Puckster wrote on Jul 28^th, 2014 at 9:46pm:

Hey Ranger, you've got a nice diversity of opinions on this dilemna you face.  Did you decide to use the bigger or smaller canoe?

The opinions are fairly well divided. I'm thinking that we'll most likely use the Q17. I know that everything will fit in it, and I think it'll minimize the sail affect when empty.

I'm also debating on whether or not I want to bring my Spring Creek canoe floats/stabilizers too. The dog is really good in the canoe, but for the amount of time we'll be fishing from an empty boat, with a novice bow paddler, and a dog, on some big lakes, with a bunch of spendy fishing equipment… I know I'd get a ton of flack for them from the outfitter, but it might be nice insurance to have.