Fox Chain O'Lakes level's & bridge clearance official thread

[Chester Copperpot]

Dry summer?

WET WINTER BOYS

 

[PANDA]

Got .78 inch rain Wed morning. I gained about 3ft of shoreline back. Another .50 inch of rain coming today but only a 20% chance. How can these forecasters possibly say a "decent" rainstorm like that BUT only 20%.

 

[Yaj Yak]

whomp whomp.

no bueno for [MENTION=16]PANDA[/MENTION]....

but what i was thinking about... is had we had the rain [MENTION=16]PANDA[/MENTION] needs to make the lower river usable for him... he wouldn't be able to have been boating on the big puddle

 

[Jean Ralphio]

one or the other


was out there briefly last night. why are those bro-island mats so damn expensive? Like $600-800+ for a good sized one. jeez

 

[Yaj Yak]

the more expensive ones * should* last longer... if i were to do it, id try to find a rave bongo 10 or 13, one with the surface attached to the tube and use that for the same purposes...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0024FK45U/?tag=tcg21-20

 

[Yaj Yak]

thicker vinyl, and also repairable.

 

[PANDA]

whomp whomp.

no bueno for [MENTION=16]PANDA[/MENTION]....

but what i was thinking about... is had we had the rain [MENTION=16]PANDA[/MENTION] needs to make the lower river usable for him... he wouldn't be able to have been boating on the big puddle

The big lake is actually going down. Id say it might have went down 12 inches since beginning of the season.

 

[PANDA]

the more expensive ones * should* last longer... if i were to do it, id try to find a rave bongo 10 or 13, one with the surface attached to the tube and use that for the same purposes...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0024FK45U/?tag=tcg21-20

I really liked the Sea-Doo bro island I had (4 person) Mine lasted years until some dumbass drunk girl jumped in the middle of it and ripped it all up. It was un-repairable. I can't seem to find those anywhere anymore. They were not cheap $400-$600 IIRC

A lot of dudes been buying up that $99 bro island Costco had on sale. My boat neighbors bought one. Its fucking HUGE. way 2 big. Probably didn't last past this (2nd weekend) of them having it.

 

[PANDA]

Someone just posted this on lower FB group. South of 176 fuck.

 

[Eagle]

Doh. That'd be me 100%

 

[Yaj Yak]

Someone just posted this on lower FB group. South of 176 fuck.

my favorites were the posts about this dude, like "he's a dick" "good", "serves him right"...

apparently he is not liked down derrr.
[MENTION=16]PANDA[/MENTION] if you could get your boat off, you'd be fine, i saw at least 2.8' all the way to algonquin yesterday.

but your boat looks pretty stuck

 

[PANDA]

I got almost HALF my normal water depth. Meanwhile north of the dam it looks average or maybe above.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I got almost HALF my normal water depth. Meanwhile north of the dam it looks average or maybe above.

i think instead of bein' pissed at the upper, you should be pissed at the lower for not having a way to control their level as well as the upper


and yeah. in the locks we went down 7 feet yesterday... 14.2 ft on depth gauge upon entering, down to under 7 on the way out.

 

[Yaj Yak]

what really sucks though [MENTION=16]PANDA[/MENTION], is you say you have half your "normal" water depth, but the charts for the lower all show that the level it is at, is basically normal for this time of the year.

 

[PANDA]

what really sucks though [MENTION=16]PANDA[/MENTION], is you say you have half your "normal" water depth, but the charts for the lower all show that the level it is at, is basically normal for this time of the year.

normal. doubt it

 

[Yaj Yak]

2/10s of a foot away from average it looks like right now... so 2.4" of gauge depth... wouldn't change your situation a fuck ton.

 

[Yaj Yak]

27 years of statistical data >>>> a pic of your new beach...

 

[PANDA]

Meanwhile on the chain...

 

[Yaj Yak]

[MENTION=16]PANDA[/MENTION] as i was saying last year, extend your pier out like your neighbors, and you'd be back in business, shit, you had the pier sections to do it even.

 

[Yaj Yak]

upper is average right now too

 

[PANDA]

[MENTION=16]PANDA[/MENTION] as i was saying last year, extend your pier out like your neighbors, and you'd be back in business, shit, you had the pier sections to do it even.

Problem is I am not gaining much water depth doing that. Inches if that. Its actually deeper around my dock then 50ft past it. Only thing that can save this is dredging. But FWA don't do it. The are 2 busy sucking that north of McHenry dick.

 

[Yaj Yak]

if you put your dock out 50 feet and then drove your boat around there a shit ton when it was deep enough, it would get blown out. all your neighbors docks are at least 50-75 feet passed yours right?i think they are there for a reason

 

[Yaj Yak]

also, the dredging projects come up years before they happen, have you and your neighbors gone to any FWA meetings at all?

 

[PANDA]

if you put your dock out 50 feet and then drove your boat around there a shit ton when it was deep enough, it would get blown out. all your neighbors docks are at least 50-75 feet passed yours right?i think they are there for a reason

Id be driving through the muck LESS thats about all I would gain. Not to mention the money I would spend to extend the dock. The only dock that is longer is my neighbor tony to the south. but he is also not as shielded as I am around the corner.

My one neighbor has this $1500 fan deal that blows muck 50ft. He uses it around his pier. We are gonna try it. Can't hurt

 

[PANDA]

also, the dredging projects come up years before they happen, have you and your neighbors gone to any FWA meetings at all?

Our paper work has been filled out by all the nighbors for probably 10 years now. They are well aware of the project. I have talked with the FWA a few times but they pretty much are like...

The bay by the powerlines on the lower?

I need to get the whole neighborhood to show up at these meetings.