Ya this was in early August in 2023. It was very cool watching it roll in but its always a little scary not knowing what damage the storm is going to do. Storms are probably the #1 thing I'm scared of in the Saskatchewan bush. Thanks for watching!🍺
Thanks for sharing your trip, brings back memories when I did this trip many years ago. There was not all those signs of human activity on those portages when I went through, ATVS, boats, motors, trailers, processed wood, etc.. The wild rice was just starting up at the time and was not choking out the portage trail heads. The portage was not there to my memory at Besnard Creek, we just lined and paddled its length, was not as much water going down it as you experienced. Thanks for sharing your trip, enjoy your plant descriptions
No problem, just hope you enjoyed it! Ya, I'm a little envious of the people that came before me. Things are slowly becoming less remote and so much more accessible. What year did you do this trip? Cheers! 🍺
@ we did this trip back in the early 90’s, but the wear and tear of sites up north is becoming more noticeable. Especially around along the Churchill and Otter Rapids area. Our group of paddlers started going further north, Fond du Lac, Waterhen, Wind, Snake, Nahanni, Stikine, Spatzizi. A person doesn’t realize the foot print wilderness campers make until you visit the same areas years later. What you and others provide with your videos of wilderness canoeing is a double edged sword, there is an element of people who want to do these trips but they leave behind large foot prints of their presence. My 2 to 3 week canoe trips are coming to an end and I am more leaning towards paddling into a small lake a couple of portages in from a road. Setting up camp for 2 or 3 days do some pickerel fishing and relax. Seeing some of those small lakes you have paddled across has brought back memories of paddle strokes gone bye and given me some ideas of what to do next in the back country.
@@jlons1104 Ya….the camp site I ended up on at the end of the video was really camped out. There was garbage, fishing tackle, bunny hug, etc all over the site. A bunch of trees were chopped down too. It seemed to be a popular site use by fisherman and canoeists for a long time. You’re right about the double-edged sword, I’m trying to raise awareness about Saskatchewan canoe trips, but with more use comes more degradation. I would talk more about camp etiquette, but I don’t want to be preachy. You seem like a really accomplished paddler. Any recommendations for Saskatchewan?
@@puddlejumper-sk I notice from your videos that you do the lake to lake paddles. That is how I started out in the beginning, as the years went by we became more comfortable in moving water, running the rapids between lakes. Then we started doing river trips, never looked back, no paddling into the wind ( you know when you’re going in the right direction when you’re paddling into the wind ), fewer portages, wasn’t a all day paddle, and we could cover km’s in a short time. My favourite river has to be the Fond du Lac, Waterfound Bay to Black Lake. You are in the Athabasca Basin, the terrain is more open, fantastic camping, great pickerel fishing. The Cree is also a nice river, not as big as the Fond du Lac, finding a camp site in spots can be tricky, need to plan your day. Big “ jacks “ in this river, heavier bush for camping. The only downside in river trips is you up your risk as in getting yourself in trouble, capsized canoe, damaged canoe, more wildlife encounters, there is no one to come help you, helicopter means big $$$. The Waterfound is a nice river also, one big rapid leaving Waterbury Lake but nice easy river afterwords, good camping. John, one of the guys I was with, broke an ankle on this trip running from a bear that chasing him. Brought the bear right into camp! Friends did the Hawkrock a few years ago, nice class 1 -2 rapids, road access, fly out. Flows into the Fond du Lac, they pulled out at the Porcupine confluence .
Thanks! Ya it was really cool watching that storm roll in. The trip seemed to get more beautiful as it went along. I head up the Sand River next, I absolutely loved it in there. Thanks for watching!
