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    Our Camp

    Just a few photos from my camp. Our camp is very primitive because the grade is at 8ft river level and the flood stage for the river is about 17ft. The river normally goes over the 8 foot mark over the winter months. We don't keep much out there over the winter. I may put up a platform this year and put up a metal shed type building this year to keep some things out of the water. Our camp is on one of the many islands on the river. I have camped in this spot as early as the late 60's when I was a young man poling my small Jon boat around before I was allowed to have a motor. I'll take a few more photos once I get the camp set up.
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    That's beautiful papee, maybe I will get to see it some day. Maybe this shop will make enough for me to take a vacation
    someday. Thanks, Chuck

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    yeah its nice up there dave
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    I took another load out today and stopped a couple minutes to fish.
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    hah i cant wait til fourth of july i hope i remember to take my camera with me on the water or maybe i'll just get a disposable i dont wanta drop mine or get it wet
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    beautiful and I thought the swamp was pretty , that water is so clear I've never seen water like that way down here . awesome pictures papee , how in the world did you manage to reel that fish in grab the camera and catch a pic of him jumping with only two hands , good job , great pics ....

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    Stayed up late last night and did my computer over. Doing what I do I usually have to wipe it clean once a year. Anywho, I'm just sayin. I don't have my editing software back on yet to edit the movies but here is one I took yesterday. Just want to make a note that this video was taken when I had the 2 cyl Briggs motor on.
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    [youtube:36rmh04a]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlLnkpEVNtw[/youtube:36rmh04a]
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    We are coming up end of June for the Hoverally in Chillicothee, Ohio and then a family reunion in Mt. Vernon South Ohio. Have to look at the map and see how far away you are - might be worth a trip to get you to take us out to do a story on your ride area

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    I'm right outside Harrisburg Jeff. There is some crazy stuff here that I do with my boat, I'm going to do a short clip next on the maneuverability of the mini's. I want to show some of these none believers that an airboat is very maneuverable. That little run I just posted, if you look from the bottom you can actually see the river level is about a foot and a half higher at the top of those rapids. it's easy to maneuver going upstream but a little harder going downstream.
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    I like the video it looks like a awesome place to ride

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    Hey Dave,

    I should be up in the Poconos in the next month or so. Hope to get ahold of you and hook up then. Have to go up for a closeing on a house I am selling up there. I guess now I will be considered a sun bird, base out of Florida and take the coach up north in the summer when it gets too hot......lol. I will keep in touch in the mean time.

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    We have a place in Toccoa GA. we will be retiring there. I just had to post my biggest catch of the day. The tackle box is 18 inches wide, this was a heavy fish. I don't carry a scale so I'm not sure what it weighed. These are small mouths btw.
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    I was out at camp today getting it ready for the first day of bass on June 14th. We use it mostly for a day camp, a place to get out of the boat and stretch your legs and have a refreshment or two. The island floods during high water so we don't keep much there. We do have plans to put up a small cabin on some stilts to keep it above the high water.
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    A few more. Just to give you an idea, the head of the mountain in the photos below is the same one you see in then above video from upstream. This is the area that I fish in. The point in the video being the northern point and about a half mile below camp is the southern point that I fish.
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    its beautiful papee

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    Hey Dave,

    Traveled up northern Pa. past big bend and along the southern tier of New York and the sources for the river are very low up here as well as the river itself. Even the rains yeaterday didn't seem to help much. Looks beautiful down there.

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    Well, I was out at camp today getting things buttoned up for the winter. I started building the permanent building today so i can get all the material off the ground before the rising waters and ice come. We moved the location to a higher part of the island so we didn't have to build so high off the ground. We have another day tomorrow before we get it all ready for the winter. The boat really worked good today I was surprised. I had it loaded down with materials and some blocks and it still got on plane. The ride back was even more fun because I had taken off some weight like the trolling motor and spare batteries.to haul the materials.
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