Recent content by Jmharrick

New to us yellow Curtis Ladybug. Thank you @tketcham for selling her. She’s found a good home.

Entry to Bog Pond when coming from Upper St. Regis Lake, St Regis Canoe Area. 8/17/25 Great area for finding frogs…

I stopped at a bend in the Saranac River to take this picture. I can carry to the put in on this section from my house. Canoe is my wife’s Curtis Ladybug.

I put up a rack in my garage with 2x4s and construction screws and it’s currently holding 3 canoes and around 180 lbs without issue. I built it so I could put a 4th canoe on small stands underneath it at ground level. It was cheap and easy and feels quite sturdy. I might have $100 in it.

We will make it happen!

I paddled a beat up aluminum canoe once a year at church camp 3 years in a row when I was a kid and didn’t touch one again until I decided to purchase a canoe and bought an old Curtis Northstar at the solo canoe rendezvous a few years ago, now in my 30’s. I wanted to start an activity that I...

I picked up my new Souris River canoe in Ontario a couple months ago, and they didn’t question it when I crossed back into the US.

Raquette River near Tupper Lake, NY between Axton Landing and the Crusher. 6/29/25

You’re likely to encounter raccoons and possums in camp in this area, but not bears.

I’m very interested in this thread, as my move next month to upstate NY brings this park much closer!

I agree. When you lose 2 inches on a fast action tip, it’s no longer a fast action, but bringing the repair kit keeps you in the game vs hauling garbage the rest of the trip.

I usually bring a 7’ medium weight fast action rod with a 2500 series reel. I use 20 pound braid, but always tie on a 10 pound fluorocarbon leader if fishing for bass or walleye. The leader serves two purposes, it’s less visible than the braid and breaks more easily if snagged. With pike I use a...

This past Friday we found some babysitting, and my wife and I drove from Pittsburgh up to Vaughan, Ontario to meet Keith Robinson with Souris River Canoes and pick up our Quetico 18.5. Vaughan was the closet stop to us on Souris River’s spring delivery route. We ordered this canoe in the fall...

I have seen strip canoes there the last couple years, and they usually get a lot of attention.