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Not that storm, but an award-winning short story based on a real event here in Maine. This was required reading in middle school English classes when I was growing up, and it still makes me think any time I anchor or tie off a boat in the cold-water season...

I'm a big fan of Sealine bags, but they all work. Because they are roll-top, being too big is really not a problem, so when in doubt, order the next size up. I got some fantastic roll-top backpacks as close-outs from Sierra Trading Post that are about 40 liters and make great canoe bags with a...

C'mon! You guys have Trenton! True story--25 years after my short Jersey residence, I was informed by the Maine DMV that it didn't matter to them, but my license to drive was suspended in NJ. So I call NJ to find out what the problem was. It took me about 5 calls to get someone who would...

One week between the draw notification and deadline to take the test and purchase the permit? That seems awfully short, regardless of your friend's circumstances. Is there any good reason to make the timeline so short?

Carl--glad you and yours are already evacuated. Even with some weakening, this is looking like an enormous storm. My brother-in-law is still waiting to hear plans from some of his family members.

Cat 5 update a few minutes after the 10 am forecast. Get out while you can.

I've got in-laws in the Tampa Bay area who are very worried as this approaches. Category 4 as of this morning, and the forecast track looks very bad for Tampa.

Geez, Eric, do you do anything on your weekends anymore but plough through old duck-boaty references that have been digitized? Just in the last few weeks you've pulled together a lot of great historical material!

Well done, sir!

Have you walked them up in Maine? All my sora hunting has been down in Merrymeeting Bay's rice and bullrush flats. The birds are hard to find except at high tides where they concentrate in the thickest patches of floating rice. In the early season, it's good way to kill the dead time for...

Think he's leaning the boat, port side low, starboard high.

Not sure if this is the same pedestal that RD shared, but also from NRS...

Check on whitewater forums. Lots of whitewater open canoe paddlers shape their own foam saddles that are glued into the boat. Not sure what they use for foam, but you should be able to find something you can easily shape with a knife and some sanding.

That's the one. I think they maybe have lodging too.

You guys get early season birds moved by hurricanes. We get late season birds moved by northeasters. Most of my best hunts here have been being out just ahead of incoming NE storms. What's perfect is to still be out as the snow is starting but before it makes boating and driving stupid.

Thanks all. It's a little small, but any bigger and cartopping would be out of the question. It's the boat I should have had in my 20's and 30's when I was strong and before experience began to cloud the notion that I was immortal and should just "send it" (as the youngsters say). LOL!

I'm still kicking myself for not getting in an Iowa/Wisconsin/Minnesota Driftless trip while my sister and brother-in-law were living in Chicago. Storied trout water out there, celebrated by none other than Aldo Leopold in some of the Sand County Almanac essays. One of my Maine fishing buddies...

Didn't someone (Steve Sutton? Worth?) have a long post on here with photos of a battery or sink box hunt in Nova Scotia or maybe New Brunswick? I'm thinking in my early days on here, so maybe ~15 years ago. I tried a quick search and could not find it.

It's been a long summer, but I've finally had some chances to play with the Grumman Sportboat after a repaint and powering with a 6 HP Suzuki 4 stroke. First--the paint. Not much to say. Lou's FME in dead grass green is still good stuff. Took two coats to cover, after a lot of sanding and...