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by RockRiver
Mon Jun 20, 2016 6:41 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Kayak trip 23-30 May 2016.
Replies: 7
Views: 5385

Re: Kayak trip 23-30 May 2016.

The trip was great. Only one other sea kayaker. He got there on Friday. We met him when we got back to Caribou Island after our day trip to Chippewa Harbor. He left for CH the next morning.
by RockRiver
Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:36 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Kayak trip 23-30 May 2016.
Replies: 7
Views: 5385

Kayak trip 23-30 May 2016.

For our third trip I planned two itineraries. One for the south shore and one for the north shore. The trip ended up being a combination of both. 23 May. Took the Queen out of Copper Harbor and the wind and waves lessened as we got closer to the island. The lake was fairly calm and the south wind ab...
by RockRiver
Tue May 17, 2016 7:40 pm
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: Mott Island
Replies: 7
Views: 4364

Re: Mott Island

The Mott Island trail is very nice. We did it in 2014. As we are sea kayakers getting there was no problem for us.
by RockRiver
Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:49 pm
Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
Topic: Paddler dies off of Port Washington in WI
Replies: 6
Views: 3790

Re: Paddler dies off of Port Washington in WI

Paddling a sea kayak is only half of it. Planning and risk assessment is the other half.
by RockRiver
Tue Mar 29, 2016 4:19 am
Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
Topic: Paddler dies off of Port Washington in WI
Replies: 6
Views: 3790

Re: Paddler dies off of Port Washington in WI

It is really hard to talk people out of doing these things. They just don't believe you. They get away with these risky behaviors on nice days so when they eventually get caught up in bad conditions, they get a bad surprise, sometime fatally. They never check the marine forecast. They think that you...
by RockRiver
Sat Feb 20, 2016 9:12 am
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: Gps coordinates
Replies: 3
Views: 2382

Re: Gps coordinates

Thanks, IncaRoads. That was a very useful site. I create waypoints in Garmin Base Camp and then import to my gps for the trip. If anyone needs to know where to get the locations of aids to navigation (light houses, bouys, etc), the US Coast Guard Light List provides them.
by RockRiver
Sat Feb 20, 2016 5:11 am
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: Gps coordinates
Replies: 3
Views: 2382

Gps coordinates

Does anyone have the gps coordinates for Siskiwit Bay and Big Todd Harbor campgrounds? We will go back this May for our third kayak trip and I like to navigate with a combination of chart and gps. Very handy to have a gps on a foggy day. On our 2014 trip we would not have found the entrance to McCar...
by RockRiver
Mon Feb 01, 2016 5:59 am
Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
Topic: Isle Royale Webcams
Replies: 33
Views: 16641

Re: Isle Royale Webcams

The float plane dock in Tobin Harbor is removed for the winter. When we were there in May 2013, we launched our kayaks there and it was stacked on land. Just a good sized snow bank was at that location.
by RockRiver
Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:13 am
Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
Topic: Novice Kayaker - Tobin Harbor?
Replies: 4
Views: 2937

Re: Novice Kayaker - Tobin Harbor?

I doubt if there is any safer place on IR where you can rent a kayak and use it than Tobin Harbor. If you don't act silly in the boat, Tobin Harbor is the place for people with limited kayaking experience. Any sensible, prudent person could take a rental kayak or canoe over to the LL dock on a calm ...
by RockRiver
Thu Sep 24, 2015 4:42 am
Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
Topic: 4 to 5 day Kayak Trip Ideas
Replies: 5
Views: 4312

Re: 4 to 5 day Kayak Trip Ideas

My wife and I have kayaked IR twice. We paddled 101 miles in May 2014. It was a great trip and we covered from McCargoe Cove to Moskey Basin and out to Mine Point in Conglomerate Bay. The key to kayaking IR or anyplace else on Lake Superior is to have and understand the marine weather forecast. With...
by RockRiver
Wed Aug 19, 2015 10:28 am
Forum: Gear & Supplies
Topic: Sleeping Bags and Coats
Replies: 9
Views: 5848

Re: Sleeping Bags and Coats

While I am not a backpacker and my kayak carries all my gear, I can offer a few ideas. I bought a -20 down sleeping bag in 1971 and have never regretted it. I use it to this day in cooler weather. IR is a place that it is better to have warm gear than not have it. Get the down bag and get a compress...
by RockRiver
Thu Jun 18, 2015 3:55 am
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: McCargoe Cove
Replies: 8
Views: 6074

Re: McCargoe Cove

The campsites are very close to the dock where you will be let off the ferry. I am a kayaker and I didn't hike in that area so I can't speak to day hiking in that area. You arrange your own water supply by having a water filter and filtering all your water. We use Lake Superior water for filtering w...
by RockRiver
Thu Apr 09, 2015 3:24 pm
Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
Topic: Kayaking Trip Itinerary: RH-DF-MB-CI-TI-RH: Please Critique
Replies: 7
Views: 4777

Re: Kayaking Trip Itinerary: RH-DF-MB-CI-TI-RH: Please Criti

Your itinerary is very easily done in two days in a sea kayak. I would say that you have built in weather days in this itinerary. The most important piece of safety equipment after your pfd is a good weather radio. Have a good one. The Isle Royale recreational forecast comes out of Copper Harbor at ...
by RockRiver
Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:15 pm
Forum: Trails & Campsites
Topic: IR Trip Planning Help Needed
Replies: 9
Views: 4227

Re: IR Trip Planning Help Needed

I have never heard of anything to rent at Chippewa Harbor. I would never take a canoe from there to Malone. A very perilous undertaking in a canoe. I hope to take my sea kayak out that way and I just last Sunday planned out the trip. Even with a sea kayak and dressed for immersion you would have to ...
by RockRiver
Thu Jan 22, 2015 5:44 pm
Forum: General Questions and Miscellaneous
Topic: Rangers with guns
Replies: 16
Views: 8346

Re: Rangers with guns

Tree Ratt, the Michigan Sate Police is the best place to find out how to comply with the cpl law in Michigan. Here is the link: http://mich.gov/msp/0,1607,7-123-1591_3503_4654---,00.html The last topic on this list is on reciprocity. I think that you will find everything that you need to know on the...