idea...

Grasso · Posted: Nov 19, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject:

haha you guys will enjoy this .. "fishing gear" .. who knows it may just work ... enjoy

http://boatlessfishing.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=11294

righteous · Backside 180 Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 679 City: orlando

kyle41 · Posted: Nov 19, 2008 10:06 pm Post subject:

There used to be a program that you could download called the national inventory of dams. I can still get on the main page of the website but it wont let me into the actual program which was a complete database of every single dam in the U.S. It would let you zoom in and out and would give you some stats on the dam, such as height. It was the greatest dam location device I had ever seen.

I think access to it is no longer allowed as the U.S. has strengthened there national security requirements. Google it though and tell me what you guys come up with.

kyle41 · Posted: Nov 19, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject:

http://crunch.tec.army.mil/nidpublic/webpages/nid.cfm

thats the website but there is no way to open it past the homepage.

caprice150 · Backside 180 Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 593

this thread indeed delivers. my winch should be here soon i can't wait to start searching

OTT Productions · Posted: Nov 20, 2008 10:06 am Post subject:

Brett Leadley, love u!!!!

KirbyJosh · Posted: Nov 20, 2008 12:57 pm Post subject:

kyle41, i sent out an email for the website, asking them for locations and what not..

also i posted on boatless fishing so far, and its just a bunch of goobers welcoming me 2 the forum and not telling me where spots r .. =( .. so well c

Grasso · Posted: Nov 20, 2008 12:59 pm Post subject:

kyle41, my bad that was me and not him.. he keeps leaving his shizzle signed on ...

Jesse · Posted: Nov 20, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject:

It should also be said that alot of what we as wakeskaters would be looking for to session is built by landscape contractors.

dscsk8er55 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 1030 City: Orlando

Here seems to be another place for the Inventory but it needs a password to install the software.

http://www.safedams.org/

Grasso · Posted: Nov 20, 2008 2:35 pm Post subject:

i emailed the website KYLE41 put up.. and this is what i got back .. i dont have time to look at all this now.. but 2 night ill check it.. if anyone wants to get a head start lemme know what you find..

Dear Mr. Grasso:

This information is available from the Florida DEP:

Mr. Owete S. Owete, Ph.D., P.E.

Program Administrator

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Bureau of Mine Reclamation

2600 Blair Stone Road

MS 3500

Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400

owete.owete@dep.state.fl.us

Web:

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/mines/damsafe.htm

If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Sincerely,

Sarah McCubbin-Cain

Association of State Dam Safety Officials

450 Old Vine Street

Lexington, KY 40507-1544

Tel: 859/257-5140; 859/257-2102 (direct)

smc@damsafety.org

www.damsafety.org

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

i wonder if i can find any info from my friends mom
she works for TVA

wich is the company responcible for flood controll in the southeast
they would know where all the weirdams were

im gonna follow up on that

nick · Posted: Nov 20, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject:

JACKPOT!

Grasso · Posted: Nov 20, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject:

does it work ?

Cyclone268 · Posted: Nov 20, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject:

nick, we has tried but we cant seem to get any further than that page...someone needs to h4x t3h 5yst3m

kyle41 · Posted: Nov 20, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject:

nick, ive known about this site for years, I always assumed others did too. I wish I would have taken more advantage of it and showed others when it was available Sad

sorry........

It showed ever dam but also was still very hard for locating via roads. There was an option that would display roads on the maps but it only showed major roads and interstates. However I do believe it gave gps coordinates. I remember looking at texas and it was absollutely covered in spots.

nick · Posted: Nov 20, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject:

I like it better that it's not just handed to us... spots would get spoiled too fast.

I'm not saying that wakeskaters shouldn't know their local winch spot, but having all of them handed to us is a bit too easy...

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Sandiego has no gaps Sad

Ive found one drop but havnt check it out yet. Does anyone else winch in SD?

TannerC · Backside 180 Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 1694 City: Nanaimo

why is this stuff so much harder to find in Canada.

if anyone is bored

Vancouver Island BC Canada.
Cool