smallmouthjoe Posted October 23, 2009 Author Posted October 23, 2009 Yeah I'm not going to buy one. I'm going to buy my time and get something that suits my needs. I went to BP today and talked to a guy who said they could order anything from old town but the catch is there will be a considerable price difference. So it's safe to say that I won't be ordering one through them. I'm just going to take my time.
bobber Posted October 23, 2009 Posted October 23, 2009 you can pickup a used canoe at just about any outfitter on any river. Graig's list or E-bay pretty inexpensive. but the weight is going to be any ware from 65 to 85 lbs. ..... but if you want a light weight canoe get ready for some sticker shock! see it starts off will "you just need a canoe to fish with" so you buy a beater one for cheap! works great ,until you want to take kids or a buddy and some camping gear! now it's too short no room at all... and then since your going to the river all the time the wife gets the bug she wants to go. (she sees all the nice canoes and is wondering why your so cheap and didn't get a NEW ONE) TRUST ME MY BROTHER!! and lord help if you get to like MOVING WATER!!!!! because that's a whole other line of canoes to get!!!! by this time next year you'll have a multi colored pile in your yard!! <*)))))))>< * AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION CERTIFIED CANOE, and SWIFT WATER RESCUE INSTRUCTOR.*
Al Agnew Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 Truer words were never spoken, Bobber...I'm now up to two nearly identical tandems (Old Town Penobscot 16s) plus my old 15 ft. Grumman that my brother in law is "taking care of", four solos, a folding canoe--along with the jet boat and part owner of a raft. And my wife is okay with us getting toons for low water out West. I still think that Buffalo designed that little canoe for the kayak market, though...they couldn't have been designing it for whitewater because if they were, they knew absolutely nothing about whitewater canoes. A whitewater canoe needs those blunt ends but it also needs high sides and plenty of rocker, which the Buffalo is distinctly lacking. Not many places in the Ozarks where you need a whitewater canoe, though. Of major streams, mostly the St. Francis in MO and the Boston Mountain streams in AR. And I think I could do all of them in reasonable water (not too high but high enough to navigate) in an Old Town Pack with good flotation bags. But I'm not one of those guys who wait for floods and then float little obscure creeks that are barely big enough to have names.
bobber Posted October 25, 2009 Posted October 25, 2009 come on Al, put a little spice in to your paddling adventures!! .....TAKE A FLOAT ON THE WILD SIDE <*)))))))>< * AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION CERTIFIED CANOE, and SWIFT WATER RESCUE INSTRUCTOR.*
smallmouthjoe Posted October 25, 2009 Author Posted October 25, 2009 Well my quest for a solo has been put on hold as of today. I was going to hit a small stream this morning in Taney County and do a little fishing before I had to come home and write a lab report. I was driving down 125 just south of Chadwick when I slid off an embankment and flipped my truck over. I came out of it with nothing more than I bad bump on my head and a sore shoulder. But it's safe to say that I will using the money I saved up for a solo for a new truck.
eric1978 Posted October 25, 2009 Posted October 25, 2009 Well my quest for a solo has been put on hold as of today. I was going to hit a small stream this morning in Taney County and do a little fishing before I had to come home and write a lab report. I was driving down 125 just south of Chadwick when I slid off an embankment and flipped my truck over. I came out of it with nothing more than I bad bump on my head and a sore shoulder. But it's safe to say that I will using the money I saved up for a solo for a new truck. Oh man, that's a drag. Sorry to hear that, Joe. At least you weren't hurt, though. Well, we're getting into the winter and at least you won't be missing out on the best fishing. You'll be in a new solo before you know it. Hang tough.
Wayne SW/MO Posted October 25, 2009 Posted October 25, 2009 Sorry to hear that, but its good that you were not seriously hurt. Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman.
smallmouthjoe Posted October 25, 2009 Author Posted October 25, 2009 Without a seat belt I would've had to been dragged out of my truck. I'm really lucky. My Orvis waders and my fishing rods were not. Some how they were thrown out of the truck and my truck landed on them. I don't know how that could have happened being that my windows were rolled up when this all happened. Those people down there in Chadwick are really nice people, there wasn't a car that passed that didn't ask if they could help.
Al Agnew Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 Bummer, Joe, glad you weren't seriously hurt. Bobber, I was known to do some wild creeks in my younger days. And a couple of rivers at flood stage, just for fun. Found out though that the rivers in flood are easy, just stay in the middle and ride...but the price of a mistake is so high that it's a really, really stupid thing to do. As for the creeks, I made it down them. One of these days I'm gonna do the Hailstone stretch of the Buffalo, though.
Members goggleeyes Posted October 26, 2009 Members Posted October 26, 2009 Smallmouthjoe, So sorry to hear about your accident, but glad to hear that you're OK.
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