Posting this one up here because I feel like getting the ball rolling on this.....I'm thinking of coming down for it again. Should be fun and look forward to seeing folks. Planning already on having a beer with Harlan on Friday night 

Agreed. It was good to meet you last year at the Copia get-together. Look forward to another get-together in Madison in March. This post is also my respite from all the holiday planning at my end as well!

Magic Paddler and Old Salt will be presenting "Customizing Your Canoe(s) for Fishing Success" on Sunday. More details to follow.

We hope to see many of our QJ friends at Copia this year. Last year we decided to focus on a QJ Dinner on Saturday evening. Lunch will be informal and you are free to organize your own thing. The Coleseum is a handy gathering place away from the mayhem of Copia.

As always, looking forward to all of you coming to our fair city!!!

As OS indicated, we won't make a formal reservation for lunch this year, but I'm sure we can gather at the Coliseum without any problem.

And OS & Magic, let me know if you need anything at this end for your presentation.

We can also talk about a Friday night gathering for those who will be here then.

Has it been a year already?!???

ml

An update.
As indicated earlier, MP and I will be presenting, "Customizing Your Canoe For Fishing Success". Our assigned time slot is on Sunday at 12:30pm in Algonquin room. We hope many can stay for it. MP will be covering some hot topics such as 'which fish finders are best for wilderness fishing?', 'things to do with rental canoes', 'which batteries provide the most power?', ' best ways to mount transducers'.

I will discuss rod holders, tackle box mounts, and other helpful innovative methods to stay organized for fishing.

Several have asked me about Saturday dinner plans. I'm not aware of this years plan. In the past Kingfisher has planned this much anticipated event. To enhance the dinner, it was decided last year that we would not organize a lunch. My hunch would be that if one were to head to The Coliseum over the noon hour, one might encounter other QJers.

Anyway, stay tuned...

Old Salt wrote on Jan 26^th, 2015 at 7:13pm:


So that's a 'no' I take it . . . That's ok.  I appreciate your consideration.  Feel free however, to use my photo in any of your presentation.

Don't lose hope PJ. To quote the NFL, 'upon further review', we have decided your slide should be included in our presentation. I overlooked your obvious wisdom, and for that I'm deeply apologetic. Your slide is a great 'before' shot, illustrating chaos in the canoe.

Actually, we can assist you here. We can show you a bottle holder so close, that you will never think you are thirsty. We can show you some mounting options for your chew. We can even show you how to recycle your chew can into a puck mount for your transducer. We can even help you with a livewell for those nice Waldo's. :dankk2

We'll look for you at Copia.

Hmm, that's the nice way to put it ST.   

I liked it! 

puckster

LOL. I imagine Webster is ROFL, about now. You got Pascanell's best side. Thanks.

MT would have one if he could...

i would love to see the tiger stripe-esque tan lines that wearing those sandals without socks would have achieved on such a sunny day!

I get those awesome summer 'tiger stripes' from wearing my Keen sandal all summer long.  It makes me feel like I've spent a good amount of time outdoors when they get good and dark!

Back on topic - just made my flight reservations for Madison!  Looking forward to my first 'copia, meeting some fellow QJ'ers (I've only met PAJeff....up on Brent Lake last summer) and spending some time with family.  I have family just north of town and am coming in early to see some of them.

pd

You're on the speaker schedule  up

Hopefully more than are planning on playing poker.   

puckster

I will be attending and in town mid afternoon on Friday and heading back home Saturday afternoon. Anyone who has enough nerve to say "hello" has my promise I will not be as long winded in conversation as I have been in recent posts.

Yes to an informal Saturday midday gathering at the Coliseum if that is where it will be. Also a yes to the Sat. night dinner.

I'm in for Saturday lunch.

I'm sure that many are wondering about a Saturday dinner. I PMed Kingfisher to express appreciation for all of his work on past dinners and inquired if something was in the works. He responded that he no longer had time to devote to this, due to a change at work. He expressed support for us to continue the dinner tradition.

MuleLars and I are working on a plan for Saturday dinner, as well as a Friday evening meal. If you have any suggestions, please PM MuleLars or me or post here. We will post when we have plans. Thanks for your patience.

I'll be posting separate threads for the Friday dinner and the Saturday dinner.

For Saturday night, I'll be checking with the folks at Gray's but I'll look into some other potential venues as well. I just want to make sure we get a good deal. I know Kingfisher worked very very hard on securing Grey's for us the last few years, but it was sounding like we might not be able to make the sweetheart deal he was able to get before.

Stay tuned. And many many thanks to Kingfisher for all of his past effort on the Saturday dinner!!

Marten wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2015 at 10:43pm:

Hard to believe but it looks like I will miss Canoecopia this year. I may choose to attend a two day class for doing prescribed prairie burns instead. Still pondering this momentous decision.

Old Salt wrote on Feb 13^th, 2015 at 3:37pm:

I can get them started and done an awful lot of controlled burns. The control aspect is where I have much to learn. When things go wrong I want to be better prepared.

Still thinking about it and maybe just some barbecue.