Join us for a weekend full of boating fun, sunshine, and great friends! From Saturday's adventures with Lauren and Derek to Sunday’s family outing with my little man, it's all about making memories on the water.
Join us at Oshkosh Waterfest for an unforgettable night of ABBA's music by Arrival from Sweden, complete with stunning weather, a beautiful sunset, and a lively crowd!
After weeks of prepping the pontoon boat, it was finally time for the Shawano Lake Sand Bar Bash! Join us as Hurry Up Wait rocks the lake, and we experience an unforgettable day on the water.
First day out with the new 30ft pontoon, enjoying the sun and water with my daughter and friends. Check out the photos from our adventure on the big lake!
Join me for a wild Saturday night at Waverly Beach with the incredible Star Six Nine band! 🤘 Experience the vibe, the music, and the fun with us!
See the over 200 photos -Photo Gallery - We got invited to go to the Trump Boat Parade. No, this website is not a political page but we do cover boating events. So before you yell at me about shooting this event let me know if you have something planned for a Biden Boat Parade send me an invite on your boat and I will be happy to come to shoot it. Now back to the day. We meet up with our friend Chris at the Pioneer Marina to launch the boat and head over to Asylum Bay on Lake Winnebago. With the winds coming out of the west at about 15mph it was a little rough. We ran in a pack of other boats heading over and ran with them up the lake. Took a little beating and had to pull some flags down before we got to the bay. As we came around the corner there were a load of boats pooling in the bay and driving around amongst each other. Chris drove us through the crowd and we hung around for about 15 minutes. Then we noticed a pontoon heading out and starting the parade. They were blasting "Proud To Be An American". Everyone started to follow and we headed along the west side of the lake with the group. I had Chris cut back and go against the grain to get some photos of everyone in the parade. I am not good at guessing numbers but would have to believe 150 - 200 boats. It really was a fun sight to see. Everyone was very friendly and seemed to be having a blast. Unfortunately, about 1/4 mile up we found a rock pile and heard that horrible grinding sound. Chris didn't want to even see the prop until later so we continued down to Streich's. I would say about 1/4 of the boats stopped in and tied up. The rest kept going down the lake. My understanding is they were going to run down towards Wendt's. We stopped and took the opportunity to take a look and the prop. Not so good. But he was prepared with another prop so we did the swap out. The waves were about 2' to 2 1/2' and the wind picked up allot. We had a friend call and said she was over at Terrell Island and the wind was not as bad. We broke from the parade and headed to Terell which was a good call - allot of boating friends we knew were there so we got to sit and enjoy time with friends and sunshine. We hung around till about 6pm and decided we need to get some supper. The crew all talked about heading to Winneconne to Biggers Supper Club. Off we went. The wind had calmed way down so it was a very nice ride into Winneconne. We had a nice dinner and a beautiful ride back to Oshkosh. Another fun day on the water. I hope you enjoy the photos and video. See all the photos - Photo Gallery
See the over 150 photos -Photo Gallery - SUNDAY FUNDAY out on the pontoon boat bar at Waverly Beach to see Vic Ferrari Band. A little cooler weather but still was a fantastic day out on Lake Winnebago. We brought out some friends and did our usual eat, drink, and enjoy the sun. There was a nice crowd of boats scattered around the beach area. I think everyone was thinking the same thing. Get out and enjoy as much summertime as possible. Around 3 o'clock Vic Ferrari came out and got the crowd going. We hung out till about 6 and headed for home on a smooth lake. It was a great day and night. Sad to think summer is coming to an end. See all the photos - Photo Gallery
See the over 200 photos -Photo Gallery - Sunday Funday with some great weather. We packed up the pontoon and hit the water. The wind wasn't bad and the waves were about 1 to 2. We decided to go take a little run up the Neenah Channel. Never been up that way and figured it was a nice day to try it out. Coming off the lake you will see a single red marker about 150ft out from the Kimberly Point Park Light House. From that point, the channel is very well marked right into the city of Neenah. The first thing you will come across is the lighthouse. It is a very pretty old lighthouse that looks like it needs some new paint soon. As you run down the channel you go past a number of beautiful homes and go past Riverside Park. Just past the park is the bay where the sailboats all tie-up. Seemed like there was not that many in the bay for some reason. Still cool to see from the water. Across the river from this bay is the Whiting Boat House and Doty Park Boat Launch. A little farther up the river, you run past the Thedacare Hospital and the WG Bryan Bridge. The Dam is right past the bridge on the Northside. Just past the bridge is the Neenah Marina and Shattuck Park. There is a nice boat dock and sea wall here. Which is right on the East end of Downtown Neenah. There are a number of places you can go to for food and drink from here. We spun around and headed back up the channel and off to Waverly Beach. As usual, we pulled up close to the bar at Waverly. The band outside was Saddlebrook. We went up and got a few drinks and watched the band and ran into a few people we know. On the way back out my wife pulls up a bottle from the water. It was weird because it looks really old. It was marked as M Koester & Sons Bottling company of Appleton. Never heard of it before. I am guessing it has been in the lake for a long long time. We also got a big kick out of a pontoon next to us that had a train horn. When he left he lights it up and scared the crapola out of a bunch of people. It was really funny. He drove off and we couldn't see him but could hear the horn yet. Overall the music was great, Sun was great, the water was great. Another fun day on the water. See all the photos - Photo Gallery
