Behind the Boats

I’ve gotten a couple questions about the weather coming through Saturday night – long story short, it’s not a factor. Longer story, there’s a long line of precipitation moving relatively quickly across the midwest that’ll move over our area from…

Weather wise we’re looking pretty great for this coming weekend. Mostly sunny Friday through Sunday with temps in the low 80s and only a chance of rain overnight Saturday. I’ll be watching water levels pretty closely to see how they…

Things are looking up for this coming weekend! All of the rain we’ve gotten over the past week looks to be making it’s way through the system and the week of relatively dry weather ahead means sandbars should be popping…

Water levels are currently peaking after the snowmelt and recent rains.  Too early to say if we’ll be able to open as planned on May 11 but the water will be high regardless.  As Spring progresses, keep an eye on…

It would appear we’re about to pass through Third Winter (one of Wisconsin’s 11 seasons) this weekend as snow is in the forecast followed by a week of rain. For reference: Winter, Fool’s Spring, Second Winter, Spring of Deception, Third…

Cabin fever must be setting in, phone calls and emails have started their annual winter jump as people start planning out summer canoe camping trips. Meanwhile, I’ll be buried in tax documents and spreadsheets for the next few weeks (continuing…

I was reminded that we’re officially 8 years old now! Wisconsin Canoe was officially incorporated on Jan 1, 2010. It’s a little strange to think that this pet project wasn’t expected to last more than a season or two. Going…

Tis’ the season. Need a gift for someone that’s already looking forward to warmer weather? We have gift certificates! Plus, buy a gift certificate between now and Christmas and we’ll send you a dry fit t-shirt (your choice on whether…

Our online system is now open for the 2018 season! There’s no rush to book a trip, even the busiest weekends don’t typically sell out until 3-4 weeks in advance, but if you like the piece of mind that comes…

We’re now closed for the 2017 season

This is it, the end of the 2017 season! After a pretty rough start it’s been going really well and this weekend is no exception. We’re pushing sunny and highs in the upper 80s today through Saturday. Overnight Saturday it…

We’ve got two weekends left and this one looks fantastic! Sunny and crisp with highs in the 70s and lows in the 40s. Plus it looks like we’ll have the illusive east wind at our backs! Water levels continue to…

We’re looking at the perfect end to the summer! Highs in the upper 70s/low 80s and no chance of rain through Labor Day. On top of that, water levels are ideal. If you haven’t made it out yet this year…

This late in the year we’re seeing the usual late August water levels which means more sandbars than you’ll know what to do with. The easterly winds play a little havoc with the Prairie Du Sac dam as the wind…

Sounds like the jet stream is heading south which means we’re about to get warmer with more humidity sometime this week. That also means we’re going to see more rain and storms come through which has been surprisingly uncommon so…

Water levels have dropped back near long term averages i.e. the sandbars are out in force. Long range forecast also looks excellent with only Thursday afternoon/evening having a chance of rain, everything else is sunny in the low 80s. This…

Everyone says this every year but, summer is flying by. We’ve only got a handful of weeks left in the summer canoe camping season though people are certainly taking advantage, we’ve been sold out for the upcoming weekend since early…

First of all, have you guys seen the weather forecast? Freakin’ amazing! Sunny, hot, not humid, minimal chance of storms, and low winds into the next work week. I don’t think that’s happened yet this season. As for water levels…

Today looks like it’ll be about as high as it goes and the reports we’ve heard back were all positive. Water levels at most points upstream are receding and with the dry forecast we should be out of the woods.…

Less than 2″ of rain fell last night. I don’t know if that’s good or bad, only that it could have been worse. We did see the dam at Prairie Du Sac come up 2kcfs which wasn’t unexpected and I…

Our “current river conditions” graphs are a little misleading as they measure water levels 30 miles downstream of where all of our trips end. The local rainfall that we got is filtering in through all of the tributaries and the…

Lots of rain again locally and to the south of our watershed. I don’t envy some of you guys down south, especially with more coming. For us, while we did see an immediate rise in local water levels, it’s an…

Quick update – water levels will drop substantially in 2 days leaving us tons of sandbars. Hopefully they’ll stay like that but we’ve got 50/50 chances of storms Tuesday through Friday so if most of those days get significant rain…

The dam two days upstream at Castle Rock doubled their output a few hours ago.  Trips are still fine, it just means we’ll see waters rise a bit on Saturday so fewer sandbars than I initially anticipated.  This mostly means…

If you’ve got a trip this weekend and you’re one of the 95% of our customers that live in Madison, Milwaukee, or Chicago – you’re probably swimming through puddles at the moment thinking there’s no way canoe trips can go…