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donttread
08-16-2015, 07:35 AM
We live on a very small, somewhat wind protected lake. Many of us have motorized rafts. No, neither white water nor Huck Finn. They are essentially a floating deck because we put foam billets underneath them. They are slow, and don't use a hell of a lot of gas, but just right for putting around, getting out to a mid lake sand bar or doing a little trolling all of which will likely happen this afternoon.
Peter1469
08-16-2015, 07:40 AM
Sounds like fun. Is there good fishing in the lake?
PolWatch
08-16-2015, 07:42 AM
That sounds like a lot of fun. We see a lot of party barges (pontoon boats) in our area. We like to stay in the smaller bayous & creeks....suitable for small boats, kayaks & canoes. We have a small Boston Whaler that is perfect to sneak into areas that the larger vessels can't go.
donttread
08-16-2015, 08:18 AM
Sounds like fun. Is there good fishing in the lake?

Yes, our bass don't get too big but we have some nice trout. Certain times of year, not now, I can reel in 20-24 inch rainbows off my dock.
donttread
08-16-2015, 08:19 AM
That sounds like a lot of fun. We see a lot of party barges (pontoon boats) in our area. We like to stay in the smaller bayous & creeks....suitable for small boats, kayaks & canoes. We have a small Boston Whaler that is perfect to sneak into areas that the larger vessels can't go.

I kayak a little too but need to do more. Yes, these rafts are sort of a "redneck pontoon boat" if you will
PolWatch
08-16-2015, 08:36 AM
A friend manages a private lake that provides some of the best fishing I have ever seen. Bass fishing is catch & release (over 3 lbs). Our friend is a professor at a local girl's college and actually teaches a class in bass fishing.
http://www.donavanlakes.org/club bass/russelloct.jpghttp://www.donavanlakes.org/2 lb bream.jpg http://donavanlakes.org/bassmastersgirls.jpg
donttread
08-16-2015, 09:05 AM
A friend manages a private lake that provides some of the best fishing I have ever seen. Bass fishing is catch & release (over 3 lbs). Our friend is a professor at a local girl's college and actually teaches a class in bass fishing.
http://www.donavanlakes.org/club bass/russelloct.jpghttp://www.donavanlakes.org/2 lb bream.jpg http://donavanlakes.org/bassmastersgirls.jpg

Damn , can you get me in there? How big is the bass in the pic? Gotta be 8 plus pounds?
PolWatch
08-16-2015, 09:11 AM
There are some really big bass there...there have been 14+ lbs bass caught (and released). Its a private fishing club. Members only but membership is open to anyone.

http://donavanlakes.org/
donttread
08-16-2015, 04:12 PM
We rafted for a while and the motor stalled out a couple of times so the wife wanted to come back to the dock. O told her I could keep restarting it and if I couldn't I had a perfect back up plan: Which was for her to jump in and push the raft home. She was not amused. So instead of fishing I had to settle for swimming, kayaking and visiting with the neighbors. Tough life!