swamp cadillac

[RC]

[RC]

Headed home from a hunt in the jonboat. I remember best day I ever had outdoors. I killed a deer on foot that morning caught a mess of catfish and killed a pig in the afternoon. Had a view like this on the way home. Gods Country.RC

 

[Pat B.]

I thought I lived in a pretty good spot
(and I do) but Robert, I do believe YOU live in God's country.. Just beautiful..

[Brianlocal3]

That old time guide is fantastic. I love those canoeS

[Bjorn]

Wow! Nice place ya' got there! Good looking canoe too.      

[Hoyt]

RC. one of my old buddies owned Jack's Drive In (actually his momma and daddy did back then)in Vidalia. Me and him used to go to Dead River bout every wk. after the Drive In (restaurant) closed up around midnight. We set hooks for catfish the rest of that night and fish Dead River all the next day.

Bullard Creek had just opened up back then and was about the only legal deer season close by.

[Thumper Dunker]

Hey What are you doing with my ride?.  

[Sixby]

I wanted a Guide but ended up with the Camper with the wicker seats ect. Beautiful canoe but man that dude was super unstable. I have had like 7 or eight canoes and it was by far the worst. Its redeeming quality was the light weight. The guide does look like its much more stable and I really like the square stearn. You can add a little trolling motor to it too if you want without special brackets.
That sounds like a most excellent day you had there. Reminds me of living on the Gascognade in Mo when I was a kid. I literally lived on the river.

God bless, Steve

[ron w]

It looks to be my favorite color!!   :cool:    :cool:

[SELFBOW19953]

I much prefer a canoe to a kayak, easier to get in/out of and carries more gear.  I have 2 17' aluminum Grumans (about 70 pounds).  They can be noisy, but if you paddle carefully their quiet.  I used to jump shoot ducks by paddling along tidal creeks.  Taught my retriever to stay still until I beached the canoe, then she'd retrieve for me.  I paddled with and against the tide without much trouble.  I have also flyfished out them a lot.  As long as you appreciate that they're not the most stable craft-definitely not a johnboat!!!-you'll be fine.  In 40+ years using a canoe, I've only had one accidently role with me one time, my stupid son-in-law was the cause.

[monsterbuck]

Is that the Eldorado or the Seville? LOL Just kidding. Good looking rig. God bless.

[Tall Paul]

Awesome camo job on your new canoe.

[Blaino]

RC said he upgraded from the factory seat to make those long days of chasing critters a little more comfortable.  I doubt I'm alone in wanting to see what this rig looks like when he gets done getting is swamp ready!    

[RC]

Here it is. A bit lower than the factory model seat and can be moved forward or back depending on the load in the boat. MUCH more stable and comfortable. I took this out of one of my yaks but they sell them at bass pro.

 

Here is a pic beside the factory seat...

 

Yesterday with the Wife. I`m practicing and fishing on ponds and small lakes so when the river drops a bit and August gets here I`m gonna have some fun. I have hunted from my yaks and a larger canoe before and a jon boat a whole bunch. Its a blast.RC

 

[Blaino]

I bet that seat feels like a lazy boy compared to the factory one.  Thanks for sharing.

[eidsvolling]

Originally posted by RC:
The way to stay alive in the river is to be scared of it.

+1. I grew up canoeing on the cold waters of Minnesota. There are old paddlers and bold paddlers, but there are no old cold paddlers. PLEASE WEAR A PFD, FOLKS.