Finding The Perfect Boat for Me - Fishing, Tripping, Filming and Photography
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2019
- I thought I found the perfect canoe for me, the Swift Prospector 14', and now that I've had time this year to put it to the test, I'm very happy with my choice. A few days ago I took it out on a backcountry lake near my log cabin and caught dozens of fish out of it, including several bass on a fly rod. Fly fishing out of a canoe can be tricky and it requires good balance and this canoe performed perfectly for the situation.
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Good Monday Shawn & Cali🐕!
👍🏞🚣 🎣📸
Amazing still shots, beautiful scenery 🌿🌲🍁
Thank you , Shawn ,
Hi Shawn , I've enjoyed canoeing since the 1960s and can appreciate the lighter weight , I also enjoy cycling and can appreciate the lighter of my 3 bikes for long rides . In just over 2 weeks I'm going on vacation from work and I'll be hitting the roads for about 7 days riding my bike back home from Quebec, I'll be riding back into Pembroke from Quebec and then make my way home here to Hamilton. I'll be hitting up Algonquin park ( the east side) for a few nights stay and with hopefully be having fresh fish for breakfast/ lunch and dinner . Love your videos and experiences that you share on UA-cam, best regards from Lloyd.
The lake is beautiful. The suggestions are much appreciated. You take good care Shawn. All good things to you.
enjoy the nbew canoe with Cali and have a nice day
It is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship Shawn. I hope you enjoy it for years to come xxx
Hi Shawn. . Your vids always make our day. We kayak in Fl USA. Glad to see you are in company with Joe and Doug. Cheers!
Good luck with your new boat !💕
Great informational video of your canoe. Nice team work on the cooking in your outdoor kitchen with the boys!
The serenity is mesmerizing, Shawn.
good review of a wonderful canoe. i love how a canoe can take us into those quiet places...
The romance of the canoe on a nice calm quite body of water so connected and peacefull
I have not been in one since I left Upstate NY 30 years ago I live on the water here just don't feel comfortable when you have a twelve foot gator stirring at you as your launching your boat not the place to roll your boat
The north country is on my bucket list for this activity
Thanks Shawn for the thoughts of memories past
Thank you shawn
Thanks for the video Mr. James . That Canoe looks Great on you !
Hello shawn..good to take another trip..im greatful..thanks for the show..cowboy..
Thank's for the canoe advise, I have been looking into them
Thanks Shawn. Been considering a canoe after watching you enjoy it for a couple years now. I brought my old sit on top Sea Kayak up with me to the cabin here. Not too stable in the afternoons when the wind picks up. Been caught in white caps before when the wind really got going. They do have nice fishing kayaks, but the diversity of a canoe, and just their history, is attractive to me.
Good video posting. Thanks
Sounds perfect!
Been watching and enjoying your videos in both channels and finally got it !! You play the lead role in our contemporary version of ... “Dances with woods”.
Thanks Shawn & family.
Swift Canoes are awesome and so is Scott!
Safe trip home. Supper looks delicious!
thank you for this video, im enjoying it
Thank You for Your Video.
Im buying one similar this year, cant wait..
February this year we picked up a Swift Prospector 16 in carbon fusion. That boat is absolutely awesome! Space for gear, two of us, or I can paddle it alone if I wish, still works just fine. We're looking at going to Adirondack Park later this year, and paddling the Connecticut River....which is just a few hundred meters from our apartment...as well. Absolutely adore the boat. Weighs in at 34 pounds as well. :) Great boats! Enjoy!
Hi Shawn,
Always enjoy your videos. I too have a Prospector in a pack version. The best thing, for me, is it’s stability. Happy paddling.
yeah, that lightweight is a bonus for sure ~
Nice description of your canoe. 🐱
I love canoeing. My step grandpa had one and i think it was wood it was longer than most and wider and man was it fun to use.
Love the adjustable seat. Rented a pack boat from my local Swift store and found it a little uncomfortable sitting so low constantly.. nice to have an option to raise the seat and use a traditional paddle
Thanks for not making me hungry Shawn. It's nice to take a break from watching you cook really great looking food..LOL
Another great video Shawn, enjoying the series, excellent photography, best regards,
Looks like a great canoe and if I ever go canoeing up there in Canada I will definitely try one out ! Thanks Shawn !
Great video! 👍👍👍😎
I am liking more and more smiles!