Hey guys, thanks for watching and glad you liked it! Ya the storm was cool to experience, just glad there was no hail or plow winds associated with it! See you guys at the next RAIPD. Cheers!🍺
Awesome possum.....man, after 25+ years of knocking around the high country of Colorado there is only 1 thing that scares me in the backcountry and that's lightning!!....you just can't hide from it
Ya...totally agree. The lighting and big winds scare the hell out of me. A plow wind will snap a swath of trees on to you. This storm looked as it was going to be bad but there wasn't a lot of lighting over top of me. All's well that ends well. Thanks for watching!
I’ve done that route a few times now. In 98 the creek was crazy low. But about 4 years ago it was higher than you had. I am amazed that you cover as much distance as you do considering you are filming everything. We should have coffee again.
Thanks Apollo, I got lucky on that last day where I had a good tail wind in MacDougall Bay....the kayak paddle sure helped too! Ya I remember you said that you've done that trip a few times. I know I have a few lakes that I love going back to, is this route the same for you? Sometime in the new year I would be totally down for a coffee! Cheers!🍺
This is sick dude, love having someone from Saskatchewan who does Sask trips, as I am from here to and have been up this way. Keep em coming man, its a good feed for these long winter months.
Ya I was a little worried when the storm was rolling in but everything turned out fine. ⚡⛈️🌧️It was amazing to watch! Thanks for watching and Happy New Year to you too!
Beautiful trip so far. Those clouds looked menacing. Yeah a couple slimy slough sharks to start... but I'm sure the walleye are coming. Great to see Black Bear Island Lake. I'd love to get back there again sometime.
Thanks Nick....ya the pike sure like to follow me around, lol and yes some walleye are right around the corner. 🎣Did you do a trip similar to mine or did you paddle down the Churchill? Yes BBIL is a gem. I'm going up the Sandy River next and it was amazing too. Thanks for watching👍
@@puddlejumper-sk I did a group trip in 2016 from BBIL to Missinipe. It was a wonderful trip, and the fishing was great. I'd love to back back for a solo trip. The whole area is canoeing paradise.
That shelf cloud was daunting for sure. A real shame with all the abandoned ATV’s and motor boats stashed everywhere. On a positive note though that is some beautiful country and paddling.
The first part was really gorgeous, some truly beautiful landscape. Also, I didn't really show it but the water quality on Besnard was awesome. Lining down Besnard Creek was amazing as well. Ya that's the thing, with all the fishing resorts, canoeists, wild rice harvesting, cabins and trap lines, things tend to get overused. The part of the route I'm on is a very well-traveled, once I get up to the Sandy River it starts to get wilder. Happy New Years and Thanks for watching! 🍺
Loved the time lapse of that storm!
Thanks! Ya it was a little unnerving when it came through.
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic ! Didn’t want this one to end. Superb editing man ! Can’t wait for canoe camping season again ! Cheers
Thanks for the kind words! Ya it hits around Christmas and I start inching for the spring thaw. At least the days are getting longer now!
Cheers!🍺
Great video as always ! I can’t believe you kissed that pike. You are the true pike master !!!
LOL....maybe if you kissed more pike you would become a pike master just like me! 🤣🤣
So far a great trip! But you've been slacking getting that line wet, WTF?! 😆 Good call lining the canoe.
See you next time✌
Ha ha ha ha! ya I know, sometimes I just get too concerned about making Km's that I don't stop to smell the walleye!
Thanks Marc, till next time! 🍺👍
Oh wow…perfect Sunday morning viewing
Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!
you are a paddling machine! great post, thanks
Thanks!...LOL, I might not show it but my body was hurting on this trip. Getting old!
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic morning surprise. Watching while making bread and soup getting ready for 10 days of on-call. Thanks again
That storm looked awfully similar to one Augsut 21st that chased us out of Narrow Hills Provincial Park
Ya this was in early August in 2023. It was very cool watching it roll in but its always a little scary not knowing what damage the storm is going to do. Storms are probably the #1 thing I'm scared of in the Saskatchewan bush.
