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I may have sent a second, smaller donation, as an apology for completely ignoring these instructions in your original post… 😅

Awesome! I'd be curious to hear how that paddles loaded with the family.

Great trip report Gamma, I’m enjoying your writing style. What’s turned you off on pike fishing? They are some of my favorite fish to catch. I know they can be a pain when losing lures targeting other fish without a stout leader, but they are worth targeting themselves due to their aggressive...

If I’m out alone, I almost always have a rod and reel with me. If the wife is with me, I’d say it’s 50/50. If my wife and young girls are with me, it’s never. It’s enough work to keep the canoe from going over with a 3 yr old and twin 2 yr olds in the boat.

Some family chaos on Canadice Lake back in August. We brought the Curtis Northstar up to paddle at Hemlock’s demo night.

I was in the shop a few weeks ago while they were laying up a boat, and watched the process start to finish. The two people working directly over the boat were wearing a respirator, and Dave, who was placing the fabric, was not. Dave had the garage door open with a fan blowing across the work...

See below for a trip I went on last month from the Lower French River down to the Georgian Bay. It's a hybrid canoe camping/outpost fishing trip, though I only filmed the time spent with the canoe. I reviewed campsites along the way and tried to capture the essence of the area. It is a bit heavy...

Here's the link to my trip video from the French River and Georgian Bay. I will post in the video section as well. It's a bit heavy on fishing, I noticed when my wife fell asleep during that part when we watched it together. Haha

All, I had an opportunity pop up a few weeks ago that allowed me to get the Curtis Northstar out on the Lower French River and Georgian Bay. I'd say I did somewhere between 40-50 miles of paddling and had some great fishing. I filmed the trip and am currently editing the footage. I will share...

MichaelMerry, thanks for sharing your trip! Do you think this trip could be completed during the summer? I looked at the Cooksburg gauge and its been around 2.5' to 2.7' this past week. Is there any significant whitewater along this section of river that a novice paddler should be concerned...

We picked it up this past Wednesday on our way up to Saranac Lake for a short vacation. My wife and I have been out on Lower Saranac Lake getting familiar with the canoe. This trip was planned before we decided to purchase it, so we have our boat with us as well. The canoe has been a nice bonus...

To quote myself, I was talking about you here. You should be happy I thought you were late 30’s. And sounds great! I’ll post some pictures when I get the canoe and take it out. Maybe we can plan a day trip somewhere.

Thanks for the info Glenn. I like the idea of a central seat with removable yoke. Would another solo option be paddling from the bow if the canoe was loaded for a trip? Do you think it would be best to get the canoe and spend some time in it before deciding on the central seat, or should I...

So I took everyone’s advice and made it out to the WPA Solo Canoe Rendezvous. I convinced the wife, threw our 3 girls (3 yr old, and 18 month old twins) in the car and drove up to Coopers Lake Campground. We received a warm welcome from everyone we encountered. I’m terrible with names, but I...

Thanks everyone for the advice on the SW PA Solo Canoe Rendezvous. I had seen a post for it, but worried it was more for experienced paddlers and solo canoes only after browsing their website. I will try to get up there tomorrow.

Mr. Poling, I felt that same level of sadness when performing a similar search. Thanks for the advice.

All, New to the forum, and fairly new to paddling. I've spent some time in fishing kayaks and cheap canoes. I've been whitewater rafting several times, but have never seriously paddled a canoe. I'm in the deep research phase trying to figure out what type of paddling I want to do. This is...