What type of canoe is that?

I ask because I have a cheap used shotgun fiberglass canoe that I've been too nervous to do any real travel or work from?


Looks like a great trip!

I know where you was lol. Cool pics. Did you see many ducks?

River lines are good to run. Looks like that stretch gets some real torrents at some time of the year.

Here's a suggestion: Get yourself a couple of these plastic tubs, drill small holes in the bottom, say 1/4", randomly about, maybe 20 or so, and set the tub up on a small pallet of criscrossed lath in the bow of the canoe. You can glue and screw this lath together in the summer, then paint it if you feel like it. Will last you many seasons and you can make it custom fit your canoe. Doesn't have to be but an inch or two high.



The criss-crossed lath pallet will keep the tub up out of the slop in the bottom of the canoe. After taking your critter out of the trap, rinse it well in the river, shake well, then toss in the plastic tub. The water will drain out into the bottom of the canoe and you won't have all that muddy slop getting into your fur. Keep an ice cream bucket in the canoe under your seat for getting rid of excess water as you continue to fill up with critters. River silt can be hard to get out of 'coon hair especially. Make sure you swish it back and forth especially if you've got one at the bottom of a drowner system.

The tubs can be stacked to start, then separated if you fill more than one. Get tubs like the one in the pic, the handles make 'em easy to lift and move.

It's an American brand, 14 foot. Funny thing is it's a 1978 model, made the same year I was born. It's was my grandfather's. He last registered it in 1986. After his passing it sat outside by the wood pile at my dad's house for a bout 15 years. I brought it to my place in 2011. Title was long since lost but the license bureau was able to pull up the old registration and I was able to provide address, etc for my grandfather so I was able to licsense it again. I am careful with it and so far it has done the job. I did loan it out to someone for a family canoe trip and it came back with a big ole hole. Repaired it myself and it has held up for two seasons since then. I have thought about a new one as I am sure it will not last forever.