Trad bow and canoes/kayaks...post your pics!

monterey · March 17, 2016, 04:21:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by J-dog:

Scouting trip

What is that snakey looking thing lashed to the side?

stonewall · March 17, 2016, 04:22:00 PM

Great thread. I hunt, fish, trap, camp, just about anything you want to do can be done out of a canoe.

John3 · March 17, 2016, 10:02:00 PM

Headed up the Bourbeuse River with a Hoyt Pro Medalist to bowfish.

My 47# 12' Old Town Stillwater

fujimo · March 18, 2016, 12:13:00 AM

Monteray- did you bust your oarlocks? what trip was that on? looks like Ak!

m midd · March 18, 2016, 01:45:00 AM

Great pics fellas.

Basinboy · March 18, 2016, 12:57:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by monterey:
Cool pirogue. You probably need a boat to hunt in Louisiana.

Yes Sir! I have two boats and a pirogue. Heck even the deer and hogs need a boat lol

monterey · March 18, 2016, 01:15:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by fujimo:
Monteray- did you bust your oarlocks? what trip was that on? looks like Ak!

Yes, that was a two week moose Hunt in AK.

The oar locks were, as we said in my military days, a "field expedient". The raft was a new one bought locally prior to the trip. Part of the deal was that the seller would ship it to our outfitter.

When we met the outfitter it turned into a speed drill to pull our gear (previously shipped by us) and the raft out of storage and loaded into super cubs because of weather closing in. The raft had been poorly packed and apparently the locks slid out a break in the packing. We didn't realize it until we were sitting on the island sand bar where we were dropped.

So, the oar locks were fashioned from some stout alder which grows everywhere along the rivers.

J-dog · March 18, 2016, 03:16:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by monterey:

QuoteOriginally posted by J-dog:

Scouting trip
What is that snakey looking thing lashed to the side? [/b]

That's a "neutral" bent paddle. Saves your shoulders if you are paddlin long distance! Promise. On a fishin day I can cover a lot of miles.

J-dog · March 18, 2016, 03:17:00 PM

Basin boy, that is a cool pics

fujimo · March 18, 2016, 04:05:00 PM

saves your shoulders but especially your wrists. ergonomics- in fact they work better if they have about a 5 degree feather in them, as that is the natural rotation the shaft undergoes if yo are using a proper torso twist whilst paddling. but they are certainly the greatest new advent to paddling!!!

cool story monteray- did you get a moose. i am doing a 2 week moose/ canoe paddle trip this fall in northern bc!

monterey · March 18, 2016, 06:45:00 PM

No, we did not get any game except spruce hens.

We had some great fishing though. You would think after two weeks one would be ready to get back to civilization, but I'd a been happy to spend another two weeks on the river.

Where in BC?

Goshawkin · March 18, 2016, 07:32:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by joe vt:
I picked this up a couple of months ago. I am looking forward to trying it out. It's a 10.5' Wee Lassie Solo

WOW!!! That's a beauty.

GregD · March 19, 2016, 06:33:00 PM

J Dog, Are those pictures of the same boat?

J-dog · March 19, 2016, 09:10:00 PM

Yeah Greg same boat, I just outfitted it out with some gear.

Killdeer · March 20, 2016, 01:30:00 PM

Looking to get a sit-on-top kayak for some bowfishing this summer. Anyone tried this?

They make sit-on-tops that you can stand up in. I was looking real hard at a Jackson Kilroy, but didn't want that much weight for what I intended.

I like fishing from a canoe, and double-ended paddles so I got an Old Town NEXT.

Killdeer

March 20, 2016, 01:42:00 PM

We used lashing bars to link two canoes and stabilizers for standing to fly fish up north and to shoot carp down here. http://store.springcreek.com/Stabilizer-Floats-for-Canoes-and-Kayaks/Canoe-Stabilizer-Floats/Spring-Creek-Stabilizer-Floats-Ethafoam-EF-Complete-Package-for-Canoe-p1588.html

yononindo · March 20, 2016, 02:04:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Killdeer:
[QB] Looking to get a sit-on-top kayak for some bowfishing this summer. Anyone tried this?

Yes, I´ve tried it :D

some pics and video links below

here´s two bow fishing vids done from the kayak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g07TLllL8Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdO1Y30xoVs

J-dog · March 21, 2016, 05:02:00 PM

Yononindo, I remember your bow fishing video you posted a while back. very cool!

I havent bow fished in a while - might have to try and get some stingrays and flounder this yr.

J

Hatrick · March 21, 2016, 06:12:00 PM

Killy, I'm looking to purchase an Old Town NEXT. how do you like yours and did you get the double ended paddle? The NEXT was high on my list because (according to what I read) it has the qualities of a kayak with the open space of a canoe. This would be my first canoe and I'm really looking forward to getting on the water this summer. If you're coming to the BBTC this year I'd like to run you down and chew your ear (not literally of course :D ) on the NEXT.

Adam Keiper · March 21, 2016, 08:24:00 PM

Goose hunt, several years ago.

Bowhunt in a traditional South Greenland skinboat, this October.

Crossing the channel in an East Greenland Qajaq to find some ponies.

Found some ponies.