Fishing canoe rig up.

[Dhurtubise]

I always liked to keep my canoes really simple. They manuver very well and quietly with the paddle. I hardly ever fish without a portable fish finder, but a deep cycle battery is a deal breaker, no matter how nice the quiet power of the trolling motor is. I guess it's fine if you don't have any portaging, but then a car topper would be better.

On another note, I'm green with jealousy for your rainbow trout lakes. I was lucky enough to fish lakes like that when I lived Tumbler ridge. It's still some of the most exciting fishing I've ever done. Our eastern rainbows are but a shadow of their western brethren on the end of the line.

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[Exophysical]

I always liked to keep my canoes really simple. They manuver very well and quietly with the paddle. I hardly ever fish without a portable fish finder, but a deep cycle battery is a deal breaker, no matter how nice the quiet power of the trolling motor is. I guess it's fine if you don't have any portaging, but then a car topper would be better.

On another note, I'm green with jealousy for your rainbow trout lakes. I was lucky enough to fish lakes like that when I lived Tumbler ridge. It's still some of the most exciting fishing I've ever done. Our eastern rainbows are but a shadow of their western brethren on the end of the line.

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Deffinatly understand keeping the canoe simple. Like I said, I only bother with the motor when I have someone else along and the portages are minimal. A car topper may be better sometimes but a guy can only own so many boats and the canoe is far more capable in a wider variety of situations.

Must be a case of grass always being greener or something, I'd give anything to have the angling opportunities that you guys have out east.