Hi Shawn, I also follow Matthew Posa from the UP of Michigan, he goes everywhere with his 'Wen-oh-nah' canoe, I don't know the size, but he has a canoeing video every week. And he always takes his Collie with him on his adventures, mostly fishing videos, I can't wait to see you and Calli doing these things. I was nice to see Doug alive and well too, till the next time, All my Best!
I also am subscribed to Matthew Posa's videos. They are very good and enjoyable to watch.
@@colleensolohub2091and he never gets mad, he's always 'up beat'.
@@frederickmoller I agree. Matthew & Monty bring joy into our lives. I call it The Matthew & Monty Show. Matthew deserves 1 million subscribers.
Glad to hear you are all paddling your own canoe. 😅😄
You'r life is amazing.nice
Hello Shawn. I agree that Swift makes great canoes. Be well.
Swift rocks 👍😊
Great video Shawn. I miss my canoeing on the upper Potomac River near Washington, DC. I had a 17 foot aluminum. Show the folks how you load the canoe up to your shoulders. Not easy the first time. I hope you wear a life jacket while out alone in the middle of no where. Not a bad idea to secure a line to you and the canoe. Amazing how fast the canoe can drift away from you with a light breeze. As I got older I found out I could no longer swim. Didn't swim that much to keep it up. Sure looks like a wonderful place to canoe and right in your back yard.
Mmmmm! Fresh fish! Yum! Nice looking canoe.. I was wondering how it would do for ya on your trips.?? Glad to hear that it all goes well! Hug Cali ! C U up at the cabin next time! Thanks for sharing! ATB🚣👍😎👍🚣!
Hello there Shawn, glad to see you are well and, how lovely to have the boys boating with you. Great bunch. I have missed your video of the finished sauna! Looking but can't see it?
I remember when you showed the video at the canoe store. That was quite a lot of Info. Stay dry and have fun.
With all your skill and knowledge you should build your own canoe I think that would be a good episode for everybody to watch and learn
Assuming your wife took the still of you with the canoe in the sunset, she has a real talent and you should showcase more and she exhibit/sell them.
As I recently said in one of my videos, everyone should have a canoe. The freedom and closeness to nature can't be beaten. Good run down as to why you've chosen this particular boat.
No lakes to paddle in my part of the UK, but hundreds of square miles of river. So no excuse. I'll have to look at the Swift canoes over here, though I suspect price could be a factor...and room to keep it :)
I have an Old Town Outfitter 147. I think that it is too much canoe for solo tripping. In fact, unless you are carrying a heavy load, it is just too much boat. The high load capacity keeps it riding high and above sweet spot so it's tippy when not loaded. I want to get a solo canoe, but I weigh more then the weight capacity of solo canoes. I am looking to get one that I can modify into just the right craft. Your new canoe looks great! Can't wait to see the guys back together for a cool trip!
Shawn, That canoe is the perfect transport for where you are. You and it blend naturally into the lake in the background. Nothing seems out of place. I am looking forward to a "One man and his dog canoe expedition!" Do you think you can fit one in? It's quite busy around you!😀. Regards Stephen.
Great looking canoe Shawn, love the blacked out look. Just picked up my new H20 16'4 Prospector, weighs in at 33lb. I love the light weight, especially since I am not getting any younger..lol. Looking forward to watching the rest of the trip!
Simplesmente perfeito James brasil
Gorgeous canoe. I want one!!
PS 400 gee thanks, smartass.
PS 400 no shit Sherlock. I’ll buy one when I’m good and ready. I’m quite familiar with Swift canoes. I’ve been looking at them for awhile. This one is $3600 and when I have that to spare, I’ll buy one. In the mean time screw off.
Top stuff Shawn, get yours head down. :)
Thanks for your opinion Shawn. I'm just in Barrie, so I'm paddling the same or smiliar lakes etc. as you. I'm a smaller person, so my boat's weight is a crucial part of a trip for me. This canoe seems alot better than what I'm using right now.
Bonsoir Mr Shwan !!
Merci pour cette vidéo et ces belles images de votre région.
(Kali n'était pas au rendez-vous aujourd'hui dommage !).
Bonne soirée !
Im yet to find a boat i love. may have to swing a swift soon, never seen a bad review.
I'm moving to Ontario from BC in a couple months! I guess I go paddle in Algonquin when I get there.
Just watched Jim's video of trip with him and his brother. Your canoe seems to have a center seat and has lots of tumberhome. Went to Swift's website. David Yost, Mr. Tumberhome, designed solo. And I see reasons for your love for these boats. Swift brings so many ideas from everyone and blends it into one.
