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Not that I know of. But then again, I had a bushy covid beard at the time, so who knows what was living in there.

I'm not the best person to ask whether mini spinners are the best for trout because I don't consider myself to be a serious fisherman. My "tackle box" consists of a couple of spinners and a couple of Little Cleo spoons and that's pretty much all I ever use for any species. I don't spend a lot of time fishing and sometimes I catch fish and sometimes I don't. I'm sure people that are more into fishing would catch more fish than I do. I got lucky this time.

For longer trips (>4 days), whether solo or with a group, I'm a barrel guy for food. For shorter duration solo trips, I use a 5-gallon bucket for food. I'm a pack guy for gear. I dehydrate a lot of veggies and proteins (e.g. lean ground beef, chicken, tofu) and add it to flavored rice or pasta packets you can buy in a grocery store.

@@dunordable I have been seeing campers are able to use a regular food dehydrator. using parchment paper on the try liners. what is your method for dehydrating meals/ is you don't mind sharing. thanks.

@@WillieMakeit I have an old circular dehydrator with adjustable temperature control. For most vegetables, I just buy bags of frozen vegetables and empty them directly onto the trays. For "wet" stuff like chopped spinach, meat, tomato or fruit leathers, then I use the solid tray inserts that came with the dehydrator or parchment paper on the trays.

@@dunordable good advice thank you

I didn't take video of it, but I have done the whole Namekagon starting at Namekagon Lake down to Riverside Landing on the St. Croix. You're right, the upper river is nice.

Here is a link to a description of the Irving to Melrose section from wisconsintrailguide.com: wisconsintrailguide.com/paddle/black-river-hansen.html. It says in part "The lower Black is well-known for its large number of inviting, sandy beaches and its shallow, sandy river bottom. Overnight camping on any of the beaches is fun and free."

I have a small motorcycle that I carry on a rack on my pick up truck, so I can run my own shuttle.

@ironearth7013 My Sylvania trip was November 3-6, 2020.

Life got in the way this year, so I haven't been able to do much paddling in 2023. I do however have a big backlog of videos I need to edit from trips I did in 2022 (e.g. Missouri/Arkansas, Texas/Mexico, several trips in northern Wisconsin, and 4 trips to Ontario). Hopefully I'll have some time to do some editing this fall/winter. I like my SRT on rivers where I don't have to worry about bashing into rocks or dragging over gravel, but I feel like I have to baby it. I have a couple of friends that have a Phoenix. I slightly prefer the way the Phoenix handles over the SRT and I really like Northstar's IXP layup. I wish I could meld the volume of the SRT with the handling and IXP layup of the Phoenix.

@@dunordable my Phoenix is in IXP as well as my B17 and Northwind Solo that I’m selling right now. Very durable layup I know a guy who paddles an Ocoee in that layup up to class 4. Wish I could go on the trips you have. Looking forward to those videos.

I didn't save my unedited video, so I don't have any more video of the small rapids by Hawk Island. When I ran this section, the water level was pretty low (~250cfs), so this rapids was very tame. The waves likely get bigger at higher water levels. But there is not a lot of gradient here, so it's likely OK unless water levels get crazy high. I see the Wisconsin Trails Guide recommends levels between 200cfs and 3000cfs: wisconsintrailguide.com/paddle/black-river-cormican.html You can check the water levels here: waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/053813595 Have fun on your trip.

I'm intrigued by your comment. I've often wondered how much camp/non-paddling content to include in my videos. I've picked up some some useful tips and tricks by watching other's videos, so I get your point. I can see that you and I subscribe to a lot of the same canoeing/camping UA-cam channels. For example, I've probably seen Jim Baird set up his tent a hundred times and Jonathan from Lost Lakes build dozens of fires by now. After a while, I've felt that the around camp stuff tends to get somewhat repetitive. As such, I made a somewhat conscious decision to focus more on rivers and places in my videos rather than focusing on me or camp skills. I figured others had the topic of camp skills covered quite well in their videos, so why should I bother. That being said, there are a couple of pieces of gear and techniques that I use that, while not totally unique, are somewhat uncommon. So maybe I'll try to include those in future videos. I can also see how the around camp stuff helps to convey the overall "experience", so maybe others might be interested as well. Thanks for the tip/suggestion.

The Pine in northeastern Wisconsin is primarily a spring time run. There are parts of it that are runnable all summer. For example, the Oxbo section near County N is very popular on summer weekends. There are also some other quiet/moving water sections that are runnable for longer periods of time. But the parts I really like, i.e. the parts with long stretches of class 1 to 2 rapids,are typically only runnable in the spring or after prolonged periods of heavy rain. It was a relatively rare treat to be able to run the section from Hwy 55 to Goodman Grade in the early fall as depicted in the video. There is a USGS gage on the Pine, but it’s downstream of a dam. I tend to look at the gage on the nearby Popple river instead. A reading of 175cfs or more (and preferably rising) on the Popple gage usually means the Pine will be good.

@@dunordable thank you. Very useful information. I ran the Brule last Spring and uploaded a video of that. Perhaps I'll run the Pine this Spring. I enjoy your videos. Keep it up.

I didn't make it to the Brule this year. I've been checking the USGS gage online and the water level has been low all summer. You must have done some bumping and scraping on the way.

I've printed out the maps for the Net, but I haven't done it yet. Are the access roads in to the Net passable in the spring?

@@dunordable Just saw the message. Been out of contact for a week. I'll double check my maps tomorrow and try to remember..... It's been a decade......or two. I've paddled it below the old 41 bridge.

@@dunordable I never paddled it before mid May. Last time I was there was probably late 90’s early June. It had enough water to run from old 141 to the access below Snake rapids. At the old 141 bridge the river is a narrow rocky class II. There is an access about 3 river miles below that at the end of a winding logging rd at a small lake. The road was always ok, but there are side roads that look to head to the river but end in bogs. One crossed the river at what appeared to be an old dam site. I could paddle upstream almost to the old 141 bridge from that upper access. The lower access is/was a decent road that could be reached from Amasa. It was a good road compared to the upper access. I recall portaging Chipmunk Falls, but running Snake rapids…………..but don’t hold me to that. I can’t find my old Iron County map which had the forest road numbers. The North branch of the Paint, which is reconstructed from being channeled in the early logging days (as well as the south branch which I’ve paddled maybe a half dozen times from Forest Rd 3470) is one of my favorite runs in the UP. If you haven’t, check out the Little Indian River from its headwaters at the Wide Waters Campground off of H13, south of Munising, to Steuben. Below Steuben it is one continuous log jamb. Beautiful winding stream.

@@jeffmatthews3798 I have pretty good topo maps of the Net River. The roads aren't all named or numbered, but I think I can tell what you're talking about. I paddled the (Little) Indian in June of this year. I put in about 5 miles downstream of the Wide Waters Campground at Tommy Page Landing and took out at the Thunder Lake Road Landing near Steuben. You're right, it is a beautiful winding stream. Unfortunately, I didn't really take enough video to make it worthwhile to post on my UA-cam channel. I walked in and looked at it at the Indian River Campground downstream of Steuben. Like you said, it appeared to have a lot of downed trees there.

It looks like I was wearing my Chaco water shoes.

@@dunordable okay, thanks. I imagine the water was cold.

Okay, just went back to the beginning and got the answer. Nice trip. Thanks.