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Sunday Funday with the Taqener Klozov Formula, we got an invite to go boating with our good friends the Wallace's. We meet up at the Pioneer Marina in Oshkosh and headed out to Streich's Beach. Captain John was sporting his Speed on the Water T-shirt. I commented on his shirt and he told me I had to see his Speed on The Water blanket. Turns out we are fans of Speed on the Water. It was a fantastic day and the water was nice and smooth. The 353 Fastech Formula cruised across the lake at about 70 and was super smooth. We got out to Streich's and anchored up than eat some food and watched everyone rolling in. One cool boat we noticed come in was a 2108 Chaparral 287 SXX. Very nice-looking rig with a very interesting looking tower. I walked over and got a chance to talk to the owner. Super nice guy! I asked about the tower and found out it was an electric folding tower. It folds forward and sits just above the window. Pretty cool design. We decided the crowd was getting a little too big and fired up the Formula and headed toward Terrell Island. John and Gina knew a cool little spot on the South end of Lake Butte Des Mortes just past Terrell. So we headed over there and meet up with Sean. Sean lives in the area and brought out his 28' Kryptonite with a 400HP Mercury Racing Outboard. What a fun boat! He tied up for a while and we all shot the shit. Talking about things on the Lake and noticed a rather cool house. Sean had us jump in his boat and took us for a little run to go past the house. This boat is like a go-kart and takes off like a shot. He told us the boat was going a little slow due to us weighing him down. It was a damn blast. We came back and decided we should all run up to Winneconne for some food. It was a quick run-up to Winneconne and we stopped in at the public docks. Then walked over to Langs Landing (The Landing) to get a beer. We ran into a few boating friends we knew. We all hung out on the deck at Lang's watching the boats and talking. We made a stop at Fin N Feather for a quick one and ran into more friends. We finally headed back and ran with Ryan & Molly in there Baja. We ran into a closed train bridge but snuck under and took a few minutes out to shoot some fun photos with the ladies and the Speed on the Water blanket. It was pretty funny we had a boatload of people circling us hoping for a good show. No such luck for them. Another awesome day on the water with friends! I hope you enjoy the photos and the small video we have!
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Another fantastic day on the water. Friday afternoon our friends came over to go boating on the pontoon bar. We launched in Menasha at the Paris St boat launch and headed for Lake Winnebago. The lake was calm with a soft wind coming out of the Southeast with 6 inch waves. We decided since it was so nice we would cruise over to High Cliff and let my daughter and her friend get some swimming time in. The ride over was very nice and I have to admit it was fun coming back to this area. Its been well over 15 years since I have stopped at the High Cliff beach. As you come across the lake you can easily spot the Lime Kiln ruins projecting out of the tree line at the High Cliff State Park. As we came into the bay there were 6 boats scattered around the edge of the bay. Looked like everyone had brought the family and friends out to enjoy the day and get some water time in. We anchored just outside of the High Cliff State Park Beach. As usual, we had snacks and drinks ready to go. We let the girls do some swimming and playing on the inflatable donut and popsicle they brought. I pulled out the camera and grabbed some photos of the boats and people coming into the park to hit the beach. It really is a beautiful spot to stop. With a very nice sandy bottom beach and fantastic views. We got lucky as the algae bloom was not in the bay. It can get worse over here depending on the wind. After a few hours, we decided it was time to head back and get some dinner. The majority vote was to go back up the river and stop at Parker Johns. We slowly headed back along the lakeshore and checked out all the cool houses on the North Shore. The lake had picked up to about 2 - 3ft waves. We got to see how sea worth the old pontoon bar really was. We have discovered that it is a little nose heavy in these conditions and we needed to use the human trim tab methods to get it smoothed out. We only dropped the nose under the waves twice. Which got a few of our younger passengers a little nervous. We laughed and reminded them they are sitting on 2 big bobbers and unless we put a hole in a pontoon we are not going to sink. As we pulled into the Menasha Channel the waves settled down. We ran up to the Menasha Marina and parked on the West side of Marina. As we tied up I noticed they have about 12" cleats out here that you could tie off a tug boat with. A quick little walk up to Parker Johns and sat out on the deck overlooking the marina and filled our belly's. Back to the boat turned on the lights and headed back to the boat launch. Another fun little journey on the Lake Winnebago System. Defiantly a day we will all remember for years to come.
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