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Written by Jeff Reuter
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Horicon Marsh Paddle - We will be taking a paddle around Horicon Marsh on Saturday August 7. Jeff Reuter (cell phone at 815-494-8502) will have a trailer at Paddle and Trail at 7:00 AM for carpooling/caravan. If you will be putting your boat on the trailer bring your own straps. We must take off at 7:30 Am. We will also meet at the Milton House in Milton, Wisconsin on highway 26 at 8:30AM for another carpool/caravan to Horicon. to get to Milton House exit the interstate on Highway 26 at Janesville and proceed straight ahead to Milton. Milton House is on the right and clearly marked. More deltails are coming about putin and take out times. There will be another stop in the town of Horicon for the bath room because there is no places to stop in the mursh.
The cat tall marsh is a maze of islands floating in calm, shallow water. Any type of boat is suitable and any skill level is welcome. Bring a snack, but since it is often difficlult to find a dry place to get out, (it is a marsh afterall), we will have to eat in our boats. I anticipate the trip will take about 3 hours of easy paddling.
For more information contact Bill Dodds at 732-718-8524 or email at
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Here is the full address: Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area N7728 Hwy 28 Horicon, WI 53032
Here is some more info about the Marsh
and a WEB page site
Measuring nearly 14-miles long and five-miles wide, this wetland is the largest cattail marsh in the United States. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 July 2010 11:40 )
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The Kishwaukee River Trip 8-1-2010 |
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Written by Jeff Reuter
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The Kishwaauke River trip will be on August 1, 2010. The Kishwaaukee river is not as winding as the sugar river but it will still be good for beginners to moderate paddlers. It is a little bit faster current and it has a rock bottom and will just have a few tree dams to go a round. The section of the Kishwaukee we will run is from Baumann (in Cherry Valley) to Seth Atwood Forest Preserve (by New Milford). The trip will be all down river. Bring a lunch or snack as we will be stopping about half way down. I will go over a few pointers about paddling on a river just before we put in for the beginners.
The paddle will take about 3 hours max. with a 30 minute stop in the middle some were. The total trip will be around 8.6 miles at an average of 3.5 MPH weather permitting of course. Here is a map of where we will be.
We will be using a trailer from paddle and trail to move boats but bring your own straps. We will meet at paddle and trail where we will load our boats on one of Jim's trailers out 9:00AM. Some one will volunteer to move people and there gear. Depending on how many people come, we mite need a few vehicle to move people. We will then drive to the put in and take off all of the boats from the trailer. We will then just move all of our vehicles to the take out and one vehicle will have to move all of the drivers back to the put in. I hope to be on the water at about 10:30 or 11:00AM. After we paddle down to the paddle down the river to the take out someone will have to go back and get the vehicle that moved the drivers back. At the same time everyone else loads the boats back on the trailer. We will all meet at the take out and drive back to the store. For more information keep watching this WEB page or call Jeff Reuter at 815-494-8502. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 12 July 2010 22:09 )
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Moon Light Paddle on Pierce Lake |
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Written by Jeff Reuter
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Have you ever wanted to try kayak at night under a full moon in Pierce Lake? Here is your chance to try it. We will start at 7:00 PM at main boat ramp at Pierce Lake weather permitting. Pierce Lake is in Rock Cut State Park in Loves Park, IL. We will then paddle around the lake until 8:30PM. You must have a good flash light so that you can be seen also it would be a good idea to have bug spray and warm clothing. We will have to be out of the park by 10:00 PM. I try to do this paddle every month on a Friday just before a full moon. Check the Stateline Calenders for dates and posible changes. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 May 2010 08:31 )
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