On Jan 14, 10:50*am, bpuharic wrote:
i'm at long beach island in beach haven, nj....morrison's marina.
nice, multgenerational place where people have been boating for 75
years.

has a nice webcam, too

http://live.morrisonslbi.com/index.html

Mostly Lake Carlyle at Carlyle IL. It's Illinois largest man-made
lake"Man-made, because the Army Corps of Engineers dammed up the
Kaskaskia River back in the early 50's and make it quite a fishing,
boating area. Lot's of sailboats, too. Plenty of room and on the
busiest holidays it's not crowded. It's very wweell kept and has a
$3.00 launch fee. It's 60 miles from my house to the East Access
Launch site:

http://www.carlylelake.com/Maps/lakemap2.htm

If wanting to take a short run, there's Omega Lake at Stephen Forbes
state park.

http://www.bikingillinois.com/photos/SAForbesLake.jpg

It's a nice picnic lake which can be great for skiing, tubing and
fishing. But gets crowded on holiday weekends. but through the week,
it seems you can have the whole place for yourself. No launch fees and
a really nice launch facility.

Another thing about the lake is stay away from the shoreline, even if
it seems deep, it's a good way to catch a stump and ruin an outdrive.

But it IS a fun little place.