Re: [Paddlewise] Seeing Red?

From: "Jim"

> Some of us are lucky enough to paddle in places where boating is
> possible even in the ice season.  I live near the Fox River in suburban
> Chicago.

Hey Jim is it possible to paddle the canal where they're running the 
electrical current through the water in a last desperate effort to keep the 
Asian Carp from the Mississippi from migrating into Lake Michigan?   Or 
would you get tingling feelings up your arm  every time you dipped your 
paddle. I image the water is a nice coffee and cream brown!

I read in today's paper they've been dumping poison into the water hoping to 
kill all the
Carp, but that word leaked out (that's bad) and the Carp took a powder. 
Thousands of fish killed but no Carp.  What ever they do - I really hope it 
works.

I've been shore bound since November 11 and hope to get on the ocean this 
weekend with my nephew.  I even headed out to buy a new paddling jacket 
today only to find, much to my wife's satisfaction, that I'd left my wallet 
at home.  Rats.

Winter paddling here in Victoria usually gets uncomfortable whenever you 
stop for a break.  I've gone into first stage hypothermia over lunch and 
have to be careful not to chill off to fast or too far.  Usually I peel off 
my dry suit and switch out the sweaty inner layer for dry silk, wool or 
fleece.

But this is also the seasons of South East winds which means lots of gales 
and lots of tidal overfalls and rough water.  Fun - if you're prepared.

Gordin Warner 
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