Thanks for watching!🍺
No problem, Hope you enjoyed! 🍲🍞
Thanks for sharing your trip, brings back memories when I did this trip many years ago. There was not all those signs of human activity on those portages when I went through, ATVS, boats, motors, trailers, processed wood, etc.. The wild rice was just starting up at the time and was not choking out the portage trail heads. The portage was not there to my memory at Besnard Creek, we just lined and paddled its length, was not as much water going down it as you experienced. Thanks for sharing your trip, enjoy your plant descriptions
No problem, just hope you enjoyed it! Ya, I'm a little envious of the people that came before me. Things are slowly becoming less remote and so much more accessible. What year did you do this trip?
Cheers! 🍺
@ we did this trip back in the early 90’s, but the wear and tear of sites up north is becoming more noticeable. Especially around along the Churchill and Otter Rapids area. Our group of paddlers started going further north, Fond du Lac, Waterhen, Wind, Snake, Nahanni, Stikine, Spatzizi. A person doesn’t realize the foot print wilderness campers make until you visit the same areas years later. What you and others provide with your videos of wilderness canoeing is a double edged sword, there is an element of people who want to do these trips but they leave behind large foot prints of their presence. My 2 to 3 week canoe trips are coming to an end and I am more leaning towards paddling into a small lake a couple of portages in from a road. Setting up camp for 2 or 3 days do some pickerel fishing and relax. Seeing some of those small lakes you have paddled across has brought back memories of paddle strokes gone bye and given me some ideas of what to do next in the back country.
@@jlons1104 Ya….the camp site I ended up on at the end of the video was really camped out. There was garbage, fishing tackle, bunny hug, etc all over the site. A bunch of trees were chopped down too. It seemed to be a popular site use by fisherman and canoeists for a long time. You’re right about the double-edged sword, I’m trying to raise awareness about Saskatchewan canoe trips, but with more use comes more degradation. I would talk more about camp etiquette, but I don’t want to be preachy.
You seem like a really accomplished paddler. Any recommendations for Saskatchewan?
@@puddlejumper-sk I notice from your videos that you do the lake to lake paddles. That is how I started out in the beginning, as the years went by we became more comfortable in moving water, running the rapids between lakes. Then we started doing river trips, never looked back, no paddling into the wind ( you know when you’re going in the right direction when you’re paddling into the wind ), fewer portages, wasn’t a all day paddle, and we could cover km’s in a short time. My favourite river has to be the Fond du Lac, Waterfound Bay to Black Lake. You are in the Athabasca Basin, the terrain is more open, fantastic camping, great pickerel fishing. The Cree is also a nice river, not as big as the Fond du Lac, finding a camp site in spots can be tricky, need to plan your day. Big “ jacks “ in this river, heavier bush for camping. The only downside in river trips is you up your risk as in getting yourself in trouble, capsized canoe, damaged canoe, more wildlife encounters, there is no one to come help you, helicopter means big $$$. The Waterfound is a nice river also, one big rapid leaving Waterbury Lake but nice easy river afterwords, good camping. John, one of the guys I was with, broke an ankle on this trip running from a bear that chasing him. Brought the bear right into camp! Friends did the Hawkrock a few years ago, nice class 1 -2 rapids, road access, fly out. Flows into the Fond du Lac, they pulled out at the Porcupine confluence .
Great Sunday. Good work on camera placements and storm video…….
Thanks! Ya it was a cool storm, thanks goodness it had relatively chill winds.
Thanks for watching!
Feed the cows, then watch your video, perfect Sunday.
LOL....I got a close friend who's probably did the same thing!
Thanks for watching! 🐄🐮🤠
The "pike whisperer" strikes again🎣😅. Crazy good editing! All the best from Norway.
Paal! yes....I don't know what it is but the pike love me. 🎣☹️. I guess there are worse things in life.
Cheers from Canada! 🍁🍺
The Boreal forest is absolutely beautiful!
Right?! So blessed to have it on my door step!
