Misty IV

Wow, never thought I'd get this type of reply!! Awesome responses!! Seen a few listed I may have to add to our stock

A friend and I were discussing this earlier. Thought I'd start a "fun" thread and see what everyone else says. When it comes time to snack while you're on the lake, what do you reach for? Personally, it is sunflower seeds and trail mix for me.

http://www.ijc.org/en_/ These are the people who control the levels of the lake. There is a battle going on to retain the current water level plan, called 1958DD. The IJC wants to enact a new plan, called BV7, which would cause catastrophic damage to property owners and marinas along the shoreline, especially when there are the major storms out of the north and west. The IJC doesn't seem to care about us, despite every single NYS county along the US side of Lake Ontario rejecting this plan. The politicians in Albany have no idea what they are possibly going to allow. They don't live or work along the lake. They do not have a clue what catastrophic damage will occur if BV7 is allowed to pass. I've attached a link to an article from the Democrat and Chronicle which does a good job of summarizing the issues of this proposed new plan. I have a contact in Oswego who has been following this since day-one when it appeared about 3 years ago. The plan was already shot-down once, yet the IJC is attempting to pass it through again. While parts of the plan sound good (ie. higher lake levels for getting our boats out of channels and into the lake), in the big picture, our marinas would be under water. Properties along the lakeshore would be swept away when the storms hit. I own property along the eastern shore and, comparing the current 1958DD regulated water levels to the proposed BV7 plan, even at the highest water level, a storm's waves will NEVER breach my storm wall and flood out my lakehouse under the current 1958DD plan. With the BV7 plan, a big storm would have the waves crashing on my front lawn, with water running through my living room and out my back door. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120603/NEWS01/306030049/Water-levels-plan-Lake-Ontario-St-Lawrence-River-sparks-debate?nclick_check=1

We need to keep an eye on things. I've gotten word that the planned project to put turbines in Lake Erie is a "go". The same thing seems to exist there that we dealt with initially - nobody was aware the pinwheel projects were a topic. Seems a large chunk of them are planned to go up between Erie and Buffalo. Way too close for comfort, if you ask me!!! And, reports are that the residents are FOR them. I've not heard much response from the fishermen...possibly because they do not know about them. Can anyone from the western end of the lake advise if they've heard more about the Lake Erie project?

Nice Browns!! Can't wait to get up there!!

The "Misty" name goes back to the early 70's when my dad owned a modified V-hull Thompson. It was named Misty. My grandfather purchased a 1975 Pacemaker 42' Sportfisherman and named it Misty III. Once I was old enough to own my own boat, I wanted to keep the family heritage going, so my first boat back in the mid-90's was named Misty IV. When I sold that boat and upgraded to my Islander in 2005, I toyed with naming it Misty V, however everyone knew me as Misty IV, so I transferred the name over to the Islander, despite many people saying it's bad luck. I never could find out what happened to Misty II, but my dad says it may have been the name of the inflatable raft on the Pacemaker.