The usual rules apply including but not limited to: Participants provide their own suitable canoe or kayak, paddle(s), PFD/approved life jackets, and wear PFD on water Minors must be accompanied by responsible adult Adults must sign in, on waiver sheet Hydration/drinking water BYO, Lunch BYO Dump bag – Dry bag w/change of clothing Contact: This list, e-mail harry.meyen44@gmailcom
CELL (815)441-2021
Members of Stateline paddlers and guests welcome Members of Prairie State Canoeists and guests welcome
Devil’s Lake paddle and hike at Devil’s Lake State Park in Baraboo, Wisconsin, Saturday, September 28, 2024
We will meet at north shore boat landing at Devil’s lake State Park on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at about 10:03 AM. The north shore boat landing is on the north side of the park just off of DL no car shuttle is needed for this paddle but you do have to have a WI state sticker to get in the park. After we meet we’ll decide what we want to do first. Devil’s lake is a 360 acre lake with bluffs on the east and west sides that stick up some 500 feet off the lake.
Jeff Reuter will be hosting this paddle for more info call me on my cell at 815-494-8502 during non-business hours. For the hike bring comfortable clothes and hiking shoes with non-slip soles and hydration because it can be hot on the buffs. For the paddle participants provide their own suitable canoe or kayak, paddle(s), PFD/approved life jackets, and wear PFD on water Minors must be accompanied by responsible adult Adults must sign in on waiver sheet Hydration/drinking water BYO Lunch, BYO Dump bag – Dry bag w/change of clothing Members of Stateline paddlers and guests welcome Members of Prairie State Canoeists and guests welcome
This paddle has been canceled do to no one signing up.
paddle has been moved to Saturday, Oct. 19. Meet us at the put-in at 9:47 a.m. There is NO shuttle since we are paddling upriver then coming back. Launch time is 10:00 a.m. Trip is for skilled paddlers due to tour boats sharing the water and creating wakes in narrow areas. Paddle is 10-14 miles depending on how many “side trips” we take to explore several creeks in this section of the river.
Directions:
90/94 North, take Exit 87, Merge onto POW/MIA Mem. Hwy. (Hwy. 13/23). Turn L on River Rd. just after crossing WI River in downtown Dells. Then L on Indiana Ave. and municipal boat ramp is at the end of road. Parking is across the street from the boat ramp.
Stateline Paddlers is hosting a trip on the Kishwaukee River from Bauman Park in Cherry Valley to Seth Atwood forest preserve on Sunday, 1 of September 2024. Car shuttle is at 10:00, so plan to arrive by 09:45 for time to unload.
Sunday July 14, 2024, Maripat and I are doing Turtle Creek from O’Riley Road to Sweet Allyn Park. Note: this to replace the Rock River paddle from Beloit to Riverside Park that scheduled before. Please note the water levels are good. Currently the forecast has highs around 91 degrees and partly cloudy for Sunday. Currently, the Turtle Creek is at 4.36 Feet and running at 219 cubic feet per second. This is a little high for this time of year but doable.
Meet 9:47am at O’Riley Rd. put-in (at 5310 S O Riley Rd, Darien, WI 53114). Car shuttle at 10:00am. FYI: O’Riley Road bridge is out where crosses Turtle Creek.
