06-14-2009, 03:06 AM
06-14-2009, 03:11 AM
Depends upon the lake. Wind conditions etc...
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06-14-2009, 03:55 AM
Absolutely depends. In a TUBE, not real far. In a Pontoon...allot farther.
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06-14-2009, 05:09 AM
what kinda wind are we talking about ???
no wind-miles
wind...........................
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no wind-miles
wind...........................
Peter
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06-14-2009, 06:03 AM
If you mean during a one day (8hr) trip, maybe 12 miles going with a medium 1mph river current one way to pickup. Using a troll motor with a tube or toon on a lake under no wind conditons, further round trip, depending on how much time you spend at spot. Best to work the areas along the way to be more productive.
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[quote Steve_IA]I'm interested in knowing how far people would travel (distance in their float tube) to get to a fishing spot?[/quote]
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[quote Steve_IA]I'm interested in knowing how far people would travel (distance in their float tube) to get to a fishing spot?[/quote]
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06-14-2009, 02:02 PM
[cool][#0000ff]As suggested in some of the other responses, there are some variables involved. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Let me first use myself as an example. I am a big guy with "tubing conditioned" legs and big fins. I am capable of kicking around all day and covering a lot of water without needing search and rescue. But, I try to be sensible about it. I always park and launch as close as possible to where I plan to fish. Many of my favorite honey holes do not require much travel, and I am never far from my launch spot. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, I also have spots that are up to 1/2 mile from the closest access point. The good news is that there is usually some fishing to be done between point A and point B, and sometimes I never have to go all the way to my original planned destination if I am catching fish sooner. However, I usually work my way all the way to the known producing spot sooner or later anyway. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Going slow and fishing on the way does not make it a strain. Ditto if you can fish your way back at your own pace. But, Murphy's Law was discovered by fishermen. And, even on days when the weather forecast predicts no wind, or light breezes that should blow me back to the car, there are many times when the wind monster jumps up...blowing against me...just as I start to work my way back.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I can't think of any spot I fish from my tube that is more than 1/2 mile of kicking. Most are much closer. And, I always check two or three weather reports in advance...and I always count on the actual conditions being something completely different. That's why I always have a Plan B...either for a place to fish or a spot to beach my craft if unexpected weather develops.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One thing I would like to throw out is that you should also not undertake a VAST trip, if you only have "half vast" strength and stamina. Your first few trips in a tube or toon should never be long range marathon trips. You can get into trouble with cramps, equipment malfunctions or other issues that you are not yet prepared to handle. Ditto for the first couple of trips after a long absence from the water...like first trips in the spring after a long winter.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It is also good practice to include a competent fellow tuber whenever you are going to be making a long kick somewhere. Misery loves company and if one of you has a problem, it is good to have someone else along to laugh at you.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]DEFINITION: A "problem" is something that happens to your fishing buddy. A "crisis" is when the same thing happens to you.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]PS: If you have a spot you want to fish from your tube that is definitely too far to kick on the water, you should look at the possibility of packing or carting your gear to a closer launch site...if there is not road access. Other options are to hitch a ride on a boat or to buy or make a "tube tug"...a separate tube with an electric trolling motor and battery.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Let me first use myself as an example. I am a big guy with "tubing conditioned" legs and big fins. I am capable of kicking around all day and covering a lot of water without needing search and rescue. But, I try to be sensible about it. I always park and launch as close as possible to where I plan to fish. Many of my favorite honey holes do not require much travel, and I am never far from my launch spot. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, I also have spots that are up to 1/2 mile from the closest access point. The good news is that there is usually some fishing to be done between point A and point B, and sometimes I never have to go all the way to my original planned destination if I am catching fish sooner. However, I usually work my way all the way to the known producing spot sooner or later anyway. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Going slow and fishing on the way does not make it a strain. Ditto if you can fish your way back at your own pace. But, Murphy's Law was discovered by fishermen. And, even on days when the weather forecast predicts no wind, or light breezes that should blow me back to the car, there are many times when the wind monster jumps up...blowing against me...just as I start to work my way back.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I can't think of any spot I fish from my tube that is more than 1/2 mile of kicking. Most are much closer. And, I always check two or three weather reports in advance...and I always count on the actual conditions being something completely different. That's why I always have a Plan B...either for a place to fish or a spot to beach my craft if unexpected weather develops.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One thing I would like to throw out is that you should also not undertake a VAST trip, if you only have "half vast" strength and stamina. Your first few trips in a tube or toon should never be long range marathon trips. You can get into trouble with cramps, equipment malfunctions or other issues that you are not yet prepared to handle. Ditto for the first couple of trips after a long absence from the water...like first trips in the spring after a long winter.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It is also good practice to include a competent fellow tuber whenever you are going to be making a long kick somewhere. Misery loves company and if one of you has a problem, it is good to have someone else along to laugh at you.[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]DEFINITION: A "problem" is something that happens to your fishing buddy. A "crisis" is when the same thing happens to you.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]PS: If you have a spot you want to fish from your tube that is definitely too far to kick on the water, you should look at the possibility of packing or carting your gear to a closer launch site...if there is not road access. Other options are to hitch a ride on a boat or to buy or make a "tube tug"...a separate tube with an electric trolling motor and battery.[/#0000ff]
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06-14-2009, 04:07 PM
Absolutely on everything TD.
