New guy over here!

[Fort Wisers]

WOW, bass at sunnyside....boy have things changed.....

[Greg]

My favorite video from our trip - Eric took this on his phone, great quality - shows the line to take when going through the chute and ditch (this is returning from Turtle island area going back to Alwaki).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrNQbZimFmc&feature=youtu.be


This was done in my boat this weekend, going about 45km/hr - great video to learn the line (wish I had this 10 years ago when I started going through the chute)

Caution - loud wind noise most of the time and maybe a bad word spoken - its OK (recommended) to turn off your speakers 

[Fort Wisers]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing Greg

[600 miles north]

     Fun to watch... glad I wasn't in the boat! LOL You had to be scrapping a few places there! 

[limacharley]

in your video, as you come out of the second narrows, one is looking at the backside of the island that sits Alwaki Lodge ....correct?

[Greg]

No, not really,  when you come out of the 2nd narrows, you are in a bay where you need to slightly turn right, speed out of the bay for about 3 or 4 minutes. 

Once you exit the bay into the main channel (basically between Sunnyside/sandbanks to your right about 5 minutes and the entrance to hunter lake will be about 5 minutes to your left), then Thompson island (Alwaki), will be on your right at approximately a 45 degree angle - it will take another 3 or 4 minutes from the opening of the bay to Thompson island (doing about 45 or 50km/hr in my boat).

That make sense?

[johnny walleye]

moving along in that boat.

[penner]

Going through the chute like that you must have had your "chute " squeezed a wee bit !!

[smitty55]

That was a fun video Greg. Tks. I watched it 3 times in a row lol. I've only ever been up the chute twice, even though I mostly stayed at Alwaki.  One thing I do remember is that for bigger boats you better be on plane when you go through. I recall one afternoon a 20 ft inboard being towed back from there and they stopped in at Alwaki on the way back. Lower unit was totally wrecked. He went through too slow.
That was a long time back so no doubt things may have changed. Was the water high? For some reason I seem to remember that wooden wall on the east side being higher up. Plus I thought there was a big boulder right at the top of the chute but you zipped right through. Btw the holy fk comment and laugh going down through was perfect.

Cheers

[Greg]

You definitely have to be going fast and up on plane and trim your motor up as far as you can - just to keep the prop as high as you can... the water was not high - maybe a few inches higher than usual, but nothing substantial.  In 10 years going to Kipawa, there was only one year where the water was so low that the rocks were above water level and the chute was "closed".   In the video, as you are approaching the chute (2nd narrow part) - you can see the water surface changing, and the current is running, and the water level actually appears to drop a couple of inches - I think it has to be at least 12 inches deep there. 

I was warned my first year by my friend who introduced me to Kipawa to not get scared and DO NOT back off the throttle - it will make the back of your boat drop and you will take off the bottom end of your engine - as you witnessed years ago.  Every year, my first time through makes my hart skip a couple beats, but I get more and more comfortable - by day three... it's almost full throttle...

...toooo much fun...

[Jay Thomas]

Great video Greg. Thanks. It was fun watching it more than once.

Jay

[Canuckbass]

Older post but add my input.
90% of my fishing is around Corbeau, I have yet to see a bass.
I love bass, can't wait till we can catch them off the docks.

[puckster_guy]

 Solid! I wish I could do that. I gotta try that. So much lake...so little time. Retirement in 30 months and counting.....