2008 Put-In-Bay Island Freeride

[Scoot72]

Trailer is good. I traded my old double a while back and glad that one came long. It hasn't been too far..just over to Marblehead boat ramps. We were supposed to haul it down to Tampa this past winter, but didn't make it down. I did hook it up to hold 3 standups...barely...2 sxr's and a superjet in the middle.

Awesome on the dates..can't wait. I told a lot of my racer buddies about it and their hip that weekend. That Friday I work til 3pm and riding as soon as I get home. My crew will probably be here Friday evening or Saturday morning.

Hey dirtybird. Yah..Lake Erie water is not like St. Claire or other Great Lakes in clarity, but it's good around the islands out to Canada. Not sure if your referring to the may fly situation in past years, but that has gotten a lot better. They still come..just not as much anymore. We'll always have to deal with mother natures's wicked jokes. The surrounding bays and coves as you get closer into Sandusky Bay from Lake Erie can be a little dirty. Just a little shallower outside the channels. We get the filter water & sediment from the Sandusky River.

You get good waves all around the Bass Islands. Constant wind changes funnel through the islands so you get good waves all around.

Good wave spots coming from my house in the bay and moving towards Put In Bay are:

-Edison Bride over Rt. 2 on the South side
-Tip of Johnson's Island from Marblehead / Dempsy's Access in Sandusky Bay
-East side of Marblehead Bay Point sandbar
-Cedar Point breakwall channel...big boats here
-Cedar Point Beach
-East Harbor Beach towards Kelley's Island from Marblehead / Marzurik's Access in Lake Erie
-Mouse island where the Miller Ferry comes out is always a good wave spot

 

[mybad]

scoot72

I try to make it up to Chris's place every weekend if I can. I hit the PIB twice a year. Check out the picture of the skis on my first post. You should recognize the dock setup. Coming from your place its past Dempseys on the left hand side. Im not sure when you raced, but one of our crew was national expert champion a few years back. We should be putting the docks in sometime in early May. Not really sure tho. Looking forward to this summer. Ill PM you my cell #. Call it if you get lost.

 

[Ericfox]

Where do you plan on riding? I've only heard of people NOT going in the water because it's so nasty. Everyone says they jump from boat to boat and never touch the water.

The ride will be around the State Park Campground right by the boat ramp. The water you refer to is on the other side of the island in the bay where the mass quantity of boats park. The water by the State Park is awesome.... very clean.

 

[Scoot72]

State Park is a great spot for waves. Do you remember a couple years bac.. the mayfly soup that pooled up on the Boardwalk end of the cove. That was a bad smell.

Mybad..Oh yah..I know about where you are from that photo. Man..still rocking the old balls skis..nice. who's your boy that was nat. champ. I'm thinking Judge or Crash?? If so, then I do know you guys. If not, I'll swing by that way. I still hanging tough with the racing.

 

[mybad]

Judge is old school and impossible to get around, but Brian had the #1 plate. I sold the SJ last year and bought a SXR.

 

[Scoot72]

What Exp. class did he run? Well I guess what is Brian's last name then? I'm racking my brain with all the Cleveland area racers. Stroshak? spelling?? Yah..PM me your number when you guys make it up this way and we'll gather up the riders and have a session

scoot

 

[Scoot72]

Don't think I saw a link to PIB itself. May want to put that in for those a little further outside the area the area who don't know what the island is all about. Historical facts and all that other stuff. I know there are a lot even from Michigan area that have never been there. Getting excited to ride in 2 weeks. Burrr..still a little cold yet, but gotta get in soon. 'm glad this post is out now to to get my pumped about riding

http://put-in-bay.com

 

[djkorn1]

Put in Bay in all it's glory on beautiful Lake Erie.

 

[Scoot72]

Forgot it gets that blue on that side...purty. Nice overhead shot. If you could pan in, you'd see thousands of drunk folks. Nice weather coming up Thursday and Friday. I hope you all are out there. I'm in for the first time of the season for sure.

 

[Eclipsed830]

Me and my buddy are probably in on our old 550's... he also has a cottage on East Bayshore Rd a little before Otays by the big wooden ship.

 

[Scoot72]

Has anyone reserved campsites yet. If so, what campsites did anyone get? I was thinking about campsite 120. I was up in the air about getting one and just riding out to PIB each day...but..it is a big party on the island and I thought otherwise. As of right now, they have around 100 left...Mainly all inland and will fill very quickly as it gets weeks away from full on island season. All the water's edge campsites are gone. To give an idea of price...2 nights is $52.00 + 8.00 in fees...$60 for 6 people max per site. We camp at Kelley's quite a bit and they stick to that rule for sure.

Rode today to get my boats tuned. Water was nice. It'll get back to chilled a little here soon, so I hope if they weather holds, everyone is able to get out for some weekend fun. Broke out the superjet too to show off a few dunks for the Rt. 2 people headed home from work

aloha,scoot

 

[Ericfox]

Yep--> you have 6 people per site max... something we figured out: we usually got 2 sites with 4-5 guys each per site... then paid $5 for extra 1 or 2 people per site... those people we named some random girl name when we filled out the forms upon arrival.... that way if you meet someone "special" you can bring them back and their name becomes "Jen Smith" or "Julie Roberts" or whatever... they are pretty strict about that crap, so it was a cheap easy way to bend the rules... they actually stop the cabs on the way back into the campsite at night and question each person as to what their name is and what site your staying... thought some of you single guys could benefit from this...

Also, we need someone with a ski tote... let us know if someone has one or two nice ones we can use at the ride... like a tiger tote or similar... it will be important that we can easily take out skis out when we are taking breaks... I will buy one soon if nobody has one handy.

 

[Scoot72]

Got a campsite reserved for Friday and Saturday nights. Campsite #120 if anyone wants to link up campsites close. Yah..for Memorial weekend each year at Kelley's we get 3 sites and usually have to make up names cause we never know who's gonna show up. I left it with just my name on it and 5 empy name spots. I'll fill them in when I check in if we got someone that needs a spot to crash. I have know idea who is gonna come with me as it is a ways away yet. A lot of my crew are not ones to plan that far ahead for anything outside of the races. I'll have a few. If I don't have 6 with me, anybody who needs a spot is more then welcome to hook up with us.

I got a 2 wheel bigfoot beach cart that we can use.

 

[djkorn1]

A little info on this pic. This is a pic of Downtown Put In Bay on South Bass Island. (Where the Bars and Crazyness go down) The small Island is Gilbralter Island. It is owned by Ohio State University and is a Biology lab with dorms. Usually if there are waves they are on the North or West side of the Island. (This pic is facing south-east)

Put in Bay in all it's glory on beautiful Lake Erie.

 

[djkorn1]

After looking again at this map. To ride to the Campgrounds, you would run out of gas. Even if you left from Catawba. You would have to follow the Ferry Line, Fuel up and then go around the Island.

Another great attraction in the area is Cedar Point. The BIGGEST ROLLER COASTER PARK in the world. It is on the map in the bottom right corner. If you have never been there, you NEED to go. It chews up any six flags big time.

 

[MADMAT]

The only public ramp I know of is at the state park campground which is way to the right on that pic. Like way to the right off of the pic.

Its dead south of where the ferry drops you off.

 

[djkorn1]

The only public ramp I know of is at the state park campground which is way to the right on that pic. Like way to the right off of the pic.

Its dead south of where the ferry drops you off.

Dude, the campground I stayed at was to the LEFT of that pic. You had to pass the monument to get downtown.

 

[Scoot72]

JD..if your thinking of Fox's Campground, that is 1/2 mile from downtown. Yep, to the left of downtown in your map picture behind the trolley station. That one is closer to downtown, but they usually fill up with reservations by now. The State Park campground is on the middle left side curve of the island. You'll get the waves there vs. the downtown bar/boat area. It's all No Wake til you get pretty far out and then you have to wait for north winds for waves.

Launching from Catawba Island state park, your about a 5 mile ride to the PIB state park. From DJ's pic, follow the Miller Boat route and skirt up the left side til you get the where it curves out to the left.

I have a triple ski trailer and I'll have my superjet to take over and have spots for 2 other skis. If anyone wanted to meet at Miller Ferry and load up their skis to cut down on travel costs, that would be ok with me.

cheers,
scott

 

[MADMAT]

Dude, the campground I stayed at was to the LEFT of that pic. You had to pass the monument to get downtown.

Did they have a ramp? If so it would be better than the state park one cuz that state park one is way on the quiet side of the island. But is is really nice and 2 nice ramps.

 

[djkorn1]

No ramp. It is on a 50 foot cliff right into the water.