All I had was a cheap but new single seat Old Town bought back in 1993. Took it all over in Colorado where I live as well as Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, and up to Alberta and B.C. Went up to Canada twice for weeks of vacation.
Even though I have been in beautiful CO. since 1969, I can say that the Canadian Rockies are beauty beyond compare. Especially with the turquoise glacier silt lakes and rivers and the incredible shear mountains peaks. Drive only 3 min down the road through the National and Provincial Parks and it looks like a completely different mountain range and peaks. I even took my canoe to Moraine Lake which is on the older Canadian $20 bill.
As I carried my canoe to it's shore and put it down by the rental canoe dock, I got such strange looks from people. Found out later that only those rental canoes were allowed on that lake back then. Yet nobody stopped me from canoeing on it.
it looks like it does good in the water even though being so lite. We always used the sportsman pals they were fairly lite but the rocks would eventually kill them. i remember using contact cement and pop/beer cans more or less what ever we could find to make repairs. every trip is different and you remember them accordingly great video the fish look s ed good.
Thanks. I had one once too but the snow crushed it
Snow, water, rivers etc. Any arthritic pains ever? Awesome scenery.
Nice video, I have a Pelican Navigator, it is plastic, and a lot heavier than what you use. It is thirteen feet long, and my dog goes with me a lot. I only use it on my lake, but I love it. I sold my 17' fiberglass canoe Saturday.
Good for you--taking some time to feed you soul. Thanks for sharing the trip.
With all the natural beauty by the lake, can't believe there are 11 thumbs down on this video. They must really dislike canoes. ; >) Cheers, Shawn.
Glad you found the sweet spot Shawn! Based on some of your feedback from your first Swift Keewaydin 14, I went with the Keewaydin 15. Combined with my little stripper and my long tripper I think I have the 3 boats I need... although I can think of a few more i want. :-)
Exquisitely Beau😇😇😍🙄
lov you a canoe😍👏👏👍
Awesome canoe. I would love to have one someday. Currently they're out of my price range ($3500US). I have two 12ft Old Town Royalex Packs that weigh about the same. Obviously not nearly as fast but it works for going down the rivers near my place in Montana and packing into some of the Lakes. I go on trips with a lot of kayakers and I much prefer my Pack(more comfortable, easy to get in and out of, pack your gear. I have some float bags, a spray skirt and I use a kayak paddle so I can do just about anything a kayak can. One advantage is that you can jump out and go over the shallow spots easier then with a kayak. I have a 16ft OT Royalex Penobscot for longer trips or 2 people. I got them all used for pretty reasonable. Unfortunately they don't make Royalex anymore. It was a good lightweight strong material.
Canoes are very old style boats, which is their charm. If the design aint broke, don't fix it--it has worked forever. I love the videos where you and whoever you are with are out on the water, in the elements. I can't say I've ever eaten fish for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but I sure like the idea :D Be safe, please wear your personal flotation device, and enjoy!!!
Not quite the same but I sailed on a Egyptian felucca on the river Nile, very close to the water. It was a magical experience.
Thinking about getting a canoe now. I have a sit on top kayak with a trolling motor.
I sooo miss canoe/kayaking.😢😕
Ohhhhhh! Those fish at the end are screaming "I'm juicy and delicious, eat me now!!!" lol 😂
Eat more fruit Shawn. You won't get tired so much. :) Good video again! Thanks for sharing. 👍😁
You even make choosing a canoe, which I have absolutely no interest in, interesting. Never too old to learn a thing or two. :)
34 pounds? Even an old fart like me can carry a canoe that light! Looking forward to watching you enjoy it this year. Remember to wear your PFD - ask Doug if it is a good idea! As always, stay safe!
Oi James vc é genial.Brasil
Pretty nice canoe! Wear life jacket!
For me a canoe is not a boat it's a passion. Thanks Brian 79
Exactly
I might add, Placidboatworks gave birth to Swift when a Placid employee left with the design and opened up Swift in Canada. Both great craft !
I won't enter that discussion Since my 12 year old Blue Steel Special from Nova Craft Canoe is the best canoe of the water. Thanks Brian 79
I always fancied a vacation in Canada, now your usual visiting relatives and being bored out of my skull but back-packing and travelling to places I feel enriched by and once this Brexit thing is out of the way and new Passports are issued, think I might apply and see what Canada has to offer. You'll easy know me as a fly the flag of Scotland where ever I travel red rampant lion on a yellow background and not a Haggis in sight. Cheers Shawn enjoy your fish and company of Joe and Doug, the inseparable twins of outdoor living.
