Channel Parking

[Havasteve]

That sounds like fun. How far up or down river do you go?
I usually am giving someone a ride so I go down the lake, around the dam not over, the length of the strip, down through Bill Williams river where the canyons are spectacular, back up the lake, sand bar and over Topoc on up to the Laughlin area for a landing for grub at the Riverside.
Some time I just cruise around, there is so much to see. I wish I had floats on it.
Steve

[ThongMagnet]

I think we all need to find another lake to have fun.
Laughlin's Lake Mohave's Cottonwood Cove
Phoenix's Lake Pleasant
Las Vegas's Lake Mead
Page's Lake Powell
The problem's seen at Lake Havasu have to deal with Public access and public intoxication on big weekends.
4% are violent when they drink.
30% are rude to other's when they drink.
20% Drink way to much.
30% Drink moderately.
15% have no business being at the lake and drinking (underage)
1% do not drink
100% are trying to enjoy the lake, but can't.
I enjoy having 5-6 beers at the lake, but I can't enjoy them on the big weekends at Lake Havasu anymore (Memorial weekend 1988-2000). I'm glad they closed the Sandbar and Copper Canyon on the big weekends and I hope the City of Lake Havasu closes the channel to boats as well on the big weekends. It makes my decision to not go to Havasu a lot easier, and go elsewhere.
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[moneypit]

I wonder if you will still see any pasties or hear any of that music that the dickhead was talking about.
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[dimarcobros]

Is this just for Memorial Weekend or for the whole summer?
DMB

[mattydoogen]

the problem is so many people are trying to have so much fun. everyone has found out about what used to be our little secret. it started with closing copper canyon, then the sandbar. then the federal parks regulations at mead and powell, then the no water issues at mead and powell. plus powell is in the middle of nowhere. if you think our restrictions are heavy go to a federal park like powell or mead. lake pleasant is okay i guess, if you want to go boating in a bathtub with the rest of phoenix. it would be cheeper on gas! maybe we need to start our own place to go on havasu. maybe we can pressure BLM to making a nice beach area where we can pull our boats up like in the channel? maybe we can just go a little farther south of thompson bay where the PD (city) has no jurisdiction. copper canyon was restricted by SBSO, sandbar was closed by MCSO, city is looking at regulating the channel... so lets go to a different place. Steamboat has same problem at copper canyon unfortunately. Gridlock. where can we go? can we find a better place. again I'm new to the forum but not new to havasu or boating...

[Mandelon]

Blame it on MTV and internet. Everybody sees the pics of the Girls Gone Wild....who doesn't like hot chicks! ??

[HM]

Blame it on MTV and internet. Everybody sees the pics of the Girls Gone Wild....who doesn't like hot chicks! ??
Uncle Tony

[mattydoogen]

yeah but the girls aren't the problem! we like them! lol

[Havasteve]

When flying over I cant see the pasties (Moneypit) but I can in fact smell the two stroke stink when the air is calm.
The actions taken in the channel are in no way temporary (dimarcobros) like the sandbar and copper for the holidays, it is this way every weekend, it's done and the city will never admit that they made a mistake.
FYI, The forcast for this weekend is very hot with no wind, a perfect recipe for CO closures. Nothing worse to me than seeing a smoking Seadoo cruising through the channel.

[dimarcobros]

When flying over I cant see the pasties (Moneypit) but I can in fact smell the two stroke stink when the air is calm.
The actions taken in the channel are in no way temporary (dimarcobros) like the sandbar and copper for the holidays, it is this way every weekend, it's done and the city will never admit that they made a mistake.
FYI, The forcast for this weekend is very hot with no wind, a perfect recipe for CO closures. Nothing worse to me than seeing a smoking Seadoo cruising through the channel.
So let me ask you this, the beach at the Isle's is in no way affected by this right? I don't see how it could be but just making sure. Thanks for the info.
DMB