chris.brock Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 We managed almost 70 km because we cheated, we had a motor! Here's our method of travel I've seen all sections of the French, The lower section down from Hartley Bay is one of my favorite areas. We took the Bad River channel down to the Lily Chutes to camp for our first night. Geologically it's a pretty unique spot, lots of chutes and channels flowing into Cross Channel The walleye weren't cooperating, but the channel cats were Colin with a little Cross Channel channel cat Colin and Tori enjoying a leisurely breakfast planning the days route my favorite part of the trip was working our way through the Finger Boards, a maze of little islands and rocks, we didn't use the motor for this section Colin looking for a bite in the evening great weather, a late afternoon swim to refresh all done, Hartley Bay marina can get pretty busy on a Saturday morning the motor helped us cover miles, it was nice to have when we were tired of paddling, but the quiet sounds of the dipping of the paddles was nice too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskieman Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Great stuff ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jds63 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 beautiful area to paddle and fish , thanks for the report did you start and finish at Hartley Bay marina ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 One of my favorite pieces of water Chris, I love it down there! The spot where you were catching the cats we've always called it (not surprisingly) the catfish hole. There's tons of them in there. Gonna have to make it a point to get back there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_hooked Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Been there.. done that...! 120 miles from the West Arm, Nipissing to Georgian Bay in 7 days..... Great trip... see any rattle snakes.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Clemens Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 That would be a trip I'd like to take sometime. LOVE the French River and never been anywhere near down towards the end. Beautiful from the various pics I've seen. Thanks for taking the time to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.brock Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 beautiful area to paddle and fish , thanks for the report did you start and finish at Hartley Bay marina ? yep, started and finished at Hartley Bay Marina One of my favorite pieces of water Chris, I love it down there! The spot where you were catching the cats we've always called it (not surprisingly) the catfish hole. There's tons of them in there. Gonna have to make it a point to get back there.... yeah, a pretty cool place for 4 hours drive from the GTA, we've caught a few decent walleye, casting crankbaits, after dark in places like the "catfish hole" Been there.. done that...! 120 miles from the West Arm, Nipissing to Georgian Bay in 7 days..... Great trip... see any rattle snakes.? I was hoping to, but no, didn't see or hear a rattler, I'm always a bit nervous looking for firewood and picking blue berries down there a lady at Hartley Bay said there's usually a couple of road kill rattlers on Hart. Bay Rd after a weekend of traffic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhickey Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 That sounds more like a work out. Glad to see you got some time to fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 What an awesome trip. The fishing is just an afterthought when youre on adventures like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 how are the blueberry's this year? Probably a bit early, but is it gonna be a bumper crop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.brock Posted July 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 how are the blueberry's this year? Probably a bit early, but is it gonna be a bumper crop? yeah, a little early, but plenty to found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Very nice. Looks like a lovely trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirogak Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Nice report Chris. Nice chair too, where did you get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.brock Posted August 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Nice report Chris. Nice chair too, where did you get it?thanks Mirro the chair's from Hiker's Haven, it's pretty old now, I think it was about $30 and weighs about 2.3 lbs, it packs down pretty small too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildeye rainbow Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Very nice pics. I haven't been down that stretch of the French - it's a great river. WR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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