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I'd have to say I agree with most of this
post. Our fishing canoe is too heavy for one person to handle
easily. The trolling motor is a good size and doesn't work well in any
good wind. It always cops out before we do. The back of the canoe is
flat for the motor and this makes it a little harder to steer and
maneuver. There are a few ponds around here that don't allow trolling
motors also. Get a reasonable size canoe and enjoy the slow paddling it's
a great way to commune with nature and get fit.
Deb
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Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:40
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Subject: Re: [VFB] canoe
On donderdag, jan 2, 2003, at 18:15 Europe/Amsterdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I am
looking into buying a canoe for fishing the small ponds and backwaters.
Anyone have any suggestions? I plan on using a transom mounted trolling
motor for go power and would like to know what you all think.
Duh, wuss ;-)
A canoe
is meant to be propelled by hand, which is most of the fun of a canoe anyway.
Trolling while paddling by hand is quite possible. And for versatility please
get a 'real' canoe, with 'two bows', not a fishing/hunting type with a
transom/square stern. A 'real' tandem canoe can be paddled backwards from the
front seat, if paddled solo. Better still, get a solo canoe, or install a
center seat for solo canoeing. Do not use a center seat in a tandem canoe to
run the thing with three people, unless the canoe is specifically suited for
three people.
While a canoe isn't the ultimate fishing vessel, it is
the ultimate versatile water craft. I love my Mad River Explorer. For absolute
performance there are better models, but they tend to be less well suited for
fishing. And if you really want that trolling motor, Mad River sells a
clamp-on motor mount.
For solo work, a 12-15 foot (longer is better but
heavier) would be good. For tandem, doubling as solo, get a 15 or 16 foot
model. And please get a model with a round or vee-shaped hull (cross section),
NOT a flat-bottomed one. Flat-bottomed canoes feel more stable, but will
capsize more easily than a round
model.
Henk
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