Chain-O-Lakes Shootout NIOC Saturday August 6th
08-04-2016, 06:21 PM
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Grew up on the Chain, it's a great set of lakes...Brad is right, about 6-8' everywhere you go and all muck on the bottom. I still wouldn't bring your best props, we smacked a washer or refrigerator out there a few years back with our Donzi. Some folks apparently use the lake as a dumping ground. Should be a fun weekend, wish we lived closer or we'd be there for sure.
Hope you guys have a safe fun weekend out there.
Hope you guys have a safe fun weekend out there.
08-04-2016, 06:36 PM
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Wish you had replied to my 5/24 post sooner - we might have planned for the event.
You are hearing from people who are looking at killing this event. Very negative people. Where we are running in the center of the lake is plenty deep at 6 to 8'. Where they run the 1/8 mile drag races on Thursday nights north of the Island is only 4' deep. We are going down the middle of the lake one mile course and a one mile shutdown if needed There are 47 Fountains with triples that run that lake with NO issues. I have run my MTI for years out there. I have never even dinged a prop in 20 years on Grass Lake. There is nothing to hit on Grass Lake as the bottom is all muck even if you stray off to close to shore.
08-05-2016, 02:49 PM
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A couple of big fast boats out testing today! There's going to be a lot of spectators for a first-time event. Not bad for an event that we just got the final approval/permits a couple months ago. A ton of work has gone into the organizing to make this possible. It's going to be a great show, and most of all a lot of fun,. Can't wait till tomorrow to see what kind of numbers get put down.
08-07-2016, 09:23 AM
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Had a great yesterday! Not bad for a first time try. Thanks to everyone who put this event on. I'm sure it was a ton of work to get this thing done. Hopefully this will get bigger and more fast boats will show up next year. Thanks again! Dave
08-07-2016, 12:45 PM
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I did run. I was ruuning the 36 Talon cat with triple 330 mercs. For a first year event it was big success. Next year promises to much better. The NIOC board members worked very hard to pull this off. A special thanks to the many volunteers who helped with patrol, registration, radar boat and the start barge.
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08-10-2016, 02:51 PM
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Great video of the Shootout. Next year bigger and better.
https://www.facebook.com/Nioffshore/...0055446016976/
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