I would concur that Swift makes some fine crafts for water travel, up to date with materials and beautiful lines and a respected design crew. I so enjoy my Swift Prospector 15. Do you find your new boat more tricky to handle the wind, as the pack boats bring a lower stance in the water? I don't mind mine in the wind, but have also not take out a pack boat before, tempting to have one on hand but cost keep me from having another high end canoe.
Beautiful canoe. I wish I bought a lighter canoe.
35 lbs? Wow, that’s light.
Thanks for the review Shawn.
What type of today and real do you use in the canoe?
My family just went co Canada but nothing like going in the lakes or so...They went to Quebec and are coming back tonight...It is a nine hour drive from Pennsylvania...
Way to go!! Did you consider the Hornbeck canoes? I went with one years ago and wonder what the differences might be.
Shawn I have a Great Idea🦊.Regard shopping for canoe. 🛶Would it be possible to build a frame on your boat and enclose it with screen and fasten with snaps or? The idea to keep protected from bugs and insects. 🕷🦗🐞🐝 With your ingenious mind 🤔you could think of some way to enjoy fishing bug free. Your design would be a hit with all sports enthusiasts♥️. Just a thought?
Hey Shawn awesome video but your killing me. I’m picking up my Swift Prospector 14 in three days I can’t wait
That's great!
Hey Shawn,can you tell us a bit more about the canoe and how it handles.Have you done any rapids in the P14?
I'd love to have a lighter canoe especially with my back condition. If you check out the pictures on my profile you'll see pictures of the two canoes that I have. I have a cedar glass canoe that I don't mind beating up a bit because it's easier to repair if it hits against rocks and stuff. My cedar strip canoe however I only use it occasionally but only if I have sand to put it in on. It's over 25 years old and I plan on passing it down to my son later on so I don't want to beat it up to much. Small scratches are easily repaired with a bit of sanding and some apoxy resin and it's good to go.
I too like the Swift canoes for they're quality and variety of different types of canoes and how light they are however I never had the opportunity to try one out. I especially liked the pack boat that Joe uses.
Hey there Shawn. Good luck with your fishing. Be safe. VAUGHN
Fishing super !🇺🇦❤🇨🇦👍UKRAINA.
Posting Monday?Thank you!
another sweet little vid my brother,,,34 lb canoe,,,nice buy,,heres to all the hours you an cali will share together on her,,ya do have a name for her dontcha????
Kinda wish you had given us a video tour of the canoe itself. What does it look inside? Show us the seat and the underside. No biggie but I value your opinion and the gear you use. What is it made of. Anyway, sail on!
Shawn, another excellent upload. What is the song or who is the artist for the music you’re playing in your videos? My wife and I both love it and would very much like to purchase. Thank you.
Shawn,
I own a swift pack 13.6 and love it for a solo day canoe. My question for you is the amount of tumblehome on your new prospector. Do you find that you can lay it on its side, Canadian style, or does it become tippy when you roll it that far to the side? For me, flared sides don't interfere with a J or Canadian stroke. They also shed water and are more stable for me. Really like the specs and look of your new canoe, just want to hear you thoughts about the tumblehome.
Have you had a chance to get out with Cali yet since uploading this? I have a Swift Keewaydin 14 pack and bring a 6 month black lab out with me everytime and was wondering about the stability of this boat for the future when she is full grown.
Great video, how's the upper and lower garden doing?
So far the upper is growing faster than the lower.
Smart move on the stability. I lost my Hero7 on a kayaking trip 1 week after I bought it. Even with the float accessory on it. Right now it probably floated down to Lake okeechobee Fla. Reminder to self.....tie it to something when you are kayaking down a fast moving river/spring during rainy season in Florida. Still kicking myself in the arsh!
I almost lost mine too, so you're right, tie it down and make sure it floats
@@ShawnJames1 Oh it was floating, but it was floating so fast down the center of the current I couldn't catch it. I did capture the video on my phone of where it was going for a while but never caught up to it. lol. I am glad you saved yours.
Hi Shawn,
Just found your channel searching for Swift Prospector 14 canoes. I'm placing my order this week. I noticed you have a camera mount on the deck of your boat. Was that added by Swift, or did you add that yourself? If the latter, what camera mount did you use? I'd love to place one there as well.
Thanks, c.