The usual rules apply including but not limited to:
Participants provide their own suitable canoe or kayak, paddle(s), PFD/approved life jackets, and wear PFD on water
Minors must be accompanied by responsible adult
Adults must sign in, on waiver sheet
Hydration/drinking water BYO,
Lunch BYO
Dump bag – Dry bag w/change of clothing
Contact: This list, e-mail to jreuter@pobox.com, or Jeff Reuter cell phone at (815)494-8502
Members of Stateline paddlers and guests welcome
Members of Prairie State Canoeists and guests welcome
We will meet at Yale Bridge on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at about 9:07 AM. The canoe launch is north of Sugar River Forest Preserve as shown in the map below. We will shuttle at 9:37 and try to be on the water 10ish. The lower Sugar River is a winding river for moderate paddlers. It is usually a somewhat slower current however it is at higher water levels it can be stronger. It has a sand bottom with some tree dams to go around. The section of the sugar we will run is from Yale Bridge Road to Two Rivers Forest Preserve. The trip will be all down river except for the last 1500 feet going upstream on the Pecatonica River to the takeout in Two Rivers Forest Preserve. Bring lunch or a snack as we will be stopping at a sand bar along way if we can find one. I will go over a few pointers about paddling on a river just before we put in for beginners if we have any. Note: I will have to keep an eye on water levels for there’s been a lot of rain in Wisconsin in the last week. If the water levels are too high, we may have to move this to a different river or cancel. The short trip will be 7.6 miles or about 3.5 hours weather permitting of course. If you want to do a longer trip you can also paddle to Macktown that is about 16 miles. Jeff Reuter will be hosting this paddle for more info call me on my cell at 815-494-8502. The usual rules apply including but not limited to: Participants provide their own suitable canoe or kayak, paddle(s), PFD/approved life jackets, and wear PFD on water Minors must be accompanied by responsible adult Adults must sign in on waiver sheet Hydration/drinking water BYO Lunch, BYO Dump bag – Dry bag w/change of clothing Members of Stateline paddlers and guests welcome Members of Prairie State Canoeists and guests welcome
Meet 9:47am at O’Riley Rd. put-in (at 5310 S O Riley Rd, Darien, WI 53114). Car shuttle at 10:00am. FYI: O’Riley Road bridge is out where crosses Turtle Creek.
The usual rules apply including but not limited to: Participants provide their own suitable canoe or kayak, paddle(s), PFD/approved life jackets, and wear PFD on water Minors must be accompanied by responsible adult Adults must sign in, on waiver sheet Hydration/drinking water BYO, Lunch BYO Dump bag – Dry bag w/change of clothing Contact: This list, e-mail to jreuter@pobox.com, or Jeff Reuter cell phone at (815)494-8502
Members of Stateline paddlers and guests welcome Members of Prairie State Canoeists and guests welcome
Annual Saturday before Memorial Day Paddle on Rock River (5/25/24). Meet at Oregon East Park at 09:30 to 09:45 car shift at 10:00. Total trip about 11 miles to Grand Detour, with the option to get out at Castle Rock Boat Ramp (4 3/4 miles) where we stop for lunch. Bring your own kayak or canoe, PFD (life jacket), paddle(s), lunch. Wear PFD on water. Adults must sign a waiver for minors and must be accompanied by a responsible adult. This is a rather easy trip, with the fastest water the first couple hundred yards from the launch. Apologies for not posting this sooner, but I just got back from a camping trip Tuesday, and my wife’s birthday was yesterday, so I was distracted.
We will meet at the launch site at 4th St (Route 213), Beloit, WI in the back parking lot of the Beloit Bicycle Company, just north of the Rock River at 9:43 am. For a shorter trip, if there is interest, we can run a second shuttle on the other side of the river to stop at Macktown FP. It is about a 6.5 to Macktown and 13 mile trip to Riverside Park. The car shuttle will leave at 10:13. This should allow us to be on the river at 10:43. We will stop for lunch at the Rockton Dam that we have to portage around. The weather forecast calls for mostly cloudy with a small change of rain at about 3PM, high will be 74°F. I bit or warning the river is high but not at flood stage but it is running pretty fast. The usual rules apply including but not limited to: Participants provide their own suitable canoe or kayak, paddle(s), PFD/approved life jackets, and wear PFD on water Minors must be accompanied by responsible adult Adults must sign in on waiver sheet Hydration/drinking water BYO Lunch BYO Dump bag – Dry bag w/change of clothing Hosted by Jeff Reuter (815-494-8502)
We will meet at north shore boat landing at Devil’s lake State Park on Sunday, September 17, 2023 at about 10:03 AM. The north shore boat landing is on the north side of the park just off of DL no car shuttle is needed for this paddle but you do have to have a WI state sticker to get in the park. After we meet we’ll decide what we want to do first. Devil’s lake is a 360 acre lake with bluffs on the east and west sides that stick up some 500 feet off the lake. Jeff Reuter will be hosting this paddle for more info call me on my cell at 815-494-8502. For the hike bring comfortable clothes and hiking shoes with non-slip soles and hydration because it can be hot on the buffs. For the paddle participants provide their own suitable canoe or kayak, paddle(s), PFD/approved life jackets, and wear PFD on water Minors must be accompanied by responsible adult Adults must sign in on waiver sheet Hydration/drinking water BYO Lunch, BYO Dump bag – Dry bag w/change of clothing Members of Stateline paddlers and guests welcome Members of Prairie State Canoeists and guests welcome
