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06-28-2012, 09:02 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Morinville
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is a 14' aluminum safe on wabamun???
wanna take the kids out on that lake, wanted to get some feed back on whether a 14' aluminum with 9.9 was safe out there?
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06-28-2012, 09:06 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Beaumont
Posts: 226
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it can get abit freaky when the larger oats are ripping by you. We were just about swamped a few times by large boat wakes coming into the boat. I found it best to fish early morning and get out of there before the boat traffic picked up in the afternoon
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06-28-2012, 09:27 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 436
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Yes, thats exactly what i have used the past two years and i have taken my young daughter with me. As with any large lake, use caution. When i go with my daughter, i don't stray too far from moonlight bay.
Good luck, I am really jealous as I would normally be heading there right now for 10 days....gonna miss it.
Chris
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06-28-2012, 10:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Fort Saskatchewan Ab
Posts: 8,926
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Launch in town and anchor just west of town .
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06-29-2012, 01:08 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Alberta
Posts: 5,385
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14 foot is very safe, stay along the drop offs and slay them
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06-29-2012, 09:16 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Edmonton
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As long as the kids aren't super hyper and all over the boat you'll be fine 
Last week we had 2 adults in my little 12' aluminum and we were all over that lake! Just keep an eye on the weather and if things start to get windy just get back closer to where you launched.
Also, there is now a $15 fee to launch/park in town 
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06-29-2012, 09:38 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: West Central Alberta
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The fee is back on. Oh joy, joy, happy, happy!
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06-29-2012, 09:40 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Edmonton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohninAB
The fee is back on. Oh joy, joy, happy, happy!
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Not only is it back, it's higher than it was last year! 
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Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
- Strung Out
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams
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06-29-2012, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: West Central Alberta
Posts: 6,670
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15 to launch for a day is a joke.
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06-29-2012, 09:45 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Edmonton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohninAB
15 to launch for a day is a joke.
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Yep, but they're going to make a killing this weekend.
Looks like it's the PP or more likely the sailing club for me from now on.
Is there anywhere a guy could park at Fallis or is all marked 'No Parking'?
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Jay: Mostly harmless...
Time, it makes you old. Experience makes you wise. It's only a fool who judges life by what he sees in other peoples' eyes.
- Strung Out
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams
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06-29-2012, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 3,959
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Its not the boat, its the operator. Saw guys at the "3 sisters" on the north end of Texada Island, in a 14 with a 20 horse. They had crossed from French Creek.
Used to fish to Flora rock on Hornby Island on a 14 with a 20 myself, for years.
Awareness, and a solemn lack of courage, will keep you safe. I know "The Good Lord Sure Hates a Coward", ( as told to my by stump racncher extrordinaire, Werner Dorsch), but I just want to meet my maker later, rather than sooner.
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06-29-2012, 01:14 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Edmonton Ab.
Posts: 1,417
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I'm on Wab right now it's only a 16 foot canoe, found a 2 horsepower motor on it is fine just watch when the wind comes up. be careful and be safe
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