What percentage of your boating is....

[Crazyboat]

What % of your boating is Fresh water Vs. Salt?

What has it been historically for you?

 

[FuzzyGrub]

100% Freshwater. None of my boats have seen saltwater or brackish water.

 

[gillhunter]

Same here. 100% Freshwater. None of my boats I have owned have ever seen saltwater or brackish water.

 

[Stand Up]

Fresh water only. The closest ocean to me is 2 days drive from here.

 

[airshot]

Fresh water only here !!

 

[overboard]

100% freshwater !

 

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

100% freshwater

 

[Crazyboat]

****, I may be the only SALT here. So far (I stand alone).

Really, the word Dam (with four letters) is blacked out?

 

[MrGiggles]

Solidly in the Midwest here. No salt within a day's drive. Still see a lot of salt life stickers though.

 

[flatheadsteve]

Are we counting brackish tidal rivers as salt? I hit the tidal potomac and the susquehanna flats/ turkey point area of the Chesapeake bay a couple times a year but it's maybe 10% at best of my trips.

 

[Bailey Boat]

I have freshwater boats and a saltwater boat, never shall the three inter mingle..... I will/have run the bay boat in fresh but not vice-versa.....

 

[LDUBS]

In recent years 100% freshwater lakes. Long time back I guess about 50% salt/brackish and 50% fresh. I guess I got tired of wind, tides, currents, & chop so I no longer go to SF Bay or the Delta. Probably should venture out on good days, especially when/if salmon season happens.

 

[David Atkins]

when I had a boat (in between boats right now) I fished about 50 / 50 between the two, I have to drive farther to get to 100% Salt Water but love fishing out of the Chesapeake Bay. Many of our rivers dump right into the Bay so we have brackish waters unless you are far-far away from the Bay; I have caught many a blue crab in the Chickahominy River almost up to Walkers Dam! Love fishing them both and my next boat will be set up the same way to fish both waters.

 

[thill]

Historically, I fished 100% salt in FL.
When I moved to MD, I quit fishing, as it looked dismal compared to FL.
Then, I bought a 5wt. fly rod and started fishing for trout, bass, panfish- 100% fresh water
Then, a workmate talked me into going fishing on the Ches. Bay, and I loved it. 50/50 salt then!

Then, I got hooked on saltwater fishing again - 100% saltwater!

Then, we moved 2 hours from the bay and 3-4 hours from the ocean. Still 100% salt, but it slowed way, way down. I would save up and do a big trip, and we caught tons of beautiful fish. But the years drug on, fuel got expensive, and so on. I sold my Grady, downsized boats, but still made the trek.

Then, I realized that there were stripers in Lake Anna, and I would go on occasion, although 10 mins from home. 75% salt, 25% fresh.

Eventually, I got tired of all the trailering, and decided I liked crappie fishing. 50/50 fresh/salt

Then covid hit, fuel prices went crazy, and striper regulations became super-strict. Why drive 6 hours round trip to keep ONE fish? I can keep 4 in the lake. 90% freshwater, 10% salt, but I didn't fish much

Recently, I have a revived a desire to catch big striper again, although they aren't so plentiful. So I've made a couple of trips to the Bay, and we got them. So this year, I'm probably at 80% fresh, 20% saltwater fishing.

You asked...

 

[thill]

Wait... You asked the percentage of BOATING, not fishing... sorry.

It's definitely 90% fresh, 10% salt. We take the pontoon out, we fish and we wakeboard and pull tubes behind all three of the boats in Lake Anna, 10 mins away. I only boat in SW when going fishing.

 

[Crazyboat]

Are we counting brackish tidal rivers as salt? I hit the tidal potomac and the susquehanna flats/ turkey point area of the Chesapeake bay a couple times a year but it's maybe 10% at best of my trips.

Yes, if it's got salt water sea life, it counts.

 

[Crazyboat]

Thanks, I enjoy reading others experiences when it comes to boating, fishing, whatever. It makes a good short story read for me, I get to live your life for a moment.

 

[flatheadsteve]

I use to fish and crab the Chesapeake bay a lot more before I moved to WV 8 years ago. Crab populations have really declined and dnr seems intent on regulating Rockfish to the point its not worth the hassle. This year I only have (1)3 day camping trip planned on the upper reaches of the bay and I doubt I target anything besides bait and giant blue cats while I'm there.

 

[TriBull]

I live in Florida’s Nature Coast, the gulf coast region just above Tampa Bay. It’s an area with an abundance of springs, rivers, lakes, inshore gulf bays & inlets and easy direct offshore access. In a season I probably spend 40% in fresh and 60% salt. Sometimes all day in one or the other, but my favorite boating days include both! I have the good fortune to some days choose to launch in salt and boat into fresh, and other days the opposite. My favorite days are to take a grandchild fishing in the gulf in the morning, and then when it gets really hot, travel up a spring fed river to swim and cool off in the afternoon!

 

[timm gage]

i'm in homosassa and this is a great place to fish!