have been going for 25 years and we always made it a right of passage... at age 9 for all the boys in the family. they can't paddle worth a crap but they are fun... and no body is more excited on the 9th b'day!!!

Funny story... one time we were paddling in from a late night walleye fishing run ... Sag had flattened out and everythign was real calm and quiet. 3 canoes cutting water and paddling silently... when all of a sudden the 9 year old starts playing his harmonica in the middle of Sag... I nearly wet my pants laughing.