Alrighty, tentative dates for this bad boy is June 5-6 (first weekend in June) on the Madison chain.
Launch:
We will stage at 5am and launch at 5:30 (If this is to early for those traveling please let me know and we can move it back an hour?)
We will launch out of Olbrich Park (best launch closest to the east side/I-90 of Madison instead of having everyone drive downtown. It is also very close to the Tenne locks if we do lock into Mendota).
Address:
Olbrich Park
3527 Atwood Ave
Madison WI
Directions:
From I-90 S or I-90 N
To US-12 W/US-18 W/W BELTLINE HWY
To US-51 N/STOUGHTON RD via EXIT 266.
Take the CR-BB ramp toward COTTAGE GROVE RD.
Turn RIGHT onto CR-BB W/COTTAGE GROVE RD
Right onto ATWOOD AVE/MONONA DR.
End:3527 ATWOOD AVE is on the LEFT.
(Total of about 6 miles once you hit the Beltline)
Lunch:
We can either bring lunches, or lock into Mendota and eat at the Union Bay.
Misc Info
Lock Fee: $5 /day
Olbrich Launch Fee: $8/day
Expect water temps in the mid 60's
We will start on Monona, if things are slow we can always take the Yahara river into Tenne park and lock into Mendota, or go south into Waubesa/Lower Mud Lake.
I wouldn't recommend going any further south than lower mud as there are still a lot of boulders in the river going into Kegonsa and no channel markers... Unless you have those boulders marked on a GPS it could end up being a bad day.
All this said I doubt we would need to go anywhere but Monona/Mendota unless someone has a real want to go into one of the southern bodies.
Let me know how this will work for everyone
If you plan on attending please PM me some info and I will start a list here.
Please provide me with info if you will be bringing a boat or would like to attend as a non boater. (I will figure out non boater fees depending on who matches up with who and how far everyone is commuting.)
Boaters:
Co-Anglers:
