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Posts: 32934 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | A friend stopped in today to get some maps marked up for a week trip while on his way there: Hand made, and a beauty. Attachments ----------------  DSC_0004 [640x480].JPG (118KB - 278 downloads) DSC_0006 [640x480].JPG (93KB - 233 downloads) DSC_0008 [640x480].JPG (111KB - 347 downloads) DSC_0009 [640x480].JPG (81KB - 221 downloads) | ||
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| I WISH that were mine Mr. Sled. I do however have a 53 year old 26' hunk of rotting wood with a steering wheel. Attachments ---------------- sea skiff 2.jpg (138KB - 247 downloads) | |||
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| Dang, wish I would have caught this post before the tournament. There are actually a good sized group of folks who partake in row trolling. Some of us use restored antique boats (Thompson, Rhinelanders, Penn Yan among others) and those who use modern variations like Dave Schmidt's boat that Steve posted. There is a website available that is a jumping off point for rowing at http://www.row-troller.com/Home_Page.html. This is also the host site for the Bob Ellis Classic. As mentioned, there is an associated Facebook page that can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Row-Trolling/369775133040597 and is the interactive "partner" to the main website. Row trolling can be a solitary sport and both Tom Gelb and the late Bob Ellis would be good examples of guys who fished primarily solo. Most seem to prefer to fish with one or more partners. This past weekend had several father and son, father and daughter, and husband and wife teams along with just a couple buddies who like to fish together. Some of the appeal of this style aside from the fishing technique itself is the closeness you feel with the environment, the relative silence of a day spent on the water (unless you're in my boat had hear the creak, creak of unlubed oarlocks), and the great sense of camraderie that this relatively small group of fishermen share. We love checking out each others boats, lures, rigging, and general good natured disposition of row trollers. As Jon mentioned there are several of us who guide out of row trollers. Most non-guides are usually pretty decent about introducing an interested individual to the sport too so it may be worth your while to look into doing a few hours to try the sport out before jumping in with both feet. Boats can be as simple as a fiberglass or aluminum sport canoe up to spending thousands of dollars on a custom made new boat or a restored classic. Please feel free to contact me if you have further questions. I'd be happy to answer any questions. Edited by Peter Stoltman 6/18/2012 11:37 PM Attachments ---------------- The Cisco Dancer.JPG (246KB - 429 downloads) Bob Ellis Classic 2012 006.JPG (224KB - 316 downloads) Peter Rowing.JPG (148KB - 231 downloads) BEC Participants 2012.jpg (258KB - 230 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 32934 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | |||
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WOW!! Beautiful boats and a great topic. I built a wooden boat this past fall with some muskie rowtrolling in mind, as well as just taking the wife and kids out! Boy, after rowing a few hours I have a real appreciation for those who do this. I still haven't got one yet, but working on getting in shape to be able to do this all day. I would love to attend this event to learn some tricks from those with more experience, but NC is pretty far. Pete, I see some of those boats are "dory" type boats, do rowtrollers feel this allows for easier trolling on their bodies? Curious because thinking of building another specifically for row trolling. Thanks and here's some pics of my 12ft skiff row boat! Derek
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Posts: 2894 Location: Yahara River Chain | |||
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Posts: 2894 Location: Yahara River Chain | From Geoff Crandall (who attended): Had fun at the Ellis outing last weekend- 5 were caught (biggest was a 41 and then mid-upper 30’s) and a good time was had by all. He also sent some photos as well. Enjoy! I also singled out the "Crandallman" from the group photo in the last pic. Edited by muskie! nut 6/20/2012 4:07 PM Attachments ---------------- rowboat1a.JPG (42KB - 228 downloads) rowboat2a.JPG (27KB - 204 downloads) rowboata.JPG (45KB - 213 downloads) rowersa.JPG (27KB - 213 downloads) crandallman.JPG (19KB - 193 downloads) | ||
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