I wanted to go fishing again and try my luck at some Rainbow Trout. Saturday turned out to be a nice day. I finished my yardwork, which was satisfying, and decided if I wanted to fish for rainbow’s, I had only a few choices. Blackwell Forest Preserve/Silver Lake and two other lakes in Dupage County [...]
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Chain O’Lakes
Had a great paddle this past Tuesday! I tested my fishing gear and rigs and the weather was very nice! My buddy Mike had the day off and we had both been thinking about paddling Chain O’Lakes soon. It was a good choice for a paddle and no headaches figuring out where. There is plenty [...]
Nice, local paddle (with caveats)
This was a paddling weekend! Love it. I had a few days where Rachael was out of town and her boat wasn’t being used. So, I posted to the Meetup Group offering her kayak to anyone who didn’t have one and was able to go out. I had lined up a paddle with a Float [...]
Kish-wau-kee, man
Rich C. from PaddleAway.com and our Float Your Boat Meetup group sent out an email this past Wednesday about the Prairie Coast Paddlers season opener on the Kishwaukee River. The event was Saturday, April 26th.
Making the best of it…
..the best of being back in Illinois. Today we finally paddled Lake Michigan. It was a short, but very worthwhile trip. The water was choppier than I imagined it would be. It was well worth hunkerin’ down for and just doing it! As I explained to Rachael, it will be good experience for our next [...]
