchery running again, and keep the fishermen visiting that area, it's not going to be a pretty picture for Willow's marina/store.

 

[NO WHINERS]

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yes, I agree…Why would you camp there? It is beautiful, but to make the trip, you want to catch some fish…We will see..