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    How to recruit new canoe paddlers?

    There's always warm, sunny, uncrowded white sand beaches you could offer for next winter. After she commits let her know you'll be going to Cape Sable in the Everglades. Don't mention the mosquitos, noseeums, raccoons or American crocodiles. We've had our hardships down there, but my wife kept...
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    The Perch are Biting

    I'll have to try that, I ended up having the rest of the soup with noodles and kidney beans and some grated cheese, it was great. From those seven fish I got a lot of food. Fillets for three meals and two quarts of broth, not counting the noodles and beans. It's a great way to make the most of...
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    Scotland

    It seems like a lot of canoe people have been going to Scotland lately. Hap Wilson was just there also, according to fb.
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    Twilight Paddling

    There are no powerboats on my lake, but I always have two headlamps with me that I could use when on other lakes. Do you need different color lights for bow and stern? I also just started bringing a 10,000 lumen flashlight so I can get a better look at something if I want to. It works great. I...
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    Valuable things you've lost on canoe trips

    That's a bummer Glenn. I believe you also lost a camera up in Ak. I lost a camera on a river trip in Ak one time. I set the camera up for a self timer shot and never picked it up afterwards.
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    Twilight Paddling

    Dusk is a great time to paddle, and if you plan to do it, it really increases your paddling opportunities. It got perfectly calm as the sun went down last night. It was nice to see the resident pair of eagles relaxing together. It was the first time I'd seen them together like this. I...
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    Photo of the day

    Out solo in my old friend, the 20' EM White, last night. Felt so good I was out for almost five and a half hours.
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    The Perch are Biting

    I think trout have an extra fishy smell, probably from still having the skin on them and you need to fry them longer, and sometimes the smell does hang around for a while. The cold handled frying pan worked great. It heated up quick and this one has a pouring spout that made pouring the oil...
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    The Perch are Biting

    The big difference between bluegills and perch that I noticed is that the perch are harder to scale. As far as the bones in that fish stock I pour it through a strainer. Perch are very good eating, after all, they are a smalll cousin of the walleye. I've always liked making different kinds of...
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    Sleeping in tent vs. car vs. pickup bed in 10° F

    My wife and I slept under the cap of my pickup on our way to Mad River Glen, Vt. When we got up I was able to start the truck through the sliding window and we waited for the cab to warm up before getting out. The radio station in Rutland said it was minus 16. That I believe was my wife's last...
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    Northstar Canoe for Sale ?

    I wonder what will happen to Bell's exclusive right to build the Seliga Tripper.
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    The Perch are Biting

    The broth turned out pretty good. I added some noodles, wild mushrooms and topped it off with some grated parmesan cheese.
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    The Perch are Biting

    I just got them filleted and got almost 1lb 6oz of meat. I'm also making about a quart and a half of fish broth. This is the first time I've filleted panfish and made broth in over 35 years. Lately I've only been keeping a couple fish and frying them whole. I am looking forward to eating them...
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    The Perch are Biting

    Although I've been doing a lot of paddling lately, I haven't been fishing much. Recently I have been seeing schools of perch swimming by, so I decided to catch a few to eat yesterday. It went pretty well despite the windy conditions, and the yellow Mr. Twisters on an 1/8 oz jig were the ticket.
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    Perfect Trim?

    I almost thought that was me, after I figured it out.
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