Thanks for watching!🌲🌲🌲
Good Lad. Buckets full of fun. Some really fine shots. Thanks for sharing.
Well that very kind of you Larry! Thanks for watching!
What an awesome video and beautiful area! That storm footage was phenomenal! 👌👏🏻🛶
Thanks! Ya it was really cool watching that storm roll in. The trip seemed to get more beautiful as it went along. I head up the Sand River next, I absolutely loved it in there.
Thanks for watching!
Another great video. The storm video was amazing. Diane loves the establishing shots and the names of the plants. Cheers.
Hey guys, thanks for watching and glad you liked it! Ya the storm was cool to experience, just glad there was no hail or plow winds associated with it!
See you guys at the next RAIPD.
Cheers!🍺
Awesome possum.....man, after 25+ years of knocking around the high country of Colorado there is only 1 thing that scares me in the backcountry and that's lightning!!....you just can't hide from it
Ya...totally agree. The lighting and big winds scare the hell out of me. A plow wind will snap a swath of trees on to you. This storm looked as it was going to be bad but there wasn't a lot of lighting over top of me. All's well that ends well.
Thanks for watching!
I’ve done that route a few times now. In 98 the creek was crazy low. But about 4 years ago it was higher than you had. I am amazed that you cover as much distance as you do considering you are filming everything.
We should have coffee again.
Thanks Apollo, I got lucky on that last day where I had a good tail wind in MacDougall Bay....the kayak paddle sure helped too! Ya I remember you said that you've done that trip a few times. I know I have a few lakes that I love going back to, is this route the same for you?
Sometime in the new year I would be totally down for a coffee!
Cheers!🍺
This is sick dude, love having someone from Saskatchewan who does Sask trips, as I am from here to and have been up this way. Keep em coming man, its a good feed for these long winter months.
Glad you liked it! Yep there's more coming but it usually takes me a while to get stuff out. Thanks the kind words and thanks for watching!
Cheers!
Pretty scary that storm, beautiful shots of the lightning 😮❤ Happy New 🎉🎉
Ya I was a little worried when the storm was rolling in but everything turned out fine. ⚡⛈️🌧️It was amazing to watch!
Thanks for watching and Happy New Year to you too!
Beautiful trip so far. Those clouds looked menacing. Yeah a couple slimy slough sharks to start... but I'm sure the walleye are coming. Great to see Black Bear Island Lake. I'd love to get back there again sometime.
Thanks Nick....ya the pike sure like to follow me around, lol and yes some walleye are right around the corner. 🎣Did you do a trip similar to mine or did you paddle down the Churchill? Yes BBIL is a gem. I'm going up the Sandy River next and it was amazing too.
Thanks for watching👍
@@puddlejumper-sk I did a group trip in 2016 from BBIL to Missinipe. It was a wonderful trip, and the fishing was great. I'd love to back back for a solo trip. The whole area is canoeing paradise.
@@nickharland3795 Very cool! Ya people don't realize what's here. It IS a canoeing paradise!
Cheers Mate 🍺
That shelf cloud was daunting for sure. A real shame with all the abandoned ATV’s and motor boats stashed everywhere. On a positive note though that is some beautiful country and paddling.
The first part was really gorgeous, some truly beautiful landscape. Also, I didn't really show it but the water quality on Besnard was awesome. Lining down Besnard Creek was amazing as well.
Ya that's the thing, with all the fishing resorts, canoeists, wild rice harvesting, cabins and trap lines, things tend to get overused. The part of the route I'm on is a very well-traveled, once I get up to the Sandy River it starts to get wilder.
Happy New Years and Thanks for watching! 🍺
Man...I wish I could get back up north. Its been a couple years now...
Ya man, it I don't get a good dose of the north every year, it not a good thing. Hope you make it happen in 2025!
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What length is your canoe?
The Clipper Caribou "S" is 15’3″
Thanks for watching!🛶