canoing/swimming

[Dave Bailey]

(06-11-2013 01:41 PM)mrclownprince Wrote:  Thank for the tips, hopefully i won't scare all the fish next time. It's a slightly older coleman with aluminum bracing. Im thinking about getting some seats that sit lower, as the seats sit level with the rails.

If I recall correctly Colemans have a fairly rounded bottom and don't have a keel, and that can make things a bit tougher. I have a Scott Tripper, 16ft, flat bottomed with a keel and it's quite stable. A couple of years ago we rented a second canoe up at Grundy lake PP, and it had no keel and a more rounded bottom, and what a difference! Just casting can start the canoe on a slow spin as Newton's third law comes into play. Have you got an anchor?