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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Listening Point - General Discussion Dead Calm and a Canoers Delight |
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08/11/2017 07:57PM
At least mine.
Over the years I have had some terrible strong winds while canoeing and fishing. But have been blessed with the dead earie calm winds that I love to slice the water with while canoeing. Also at times lake trout fishing we get a mayfly hatch and you can see the dimples on the surface made by trout,tullibee or a whitefish coming to the surface and grabbing them.
Many a times I could cast over there and get a fish. Great fishing for whitefish fishing on Canadian Agnes once on a dead calm 90 degree day in early June when the water was still cold.
Too get lucky and paddle in cruise mode on a calm day makes the trip complete in itself. Sometimes you can look behind your canoe and see a little bubble trail as far as you can see.
Over the years I have had some terrible strong winds while canoeing and fishing. But have been blessed with the dead earie calm winds that I love to slice the water with while canoeing. Also at times lake trout fishing we get a mayfly hatch and you can see the dimples on the surface made by trout,tullibee or a whitefish coming to the surface and grabbing them.
Many a times I could cast over there and get a fish. Great fishing for whitefish fishing on Canadian Agnes once on a dead calm 90 degree day in early June when the water was still cold.
Too get lucky and paddle in cruise mode on a calm day makes the trip complete in itself. Sometimes you can look behind your canoe and see a little bubble trail as far as you can see.
08/11/2017 08:30PM
In 2001 I was solo and did the mile long Horse portage around the rapids on Basswood. I was really concerned about paddling the length of Basswood to Prairie Portage. It turned out to be dead calm conditions. I remember it being uncomfortably hot and seeing a "sun dog". I'll take that over wind any day.
"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw
08/11/2017 09:15PM
Pinetree,you said that perfectly! I soloed once on crystal lake and departed for home at 430am on a glass surface and a sliver of a moon. Silent except drips off the paddle. A special content feeling. Have a good evening everyone! Marc
08/11/2017 09:53PM
quote walllee: " it is magical when the water is so calm... Lake Superior at Grand Marais a couple weeks ago.."
I canoed lake Superior by Tettachoue(sp) park one time and I thought it was dead calm but it still had those undualating(sp) slow waves only a lake it size could have. What was weird to me was here I am in like 40 feet of water and the water is so clear it felt like I was on top of a clean clear glass panel. It felt so weird and like my balance wasn't quite right.
08/12/2017 01:58PM
quote Pinetree: "quote walllee: " it is magical when the water is so calm... Lake Superior at Grand Marais a couple weeks ago.."
I canoed lake Superior by Tettachoue(sp) park one time and I thought it was dead calm but it still had those undualating(sp) slow waves only a lake it size could have. What was weird to me was here I am in like 40 feet of water and the water is so clear it felt like I was on top of a clean clear glass panel. It felt so weird and like my balance wasn't quite right."
Superior's clarity also unsettles me. It looks like it's four feet deep when it's forty and understanding that makes me feel like I'm flying...in a canoe, which is unnatural.
I will paddle eternal, Kevlar and carbon.
08/12/2017 03:14PM
To have perfect calm waters, you need to have no wind. Often in the early AM, late evening PM or overnight. To get that during the day, you are likely in the center of a high pressure system. often shown on weather maps as a "H" standing for "high".
On my first BW trip which was with a scout group in 1989, we paddled the Q Agnes Lake from the Silence portage area starting at around 3:00 AM in August. Full moon, northern lights, and "glass" to paddle on. Everything was reflected perfectly. Sun up later to boot.
On my first BW trip which was with a scout group in 1989, we paddled the Q Agnes Lake from the Silence portage area starting at around 3:00 AM in August. Full moon, northern lights, and "glass" to paddle on. Everything was reflected perfectly. Sun up later to boot.
the greatest come backs are reserved for those with the greatest deficits.
08/13/2017 04:06PM
quote QueticoMike: "I fear the wind in the woods and on the water more than anything else out there.
What did you catch the whitefish on?"
Caught them on a panther martin spinner,either black or yellow. It would of been awesome if I had a fly rod and flies.
They actually tasted very good.
08/15/2017 11:37AM
Stayed at a friends cabin on Ely island on Lake Vermilion this weekend. Had a nice calm paddle from Stuntz bay to the island Friday night, and a calm paddle from the island back to Stuntz bay Sunday morning.
What a blessing to have calm waters all weekend on such a big lake.
What a blessing to have calm waters all weekend on such a big lake.