That is the down side to manual propulsion. Example: we hit Ladders at Strawberry but decide the action at Renegade ...we have to load up and drive over.
The best I have witnessed close to us, was once at Henry's. We decided to go from the Cliffs to Staley's. We loaded up and drove over to the boat launch, but our friend decided to row over. Took him over two hours and he was pretty tired.
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That is the down side to manual propulsion. Example: we hit Ladders at Strawberry but decide the action at Renegade ...we have to load up and drive over.
The best I have witnessed close to us, was once at Henry's. We decided to go from the Cliffs to Staley's. We loaded up and drove over to the boat launch, but our friend decided to row over. Took him over two hours and he was pretty tired.
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06-14-2009, 09:50 PM
I am not a newbie fisherman or tuber, however, my evolution is ever continuing. After many years doing the "Nutcracker Suite" in a sling-filled truck inner-tube I treated myself last year to an ODC 420... I was duly impressed. This year I took the plunge into a new pair of Mares Plana Avanti X-3's... again impressed by the ease of propulsion when compared to the strap-on Outcast fins I had been enjoying. My 54 year old imagination now has me dreaming about kicking my way to two favorite smallie rock bars in my favorite lake but the nearer site is a little more than 1/4 mile from the closest launch and the second is another 1/4 mile farther. There are also two small lakes who's perimeters stretch +/- two miles that I'd like to investigate further.
My mother didn't raise any fools and I'm completely impressed with Mother Nature's unpredictable power, but I was interested in anyone else's desire to fish just beyond the easily achievable. You can be assured I'm going to try these "floats" but I will consider myself fore-warned and I will not be far from emergency take-out points at anytime. Thanks for the warnings and I'm open minded enough to accept any suggestions that might make these trips more comfortable.
Steve_IA
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My mother didn't raise any fools and I'm completely impressed with Mother Nature's unpredictable power, but I was interested in anyone else's desire to fish just beyond the easily achievable. You can be assured I'm going to try these "floats" but I will consider myself fore-warned and I will not be far from emergency take-out points at anytime. Thanks for the warnings and I'm open minded enough to accept any suggestions that might make these trips more comfortable.
Steve_IA
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06-15-2009, 12:11 AM
Just got back from a fishing/vactioning up north Wisconsin for a week. I saw this post and yea I went far with my tube on the last day. I did five or so hours of "fin" work over two lakes. To me looks like I did two or more(water) miles of it......
I got a boat ride out and hopped in my tube while they fish around by me. I went into another lake and fish half of it then got back into the other lake and float back all the way back while casting all that shore and the deep side.
While doing that I was thinking if I could do it getting back.....
That was a lot of water that I ever tube.
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I got a boat ride out and hopped in my tube while they fish around by me. I went into another lake and fish half of it then got back into the other lake and float back all the way back while casting all that shore and the deep side.
While doing that I was thinking if I could do it getting back.....
That was a lot of water that I ever tube.
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06-15-2009, 12:35 AM
I have kicked about 3/4 water mile to a spot which was
no big deal because I was fishing all the way there.
Then I fished the spot.
Afternoon the wind picked up which I did know
(checked the weather forcast).
Of course the wind was NOT in my favor. So I banked
the float tube ,put on the back pack straps and waked back.
It was a long walk ,over one land mile but I did it.
Would I do it again? Maybe not , because I have a lot
more stuff installed on my tube now (more heavy).
But If have to ,I would.
Peter
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no big deal because I was fishing all the way there.
Then I fished the spot.
Afternoon the wind picked up which I did know
(checked the weather forcast).
Of course the wind was NOT in my favor. So I banked
the float tube ,put on the back pack straps and waked back.
It was a long walk ,over one land mile but I did it.
Would I do it again? Maybe not , because I have a lot
more stuff installed on my tube now (more heavy).
But If have to ,I would.
Peter
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06-15-2009, 08:42 AM
I often have my GPS, I find it helps find the takeout location when I'm coming back after fishing after dark on a new lake, or a lake where trees obscure the lakleside in the darkness.
Anyway, on a 5-6 hour trip the trackline of the GPS tends to be 1.5 to 2 miles in length.
I rarely stop kicking, but a good part of the time it's slow, maintaining position whuile I fish, the rest is power kicking to move fishing as I go.
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Anyway, on a 5-6 hour trip the trackline of the GPS tends to be 1.5 to 2 miles in length.
I rarely stop kicking, but a good part of the time it's slow, maintaining position whuile I fish, the rest is power kicking to move fishing as I go.
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