Craig Lake State Park | Portage into Crooked Lake
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Brian takes his new solo swift canoe on a solo fishing adventure to portage from Craig Lake to Crooked Lake at Craig Lake State Park in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
🎥 July 15, 2022
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Just got back from a 6 day trip there as well. Mosquitoes were bad as expected but were prepared for it. Some unfortunate souls left their full can of Deet floating by an empty campsite. Unlike you, only caught a small bass over the 6 days of fishing. Was hoping for a fresh walleye with rice dinner. Even so, nice trip! Bonus History: Fred Miller, grandson of the Miller Brewing Company named three of the lakes after his three children (Teddy, Claire, and Craig). Thanks for your video log!
Have you explored the Sylvania Wilderness Area west of Watersmeet? Great place to canoe camp. I had just acquired an old restored Chestnut Prospector and spent a week one October traveling from lake to lake. Never heard or saw another human the whole time I was back in there. The weather was perfect for that time of year and the small mouth fishing was great. Twenty-three years ago and I still long to go back.
thankyou for the info my group will be there in Aug. We will be camping at both sites on crooked.
Have a great trip! Check out of Keewaydin Yurt video if you want to see a tour of the sites on Crooked Lake.
@@brianandheatheroutdoors Already have watched it a few times and sent it out to others in my group. thanks for the info. looking forward to my up adventures
@@brianandheatheroutdoors There are a couple downsides to the Keewaydin yurt. It has no ventilation as it is impossible to roll up plastic windows without a tall ladder. The dome on the yurt can be raised but lets in mosquitoes. The Teddy yurt is better in both regards, but is smaller. Teddy has screen below dome and windows have been upgraded to aluminum frame windows that slide like those in your house. All rentals (yurts and cabins) come with Old Towne Discovery canoes, paddles and PFDs. Small cabin has 2 canoes, yurts have 1 canoe. Small cabin is older and has mice problems, the yurts did not have any mice when I was there.
U weren’t sure u could handle portaging your old 50’ canoe? You could. Get yoke pads and good to go! My advice is to start with an 80 pounder and move down with age. Great footage though!
Hey Brian, what are the specs on your canoe? What's the length, width, and weight? What yoke do you use? Thank you!
Enjoying your exploration, never know what you can find around the bend except for more mosquitoes. Should be relief in July.
It’s always fun exploring a new lake. Never fun battling mosquitos.
Curious how you set up your fishing pole holder? I have the Swift Prospector 15 in carbon fusion and it didn't look like a good idea to clamp a fishing pole holder to the carbon gunnels
I have the factory installed Scotty brand mounts attached to the carbon thwarts and not on the gunwale. It’s seems ok to me. Swift clearly thinks it ok as they offer it as an option. The position is a little too close so it’s a bit hard to paddle. Wish the thwart was 8 inches or so further forward. I keep my drag set relatively low so if I get a snag or hook some large the stress isn’t extreme.
I second the Scotty universal mounts on the thwarts. I have the same thing. If you didn't have them installed when you ordered/bought your boat, you can do it yourself.... Careful with the carbon thwarts thought...
@@brianandheatheroutdoors That makes sense structurally the only downside as you mentioned is you can't move it to a more forward position