08/15/2017 01:16PM
quote IceColdGold: "Stayed at a friends cabin on Ely island on Lake Vermilion this weekend. Had a nice calm paddle from Stuntz bay to the island Friday night, and a calm paddle from the island back to Stuntz bay Sunday morning.
What a blessing to have calm waters all weekend on such a big lake."
This last three weeks in my Brainerd area there has been almost zero wind. That is a long stretch.
08/16/2017 12:26PM
i've traveled seagull many times and seen it like glass twice when entering from rog or alpine and of course by the time we got to the east landing we were in 2' white caps, go figure ;) ,,, it can change very fast in canoe country :( ,,, 1 time i even mentioned to my group i've only seen seagull like this once before , so we better get going right away , and they were like why , well they found out why .
keep your line wet, good things will happen
08/16/2017 02:12PM
quote shock: "i've traveled seagull many times and seen it like glass twice when entering from rog or alpine and of course by the time we got to the east landing we were in 2' white caps, go figure ;) ,,, it can change very fast in canoe country :( ,,, 1 time i even mentioned to my group i've only seen seagull like this once before , so we better get going right away , and they were like why , well they found out why ."
That happened to me on Basswood,we came out of North bay in Canada and it was super dead calm,got to Washington bay of Basswood and the wind came up so strong all at once we had to stop behind a very small Island and wait till dark to move on.
09/01/2018 11:21AM
Love those pictures of dead calm and paddling. It is so neat when you have a efficient paddle stroke and you can see the canoe cut through the water and just coast.
Lets see some of those reflection pictures of the water paddling away or just nice reflection pictures. West end of Rose lake.
Yes nice calm waters edge campsite pictures also. I am not fussy.
Lets see some of those reflection pictures of the water paddling away or just nice reflection pictures. West end of Rose lake.
Yes nice calm waters edge campsite pictures also. I am not fussy.
09/01/2018 03:14PM
moosedoggie: "
You very seldom see Basswood like this."
No more than once I had to pull the canoe off the water in the Washington arm of Basswood.
You get a calm day of leisure paddling or dragging a lure behind on a day like that. Life doesn't get any better. Except you throw in fall colors and a few leaves floating around.
09/01/2018 06:44PM
Pinetree: "quote walllee: " it is magical when the water is so calm... Lake Superior at Grand Marais a couple weeks ago.."
I canoed lake Superior by Tettachoue(sp) park one time and I thought it was dead calm but it still had those undualating(sp) slow waves only a lake it size could have. What was weird to me was here I am in like 40 feet of water and the water is so clear it felt like I was on top of a clean clear glass panel. It felt so weird and like my balance wasn't quite right."
Sounds like heaven.
“The Wilderness holds answers to more questions than we have yet learned to ask.” - Nancy Newhall
09/01/2018 09:41PM
Pinetree: "nctry: "
Caught these two paddling the mighty miss this morning...
Very calm but good current because of a storm we had last night."
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I just love to see the little wakes created behind a canoe."
These two were like they were training for a race or something. Looked very familiar.
Nctry
09/02/2018 07:23AM
August of 1989: Scouts were located on S chain in the Q. We were directly in the center of the "H" of a large high pressure center. The absolute calm we were under was not to be forgotten soon. We left camp on Lake Agnes at 3:00 AM in those conditions and wide glass surface of the lake which reflected the tree line across the lake and we had the benefit of a full moon which had eclipsed just after sundown. Add to that a very nice viewing of the northern lights until near daybreak and this is unequalled since then for me. Breakfast at Louisa Falls.
Too amazing to be true? Check it out in weather or lunar history or possibly someone here was in this high pressure system also.
Too amazing to be true? Check it out in weather or lunar history or possibly someone here was in this high pressure system also.
the greatest come backs are reserved for those with the greatest deficits.
09/02/2018 05:19PM
KarlBAndersen1: "A couple views from my canoe on glass water:
(The four photos are two views taken at different times on consecutive days.)
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Very nice,
The treeline reflection reminds me of trolling in one of my favorite lakes just about on the edge or tip of the pine tree reflection in the water. Very neat and it seems like the whole natural world is relaxed at peace with itself.
09/03/2018 09:12PM
Have you ever gotten in the watter when it is like this? Put your eyes at the surface you can see all the way across the lake. It is an awe inspiring sight. Even seeing it I have a hard time grasping how flat and level it is.
The sun sets at home too. Why is it not the same?
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