Nicolet Bay

Left our campsite around 9:30, and headed into town (Fish Creek) and then to the Town Dock boat launch. I had already pretty much set the boat up at the campsite with loading the kayaks and getting my lines ready, so just had to take off the tie down straps and put the bilge plug in. Launched the boat and then moved it over to the other side of the Town Dock pier. Rosanne stayed with it while I took the truck and trailer over to the parking lot. Fish Creek has a large public RV and trailer parking lot a few blocks away from the town dock. There is a $10 fee for the boat launch, but then the parking lot is free for up to 7 days. Longer than that requires an annual pass from the town, although they don’t seem to enforce that rule if you only go over a few days. I walked back to the boat, and then after inflating the kayaks, we just cruised over to the other side of the mooring field to make lunch and access the internet. (Good access from the City of Fish Creek right there. There was no internet access and very little cell service with Verizon at Tennison Bay campground. Pretty weak signal here in Nicolet Bay as well.) Then we pulled anchor and came around Eagle Bluff to Nicolet Bay. On the way over passed a small tug boat pushing two barges with a couple of large backhoes on them. Also saw a few Pelicans. And enjoyed the view of Eagle Bluff Lighthouse! Then enjoyed the rest of the afternoon “on the hook”, and kayaked around the bay some. (With the kayaks inflated, I either tow them behind the boat, or have a rack I made that stores them on the boat’s roof.) This is a pretty busy bay with the Peninsula State Park Nicolet Bay beach and campground, and with all the kayakers and water enthusiasts. Many of the kayakers will kayak across the channel to Horseshoe Island and back, a distance of less than a mile. We’ll stay anchored here tonight along the south shore, as winds are suppose to be out of the south.Read more