First Pic of the season - summer is coming

Woke up early this morning and was very excited to pick this up! My first Canoe an Esquif Adirondack. My friend picked one up last month and a good deal on a used one popped up that I just couldn't pass up. I've been dreaming of getting a canoe for a couple of years now and made it my new years resolution to get one this year and do some canoe camps. Despite the exhaustion from the 5 1/2 hour round trip to get it I was so excited to get it on the water right away. A nice creek that leads to this little waterfall is about 15 minutes from the house so I met up with my buddy who already had hit the water and we paddled out. Man I'm already hooked and we're already planning the next adventure! I'm not sure if I've been this excited about a hobby in years, but I'm already looking to get my wife a SUP to come out with me to stuff like this

Scored a Bending Branches Traveler brand new for $40 and was itching to try it out. This is my first nice paddle and it was an obvious and amazing difference than your standard plastic/aluminum combo. Couldn’t be happier with it!

More importantly, this was my daughter’s first time out on the Old Town Discovery 158. Reservoir nearby worked out great for our first paddle. Saw some mallards, pelicans, hawks, and a whole lotta fish.

A quiet Dawn on the creek, Door County Wi.

I have a Tenkara that I love. But it’s a wee bit hard to manage in a canoe on tight rivers with frequent hairy rapids. Hairy not by class, but just tight with a lot of brush and trees. Broke the tip of my Tenkara as I had it just laid down on the top of my gear as a rapid snuck up on me. Had a replacement tip with me thankfully.

Noob to fishing, will likely do catch and release. Mostly small mouth and then bluegill and pickerel.

Bonus points for a recommended rod holder.

Hey y’all, I’ve been canoeing in my Rivers and Gilman 13ft canoe for the past 3 years and have been considering upgrading. I found this one for sale for 100 bucks but the bottom is deformed from improper storage. I’ve read you can use sand bags and hot water to fix it, but I’d rather a second opinion. Thanks in advance!

Goodday folks Looking at tripping the noire river just north of Waltham quebec. I see on Google maps there are a bunch of marked campsites. If any on has any information about the put in? Also about the rapids?

Just picked up this 1983 16 foot Dolphin, let the restoration, modifications begin. Not sure what model it is, Papoose maybe?

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I have terrible back and knees. However my ambition is to continue canoe camping. To compensate for my body I'm thinking to buy high end canoes that are around 4000$.

I wonder if extra few pounds off are significant when it comes to portaging fatigue. Any experience with ultra light canoes??

I'm doing the Kenduskeag Stream race with a buddy in 2 weeks. I'm a deeply experienced wilderness canoe traveler, nearly 3k miles in my day, but have never raced before, let alone done this race (https://www.kenduskeagstreamcanoerace.com/).

We're in the beginner 2 person canoe under 17 foot class, paddling a 16' 6" Old Town Prospector. Last year the winner for our class completed the race in 3:24 - kind of seems doable. It's 16 miles, first 10 flat, then 6 miles whitewater with some II and IIIs, 2 liftovers, as well.

Any tips or insights? Bringing 2 bailers, a sponge, and maybe a inflated 60L dry bag or 2 as float bags. Spare paddle but seems unnecessary? We're wearing wet suits and neoprene gloves - feel like for the flat water should take wet suit partly off and have a jacket or something? Air will be like 45-50 and water like be like 40.

What else am I missing? What should we not do? Float bags a good idea or just stupid?

Just a few more coats to protect the wood and she s read again. The Tripper I restored las year survived the winter just fine! That Teak wood stained with a dark oil looks amazing! What should I call her, it needs a name

So I've watched a couple YouTube videos of guys who do backcountry paddling trips. I myself have paddled a canoe many times. Am I doing it wrong?

The question is when I go to do my j stroke my lower hand has always been above the gunnel. I use also run the paddle against it and pry off. The videos I'm watching look like their lower hand is below the gunnel. When I started out I sometimes would get my hand pinched.

So is my paddle potentially to short if that's the way(lower hand below the gunnel) to perform a proper j stroke?

I’m a relatively fit kayak and SUP paddler.

Just yesterday I picked up a canoe, a 14’ bear creek packer II (traded a banjo for it to win the bumpkin trade of the year).

I have plans with two buds to kayak some flat water this weekend. Thinking about bringing the canoe instead and I’m curious if I’ll be out paced and/or be an annoyance, as I have little canoe experience and zero solo-in-a-tandem experience.

Both guys are my age, but are less fit and have less paddling experience in general.

Thanks in advance,

Should I replace all these screws with pop rivets. Who ever owned this before used pan head screws and they are pretty rusted out. I am just not to sure about the joints.

I’ve been exploring the Kansas and Missouri Rivers the past 4 summers in an ocean kayak malibu 2, but always felt restricted on how long I could stay out due to needing to haul all my water. Found this gem on fb and can’t wait to do longer trips. Any secrets about these boats I should know about?

I’m looking at a Dolphin Sun Scout 12’ canoe and am wondering about a transom mounted troll-motor. Who makes a reliable and hopefully lightweight battery for this type of job? Thanks.

Looking to get my first canoe and trying to figure out what size I should be looking at. It will be used for camping trips (2 or 3 nights) and day tripping either with the wife and 2 small kids or just myself and 1 or 2 of the kids. I guess 17' would be ideal for the family camping trips but 16' would be better for the day trips with only 1 adult?

Hello, I am going to be moving to maine for the summer to work at acadia national park and i was wondering what your recommendations were for canoe trips around maine, within 2 hours of acadia is preferable but i am fine with driving a bit.

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The owners sent me these photos of a 18' kevlar Wenonah Sundowner. Looks like there is a bulge on the bottom (photo of inside and outside where the bulge is) and cracks on the two supports shown. They are asking $1,200. Is that damage a big deal/something I should be worried about? Im new to all this.

I wanted to share some photos from our groups canoe trip last summer. We canoed 200km in 8-days on the Mattagami into Moose River. Our journey started at Kipling Generating Station, about an hour north of Kapuskasing, and ended on the shores of Moose Factory!

If you're interested in the route, or to see the video series I made about this trip, please feel free to DM me! It was quite the experience and now all I want to do is be out there again canoeing!

Hi all! The US women's kayak (canoe) polo team is raising money for our upcoming international season. we'd appreciate any support you could give us for promoting women athletes and helping us continue to grow and improve. Taking donations here!: https://gofund.me/67cfaeff