subject: My Old Orange Plastic Canoe and Fishing in the Kawarthas [print this page] No longer will it be resting on a pair of old wooden saw horses waiting for me to take it out for a paddle along the Scugog and some Fishing in the Kawarthas.
No longer will I be dragging my old orange plastic canoe to the dock two hundred feet away from the house, and loaded with a pair of paddles, fishing tackle in my knapsack, medium weight fishing rod, an old steel railway plate for an anchor, cut off laundry detergent jug for bailing (just in case it began to leak) or one more boating weekender refused to slow down as they speed by ignoring the safety of others on my part of the Scugog narrows.
No longer will we feel the excitement of what will we catch next, if anything, during our regular two hour day-time or night-time expeditions.
No longer will paddling this old plastic orange canoe be such fun for me :(
On the whole the canoe was a pretty safe craft, as it had a dense foam buoyancy buffer each side of the gunwale.
Despite the fact that at one time the plastic cracked just below the gunwale, from the bow to the mid point of the canoe, and for a long while I had it patched with several aluminium strips riveted like stitching to keep the two gaping parts together. Later I decided to give it some additional reinforcement and sealed the riveted gaps with fibreglass and resin. Yep, the old orange canoe was feeling mighty strong to go out with me for many more years of paddling and fishing on the Scugog in the Kawarthas. Or so we thought!
Now it seems that someone else has the use of my old orange plastic canoe.
That someone else thought that my old plastic orange canoe should belong to them and decided to take it away. Shame on you for stealing my orange canoe!
Be warned that if I see you anywhere in my area with that canoe, you will be in deep s***. If fact, that canoe is so easily identified that I'd be able to recognize wherever it is. And whats more, visitors to Fishing in the Kwarthas will also be on the look out for that canoe.
So what are your options? Do the right thing and put the canoe back where you found it. Put it back on the old wooden saw horses, where it feels most comfortable until its paddled by me one more time and begins to happily glide on the waters of the Scugog in the Kawarthas.
My Old Orange Plastic Canoe and Fishing in the Kawarthas
