Hunting with Mike

I love to fish, but I have never owned a boat, except for my 14 foot Sportspal canoe! I have had this great little vessel for almost 25 years, that is up until this last winter. I had been keeping it at my brother-in-laws cabin in Wellston, and this past winter a limb broke off a oak tree and crushed it. Canoe’s, in general, are a shaky proposition, but this one was almost impossible to tip over. If you can imagine I once dove into the lake, from my canoe, and it didn’t tip! Now crawling back in was much harder, but I did it without flipping it.

I rigged up a couple 2×4’s on the bow, so I could mount my electric trolling motor. That worked great, and “wide open” throttle would push that little baby through the water just fine! In fact, in the above picture, my son and I were trolling Bird Lake, and caught several nice rainbow trout.

I’ve owned a couple other canoe’s, but they didn’t stay in my possession long. They were to unstable. When I bought my Sportspal I knew it was going to suit me just fine. My kids, and even my wife, have enjoyed this wide beamed little craft, and we’ve eaten many a fish dinner because of it. I know this summer I’m going to really miss the “River Queen”, but I can’t see spending $800.00 bucks to replace it. Back when I bought it I only paid $200.00 dollars for it. I’d say I got my monies worth out of it-may she rest in peace!

Mike

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