So my little skiff is in the shop for some trailer repairs. My son had been asking when we were going to get on the water. On Friday afternoon I said the heck with it, loaded the family up, went to dinner and bought a canoe.
On Saturday afternoon, I took it to one of the many parks on the Hills river. He had a heck of a time helping me carry it to and from the truck, so I will need to build a cart for it. We slid it in and kept the gear simple. A couple zebco's, a coffee can of worms, a few cold drinks, and just some minimal tackle. I was really impressed how well this canoe paddled. It was easy to move, tracked well, had plenty of freeboard, and was very stable. I didn't fish much, just mainly paddled and let him fish. It was incredibly windy so if I stopped paddling we ended up in the cypress knees.
We went and paddled to a little cove I used to take his momma back when we were dating :tung
We got in there and the bass were schooling in the middle. It was also stacked full of big sow gators. I mean big ones. I caught a couple quick on a spinner bait, and the gators were quite interested in the thrashing bass. My son was freaking out, and I wasn't too keen on it either, being armed with a plastic paddle and a 380.
We have had some family health issues that has kept us close to home lately, so it was good to get out for a bit. We had plans to go Sunday but we both had a sunburn for the ages. Lol
Here's a few pics
You can't beat that! Getting exercise too!
yessir Nice day, i fish along some of those spots as well.
Good stuff! Keep that young feller on the water and in the woods, you'll never regret doing it.
Treefarmer
Good times with the young in and a quick way to hit the water. Showed it to my other half and she said just what we need so had to run up to Dick's
to get one so now I get to paddle her around. I did get the 10% off for ordering it online for store pick up.
