Gunkholing where is your favorite

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bubba
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Gunkholing where is your favorite

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For those of you that don't know that gunkholing is :a quite anchorage where the anchor sinks into soft mud or gunk.
I think I find a new one almost every time we are out for the night but I am a newbe at finding spots on lake Wallula on the Columbia river. Last weekend I gunkholed about 4 blocks from where I live in front of 5 mil $ homes and the next night in Burbank hooked to a bouy behind a cresent shaped island, where bird watching was great with pelecans, ducks, geese, eagles ect. I am finding these spots quite now the water is 49 deg and jet skies are not out yet, just fishermen. Last week it was at Hat Rock park by a waterfall, great sleeping.

On with the adventure. :D 8)
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Where

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I think her name was Louise; but I have no idea where she is now :evil: :D

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Post by cuisto »

Check this out...gunkholers heaven...cleanest water you ever saw..you can drink from the lake but i boil first...no tides and great holding most everywhere.

Map Link

sorry obout the long link but it wond go into the other format for some reason,
Mods any suggestions???
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Post by John Christian »

cuisto, I prefer the US version........
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Post by bubba »

Great map idea Map Link
Last edited by bubba on Wed May 07, 2008 10:57 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Both Great

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Cuisto & John - - - both spots look GREAT :!: :)

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Re: Where

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pokerrick1 wrote:I think her name was Louise; but I have no idea where she is now :evil: :D

Rick :) :macm:
about 5'6" brown hair and eyes amply endowed? Your not sending her a check I presume? or else she is collecting from both of us. :(
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Tangent

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Now don't go off on a tangent again.

Her contract expired in the 90's, I think :?:

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He must have been talking about his wife.
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Post by John Christian »

Rick,, you may have been to my favorite "pre - admiral" spot!! Probably some of our Ausie friends have done some "gunkholing" around here...

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EX

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bubba wrote:He must have been talking about his wife.
Possible - - - but it would have been an EX-wife :!: :!:

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Manila

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John - - - I was born there (accidently at Clark AF Base) - - - spent a week there then because of "premie" birth, and haven't been back since, but wife #3 was a gorgeous girl from Manila named - - - ah - - - I can't remember her name. Anyway, I liked her for awhile.

Bubba - - - now that you edited your post and your link to a different one, I think yours is a GREAT spot too.

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48deg12'55.78'N 53deg29'37.31'W Irelands Eye, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland :macx:
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Cold

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Snow Goose wrote:48deg12'55.78'N 53deg29'37.31'W Irelands Eye, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland :macx:
Waaaaaaayyy toooooooo cooooooolllllllldddddddddddd except a couple months per year :(

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Post by Boblee »

Got to agree with Rick on the cold in Newfoundland our daughter spent 6 months at Placentia and at -40 it is not where I want to be, despite constant invitations to visit from lovely people.
John I couldn't get your link to show me anything but some houses, but then thats probably because I am computor challenged.
We have some amazing places for Gunkholing here but the best (for me) has been our Murray River due to the character and constant changes.
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