I have been on a trip with old_salt before... albeit not in the same canoe....  We shared the same campsite ;D ;D and if I remember correctly he did make a little noise at night ;) ;)  not enough to keep me awake or anything... I was worn out from catching vast numbers of walleye, northern, and the sacred smallmouth bass...  ;D ;D ;D
   I have had three different partners on three different trips... and I am pretty well stuck with the partner I had last year... and although she snores just a little, she is a good paddler and since we just got married I had better keep taking her as long as she wants to go... Although next trip I will have to put her in the stern in a different canoe with one of the kids in the bow, while I take another one with me... We have 4 newbies to break in next June :o :o :o  It's going to be fun  I know...
   But, If I were looking for someone to go with me on a special guys trip, I would have to asked them the three improtant questions that forms the basis of all serious relationships.  Do you love to fish?  Do you love to fish?  Do you love to fish? and I guess I would have to ask a few of the others too that you guys have come up with...;) ;)  

Bruce

And in relation to what Yellowbird posted above... I am a combination of the Golden Retriever and the Otter