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kawishiwi · 08-21-2015, 09:19 PM

Ive done some powerboating and a ton of paddling across many dozens of Canadian shield lakes. They are not "rocky", they ARE rock. Crazy dimensions. Hundred foot cliffs that plunge another hundred or more below the waterline. Boulders the size of houses randomly scattered. Reefs any where. Several lakes bigger than Winni. BUT Winni is in a class of her own. So many prop eaters, many in completely surprising places, and then more after that. This is graduate level lake navigation. I, for one, LOVE the complexity, mostly for the fish habitat and protection from the big cruisers and the skiers. I totally get how newbies come here, hear the warnings (or not), and get into trouble. Other lakes just are not like this one.

Now, I do think "buoys" that look like twigs is a bit too little. Then again, if that scares a few folks off, well then, more for me!

08-21-2015, 09:19 PM	#11
kawishiwi Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 519 Thanks: 227 Thanked 167 Times in 108 Posts	Canadian Shield Lakes ... Ive done some powerboating and a ton of paddling across many dozens of Canadian shield lakes. They are not "rocky", they ARE rock. Crazy dimensions. Hundred foot cliffs that plunge another hundred or more below the waterline. Boulders the size of houses randomly scattered. Reefs any where. Several lakes bigger than Winni. BUT Winni is in a class of her own. So many prop eaters, many in completely surprising places, and then more after that. This is graduate level lake navigation. I, for one, LOVE the complexity, mostly for the fish habitat and protection from the big cruisers and the skiers. I totally get how newbies come here, hear the warnings (or not), and get into trouble. Other lakes just are not like this one. Now, I do think "buoys" that look like twigs is a bit too little. Then again, if that scares a few folks off, well then, more for me!