Holding down the fort in SW Michigan

[JW]

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[illMATTic]

there are so many members from MI. i bet its just a matter of time before they find this thread.

[TLB]

there are so many members from MI. i bet its just a matter of time before they find this thread.
found it:thumb:

[remlinger]

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Hey I'm in Michigan, southeast area....Detroit metro area.

[fiftyp]

I need a bigger boat to live around here...

[stclairriverblaster]

algonac/newbaltimore area....

[merc245]

Life long Good Ole' Downriver Rat Here!!!!!!!!!!!!


Wyandotte,Brownstown area. 95% of the time I'm the big water from St. Clair to Erie and down to Sandusky Bay.

[stclairriverblaster]

michigan guys should have a lunch in. before the season is over..

the water will be getting thick soon..

wheres the love ??? !!! lol

[Redboat]

I'd invite everyone to Glen Lake but the water level is so low , I have to push my Senator out the channel by hand . Might be the end of boating on this lake till the DNR can figure out how to dredge the channel without getting their excavator stuck like last year .
Redboat

[81 enchanter]

michigan guys should have a lunch in. before the season is over..

the water will be getting thick soon..

wheres the love ??? !!! lol

i'm in, this sat. might be the last bay for me....they are calling for near 80 so i should be good to go for one more run!

[stclairriverblaster]

busy saturday.. but not busy friday.. or sunday.

[Needafunboat]

Well I've had it out 3 times now - all with the family. 3yr old, 6month old and my wonderful "human carseat" wife who for some crazy reason puts up with me. The wind whips the little guy around pretty bad at anything over 40 but he likes it. I finally remembered the GPS and did a WOT from 30, for what only felt like a second and got to 51.2 before I kinew it and pulled back. The spedo was only a couple of mph high at that speed. I've always thought they were further off than that. It actually gets closer to GPS speed above 40mph. I bet that 63 I saw with Curt on the test drive was a good 60 GPS.

I don't think you can beat a nice old CM on the fun per $ meter!

Anyhow, my old boss (black '87 CM BR I/O) and I are scheduled to go to his brother's place on Belleville lake Next wednesday (9/26). His brother has 2 modified pickleforks (100 and 126ph!!) and about 5 props for my boat to play with (25P cleaver!). So if anyone is around that day, look for us and stop by. Just west of the DNR site on the south shore. Date could change though. Feel free to PM me a few days before.

[stclairriverblaster]

nice..

[Jasmin]

Well , I found it :)

We have a family of 5 , 2 teenagers and a one 11 year old.:eyecrazy:

be cool to meet up with some of ya, of course we dont have no *fancy 100mph *Boat but,,, it be fun anyway :D


btw I remember having to be the human *Boat * seat holder for ours lol...glad they old enough to hold on themselfs now :cheers

[remlinger]

Hey a get together would be great. Should pick a lake up north or privat that is not crawling with sheriffs like they are in Oakland county, that way we can run wide open without a hassel (NOt that we do that already, but just in case we would like to).

This season is over however for me, my the boat is moth-balled already since the start of large critter hunting.

[Jasmin]

uh hu.... wide open....... I like it :)

we have Lakes all the way round here but none of them are *private*.......

[sixdonuts]

Hi There!
I'm a 3 year owner of a 1989 Vison 220 which I love. Anyway I'm looking to have some maitenance performed but don't know of any reputable mechanics in the area.

I'm willing to travel anywhere in SW Michigan. My boat has a 454 w/ a Bravo 1 drive. Hope to get some work done before the summer.

Any sugesstions would be great.

Thanks!

[Diplomat82]

Welcome Sixdonuts,

Not sure if you are willing to drive to SE Michigan, but I have had great luck at our local marine in Southeast Michigan minutes from Brooklyn.

Devils lake Watersports - Alan is their top (mercruiser) mechanic and has a very good reputation. This marine is family owned and has been growing steadly in business because of their great customer service.

[JW]

Hi There!
I'm a 3 year owner of a 1989 Vison 220 which I love. Anyway I'm looking to have some maitenance performed but don't know of any reputable mechanics in the area.

I'm willing to travel anywhere in SW Michigan. My boat has a 454 w/ a Bravo 1 drive. Hope to get some work done before the summer.

Any sugesstions would be great.

Thanks!

Only place I know of around here that really knows CMate I/O's quite well is Premier at Gun Lake. They've put a lot of big I/O boats up on Gun.

[zstevens]

so where's the spring get together ? ? i'm just a ch south o' the border , or i'm up past ya in alpena , mi.

[JW]

If we do a South West Michigan get-together, I'd want to go to Gull Lake. It's huge, has a great sand bar, and has a gas dock at the south end. Only problem with Gull is the 45 mph speed limit :sssh:

[zstevens]

i'm good w/ that , my wife dont like long runs of speed anyway just short bursts ,but heres to sandbars !:cheers

[Mr. Buss]

gull lake got a campground???

[supergenius74]

woa gull lake has a speed limit of 45.....ooops. i was goin 65+ on it this summer, we will probably be back up there again sometime my sis lives in portage.

[JW]

I dont think there's a camp ground. There is a park with public facilities.
I grew up in Portage, next time you're in town let me know supergenius74!

[persuader22]

Im back to the board again, havent been on here for a while sold my checkmate last summer.....BUT I just bought another Mate. I just bought a 1986 Checkmate 18' open bow. Not sure what model yet. Its got the 86 115hp motor which Im going to be looking for a newer 135 - 175hp. I do most of my summer on the HardyDam Muskegon river, With a few trips to Torch Lake . Would love to try some new places this summer. Just wanted to say hello to the Michigan Boaters. Troy aka persuader22:bigthumb::cheers

[JW]

Welcome back Troy!! Since you were last here I bought a boat too, as you can see in my post. It's got a '94 Merc 135 that I may or may not be keeping.

