• Welcome to Jetboaters.net!

    We are delighted you have found your way to the best Jet Boaters Forum on the internet! Please consider Signing Up so that you can enjoy all the features and offers on the forum. We have members with boats from all the major manufacturers including Yamaha, Seadoo, Scarab and Chaparral. We don't email you SPAM, and the site is totally non-commercial. So what's to lose? IT IS FREE!

    Membership allows you to ask questions (no matter how mundane), meet up with other jet boaters, see full images (not just thumbnails), browse the member map and qualifies you for members only discounts offered by vendors who run specials for our members only! (It also gets rid of this banner!)

    free hit counter

UMNWFR Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge

RiverRat

RiverRat

Jetboaters Admiral
Messages
1,273
Reaction score
1,993
Points
312
Location
Waukesha, Wisconsin
Boat Make
Yamaha
Year
2018
Boat Model
242 Limited E-Series
Boat Length
24
I figure I would create a thread for the waters I like to consider home. I spend most of my time on Pool 9, which is roughly Genoa, WI to Lynxville, WI. The Refuge, however runs from where the St. Croix River and Mississippi converge, down to approximately Rock Island,Illinois.

We can use this thread for potential meet ups anywhere along the river, and I will update with all the interesting things I observe in the area. My family has a place on a bluff overlooking the river on the Wisconsin side, about a half mile from the borders of WI, IA, and MN. IMG_20141028_180249.jpg IMG_20141021_091450.jpg IMG_20141020_183148.jpg
 
So I know for sure I'll be out there coming up August 14 through 18. And for sure Labor Day weekend. I'll be camping at Blackhawk Park then. I know some of my new St. Louis pals wanted to head up this way at some point, not sure of you're looking to do that this year yet. It's about 7 hours for you guys.
 
 
Looks awesome down there. I haven't been on the river for years (and never with our boat), but one of these days I would like to check it out. I doubt we would get as far down the river as you are since we would be putting in somewhere around Red Wing, MN.

How far north do you get on a normal day on the water, or do you stay in the same pool? Also how far does it make sense to travel along the river in a given day?
 
I generally stay on Pool 9, but occasionally I'll lock through and head up to La Crosse. The nice thing about the river is the abundance of boat launches, making it pretty easy to trailer up and down the river and launch near where you plan to be for the day.
 
That would be awesome for sure!!!! Too bad we already have some campouts scheduled 3 weekends in a row. LOL
 
I launched in Wabasha and beached on Federal Island just south of the launch. We had a great day grilling and hanging out. Because the water was so calm we were able to do some dual slalom criss crossing behind the boat. Here is a picture from our spot.
FederalIsland_SouthofWabashaMN_July25th2015.jpg
We plan on going to this area again this Sunday afternoon.
 
Bout 80 degrees and the Mississippi looked like this today. 001.jpg A few boats did show up later but it sure was a gorgeous, peaceful day003.jpg
 
bonus outing yesterday on pool 13, 70's and calm.Water was like glass and not a single other boat on the beach all dayphone pics 003.jpg phone pics 010.jpg
 
Wow, wish I was there to stir the water a bit.
 
IMG_20160521_123750.jpg
Kicking off the 2016 season. 77 degrees and sunny. Compared to a high of 39 with snow flurries last Saturday. Gotta love spring in the upper Midwest!
 
Same here, spent the day on pool 13 and got a pretty good sunburn. Truck was showing 81 when we left around 6:30
 
phone pics 001.jpg phone pics 006.jpg phone pics 007.jpg phone pics 004.jpg couple of random pics from just above lock and dam 13
 

Attachments

  • phone pics 006.jpg
    phone pics 006.jpg
    1.9 MB · Views: 1
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top