[persuader22]

Welcome back Troy!! Since you were last here I bought a boat too, as you can see in my post. It's got a '94 Merc 135 that I may or may not be keeping.



Thanks , Let me know about the motor. Nice looking boat you got there! :thumb:

[JW]

Let's see a pic of your boat! 18' bow rider, I'm guessing Diplomat?

[persuader22]

I just have to upload the photos to photobucket later on, I looked under the 1986 brochure to try to see what model? you will have to let me know what model you think it is by the pics. What year is the motor you have?

[persuader22]

I think it looks more like a predictor , or a enticer ???? :confused:

[JW]

Take a tape measure and get the actual distance from the nose to the transom, that'll help determine what model you have

[reality check]

New to forum and checkmates. But, just got the first one about 3 weeks ago! live near gull lake and will be out this summer. FYI the speed limit is 40....what a waste! and it has a db rating of 90! Also no campgrounds on the lake. there are a couple not far though! :bigthumb:

[merc245]

I'm only 127 miles out from Gull lake.:cheers

[JW]

That darn speed limit :rof:

I topped that with my first Pulse years ago when I had a day off with the family. Great lake to get a Checkmate up on plane, balanced on the pad, and run 60+ for the length from top to bottom.

[zstevens]

6+" of more snow again last night:brickwall:

[reality check]

6+" of more snow again last night:brickwall:

We got 10+ ! Isn't April just around the corner and not December!?! :pissed:

[JW]

Despite all this nasty weather, I WENT FOR A BOAT RIDE TODAY!!!! :banana: :surf:

Put the 7 1/2 on the back of the Alumacraft and shoved it into the water. I got about a football field size opening. Drove back and forth several times :bigthumb:

[TLB]

I'm waiting for the warm weather too. Went out in the barn yesterday and looked at the Enforcer for a while with a couple of "cold ones" :cheers

[JW]

OOPS! I just saw a dock floating by. I guess I stirred up the water enough to break apart my neighbors dock (that he shouldn't have left in all winter). I'll put on the waders and go down and rescue it...........:o

[TLB]

I saw a lot of trash floating in the river in the past weeks too.

WARM UP ALLREADY!!!

[IUalum]

Anybody here ever go to Lake James? It's just over the border in Angola, Indiana. I was up at the yacht club last week and people were still ice fishing! C'mon spring!

[supergenius74]

I do! what a party, probably the best place to boat in northern indiana except that it gets really busy sometimes. I say we have a get together on gun lake, I liked gull lake but the public access kinda sucked I thought and you obviously can't go fast. Gun lake is a little farther north but huge and although it is shallow you can go fast and there is a big island that everyone parties at. Just my thoughts, i will go anywhere withing driving distance for a descent checkmate rally.

[reality check]

Snowing again!!!!! When is spring going to get here???? I need a boat ride!:brickwall:

[illMATTic]

its been raining here for a week now.

[haftoo55]

It is half SNOW half RAIN mixture here, Come on warm weather

[zstevens]

4" + of snow here last nite again :brickwall:, global warming my a$$:pissed: , we got robbed of indian summer then spring just isnt gettin here !

[merc245]

I was out on Grosse Isle this week, and I've to say the river is as high as I can remember in the past dozen yrs!!!!!!!!

[groucho]

I took our " work" snowmobile out on the lake today and pulled in all of our signs that we have on the snowmobile trail on the lake. Right now the ice is almost 3' thick.

Our fishing opener is just over 30 days away. Still close to 11" of snow on the ground. Mother Nature has a lot of work to do. That's pretty much all I can say as last night our low temp was 7 degrees. Last year it was 81 degrees on March 26th and we had "Ice-Out" on April 2nd.

I think we were spoiled.... Michigan seems like Florida to me!

[CHECK16]

Mid 80's down here today.I'm really starting to feel sorry for you guys up north.Every time I look at this thread someone is getting more snow.:shakehead:
It must be tuff to see spring around the corner,but it just wont get here.:brickwall:You guys are strong,because I dont think I could take 5 months off the water.Is this winter dragging on or is this the norm?Well anyway heres to a quick warm up and may your lakes thaw fast.:cheers

[JW]

Our snow will be gone now. Warm temps and rain the next few days will finish off the snow. Lakes may or may not be clear though!

[reality check]

55 degrees and rain this next Monday! That will take a big chunk out of the ice!:banana:
Sounds like maybe going to bring her home finally, next weekend!

[reality check]

Ice is almost gone and will be bringing the checkie home Saturday! Can't wait to hear it rumble!:drool: Watch out Baja's!:devil:

[TLB]

we had temps in the 50's today, the river was like a sheet of glass tonight when I came home today.

[reality check]

The ice is thin here too. After this weekend of mid 50's to 60's that should be all she wrote! Then it's on the water!:banana:

[CMK]

Should hit 60-65 this weekend in SE WI. I'd take the boat out of storage this weekend to get it ready (or just sit in it and make engine noises) but my boss is sending me to Toronto for a week of training. I'm leaving 65 for Canada! Aaahhh!! No offense meant!!!!

[TLB]

take the boat out of storage this weekend to get it ready (or just sit in it and make engine noises)

me too ;)

[reality check]

Finally got her home!!!! Okay, the ice is gone after yesterdays 64 high and now the FUN starts! Got a little cleaning to do and some maintenance then on the water! :banana: