Groat landing does have a picnic table and a firepit for picnics and also a campsite just up river #N55 and can be reached by trail from the parking lot. Before you get to Springbrook north you have to go left at the fork or you'll miss campsite N52.6 you went straight and thats how you missed it.
@mike110outdoors14 сағат бұрын
Thanks for the info! I have been traveling past Trego for 40 years and I must have stopped at the visitors center and grabbed a map years ago and did not remember. I spoke with a man at the visitor center who informed me that my map was over 20 years old and they used to have water there. My map clearly said they have water. I should have got a new map before we left. As far as campsite 52.6, we did not even notice the fork let alone a campsite. We also could not find campsite 52.1 either, which we knew was coming up shortly after the landing! Oh well, maybe next time we will find it. We plan on doing the upper section next, (section 1 according to the new updated maps. Thanks for watching!
@scooterriff13 сағат бұрын
@@mike110outdoors @25:18 you passed the left turn yuou should've made to reach the campsite. If you look straight down the river at this part of the video, the campsite is to the left but you have to go against the current for a short way to get to it.
@brianthompson2127Күн бұрын
More savagery
@brianthompson2127Күн бұрын
Too much fukin swearing sheet man keep it clean boys
@Deanjacob73 күн бұрын
Thank you for the video
@mike110outdoors3 күн бұрын
That is one of the most under rated parks in the State of Illinois! It is truly a gem. Thanks for watching!
@Deanjacob73 күн бұрын
@@mike110outdoors I’m going Tomorrow morning:) first time to starved rock and after this video we decided to come here first then to starved rock. Do you have any recommendations on activities in the area other than hiking and what are the best locations to visit in matthiessen and starved rock? I wanna make sure I don’t miss anything important
@Deanjacob73 күн бұрын
@@mike110outdoorsit’s kinda crazy I’m seeing this almost exactly a whole year after you
@mike110outdoors2 күн бұрын
At Matthiessen the river walk along the Vermillion river is also nice. The trails get a little hard to follow so pay close attention. In my video of Starved Rock, I only did the canyons. You may also hike up Starved Rock and Lovers Leap. If you get tired of hiking, you can also fish and have a bbq/picnic, or eat at the outdoor bar which is really cool!
@mike110outdoors2 күн бұрын
I am super glad you liked it! Thanks again for watching. I try to keep posting interesting outdoor videos as often as possible. Check out the rest of my videos, most are local to the Northern Illinois region or midwest!
@markwaggoner45934 күн бұрын
Don't forget your Thermacell....
@mike110outdoors4 күн бұрын
I never go anywhere , backpacking or kayak/canoe camping with out my thermacell! Thanks for watching!
@ellaashby51595 күн бұрын
I enjoyed the video but not your language
@mike110outdoors4 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it.
@mike110outdoors4 күн бұрын
Sorry if the language offended you, I get a little carried away sometimes. I was caught up in the moment!
@southendsurfer6 күн бұрын
THis is awesome! Makes me want to try it. Thanks for sharing
@mike110outdoors5 күн бұрын
I don't know how far you live from Hayward but it is worth the ride if you like paddling and camping! It is a 6.5 hour ride for me but I have been wanting to do this one for years , so I finally did it! There are 5 sections about 30 miles each. We did section 2 so now I must go back and do the whole thing in sections. Thanks for watching!
@southendsurfer5 күн бұрын
@@mike110outdoors Thats awesome man! I live by the Kankakee River in Indiana.
@stevenLichay6 күн бұрын
Nice video, great job on the filming
@JosephJonLombardi22 күн бұрын
Cool.
@JosephJonLombardi5 күн бұрын
I just got back two days ago from hiking this 42 mile Pictured Rocks. I went there because of your video. I never heard about it before but it is only a six hour drive from Chicago. it was phenomenal. Thanks for the inspiration.
@JosephJonLombardi23 күн бұрын
Thank you for making these videos😁. It can be a big hassle to make them.
@mike110outdoors22 күн бұрын
I love anything to do with the outdoors, so taking video and putting it on KZread kind of naturally happened. Now it is my new hobby since I retired. Thanks for watching and check out some of the other videos on my channel. If you like backpacking, watch the PRNL video. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Its very beautiful on the shore of Lake Superior.
@norys90Ай бұрын
Been there Nice place
@mike110outdoorsАй бұрын
I am hoping to get back there again this summer, Thanks for watching!
@HookedonFLАй бұрын
Awesome hunting grounds too there’s story’s of big bucks coming out of there
@mike110outdoorsАй бұрын
I don't know about deer but I know there are alligators in there!
@stevenLichay2 ай бұрын
Even a blind chicken finds corn once in a while right jimmy
@mike110outdoors2 ай бұрын
Are you talking about me or Jackie? Lol
@pcatful2 ай бұрын
Nice shots. Thanks!
@mike110outdoors2 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! If you like the outdoors, check out some of my other videos.
@hikewithmike46732 ай бұрын
cool place!
@mike110outdoors2 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! If you like the outdoors, check out some of my other videos.
@brianthompson21272 ай бұрын
Savagery
@mike110outdoors2 ай бұрын
But still fun!
@airun87023 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed all 3 parts of your R2R trail videos, thank you so much for sharing! P.S my wife and I hiked to that overlook spot 5 days before you all camped there and the rocks around the fire pit were laying down in the pit with ashes all over them, and since I was wearing gloves I restacked them for the next people that would camp there, so that was cool to see you using the fire pit! Thanks again for the videos!
@mike110outdoors2 ай бұрын
It is good to see that some people leave the outdoor spaces that they use better than how they found it! Thanks for restacking the fire pit rocks, we put it to good use. Also glad that you enjoyed my video and I can't wait to make the next one! Thanks for watching and if you like the outdoors check out some of the other videos on my channel.
@LO-kd2rz3 ай бұрын
hey mikey remember tim from indiana .bears games ??
@mike110outdoors3 ай бұрын
Yeah! Is this Tim Williams? Big Jerry's old partner.Local 63 Ironworkers? If so, then hell yeah I remember you! We had some fun times back in the good old days of ironworking. Yeah, even I am an old fuck now, but I still love my outdoors and stay very active. Thanks for watching my you tube channel Tim! Do you still live in International falls?
@LO-kd2rz3 ай бұрын
its me in laughlin nev. big jer is in mesa az we get together for drinks and bs@@mike110outdoors
@stevenLichay3 ай бұрын
Rough going , good trip
@SirCharles2464 ай бұрын
What kinda kayaks you got?
@mike110outdoors4 ай бұрын
One is a Viper, 10' from Menards. Nothing fancy but very durable and fun on rivers. The other is a Pelican 10' which I like to use for camping because it can hold more gear as it has a cargo well in back. I have also modified them both for fishing and added eye bolts for carrying gear more securely! Both are pretty much entry level kayaks roughly costing around $300.
@SirCharles2464 ай бұрын
Hey man thanks for the info, been looking into buying my first kayak@mike110outdoors
@utahnick4 ай бұрын
Cool, I was just out there today
@mike110outdoors4 ай бұрын
Great place to hike or bike! One of my local go to places. Did you happen to see the buffalo herd? Thanks for watching!
@bobrich19504 ай бұрын
So not including your lunch break, how long did it take you to paddle from Shorewood to Channahon State Park ?? Also, obviously couldn't ID them in the video, but i'd make a very serious wager those snakes you saw were northern brown banded water snakes. Very common here. Another snake here known as a Queen snake is often mis-identified as a Cottonmouth. Neither of the two snakes common to this area area venomous.
@mike110outdoors4 ай бұрын
This paddle is a little over 2 hours with no lunch break, I believe about 9 or 10 river miles. It's most fun in spring time when the water is higher. There are actually a couple stretches of nice fun rapids/riffles. Nothing difficult, just fun! Thanks for watching!
@oumritakitchen92985 ай бұрын
Beautiful like 4 👍🔔👈❤ 6:16
@mike110outdoors5 ай бұрын
Thank you
@hikewithmike46735 ай бұрын
awesome!...I need to make it out there!
@mike110outdoors5 ай бұрын
Yep, you will not be disappointed. Thanks for watching.
@richard49506 ай бұрын
Just subscribed keep up the good work it will pay off
@mike110outdoors6 ай бұрын
Thanks Richard, and thanks for watching! I post videos to youtube because I like to inform people of what is out there if they were ever interested in trying to go do it. I really love doing anything that takes me outdoors in any way. This is more of a hobby in my retirement than a way to try to monetize. That is a goal that will never be achieved by someone like me but I still love to make videos of the things I love to do.
@stevephillips69736 ай бұрын
Nice fishing video Mike! You caught some nice dinners there! I love ice fishing! Bad ice year but I was out last weekend on the fox chain and my buddy got an 15 inch crappie! It was huge! Tight lines!
@mike110outdoors6 ай бұрын
Wow, thats a nice crappie! I have caught some nice walleye on the chain in open water but I have never ice fished on it! You are right, it has been a bad year for ice, even way up north in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Thanks for watching and if you ever get a chance to ice fish on Lake of the Woods or Devils Lake, North Dakota you will not believe the quality of the fishing.
@rdriss116 ай бұрын
What was the number to the 5 star + site Tony and Vince found
@mike110outdoors6 ай бұрын
There are no numbers, you just choose one by using the map and then check it out.
@justinnickerson56643 ай бұрын
1450
@philsantillan6 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing! What month was this?
@mike110outdoors6 ай бұрын
This was July.
@watershedbarbie6 ай бұрын
Thanks. Loved lt!
@mike110outdoors6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! I love making videos of the things I love to do. Anything or activity that I can do outdoors, (connecting with nature) makes a person feel great and is for you physically and mentally!
@kennyd21347 ай бұрын
Im a Hoosier, heard the Chicago tint right away! Im going up to LOTW mid Jan. Got any tips on best colors? Any help would be great, thanks.
@mike110outdoors7 ай бұрын
We will be there again this winter also! LOTW at Arnesons Rocky Point Resort. So far our best lures have been the swedish pimple. Any sizes work but we have the best luck on gold or chartruese. Put the minnows head on the treble hook then snip the body off with scissors. There is no bad lure choice really. Small tungsten jigs work well as do spoons. We jig with one hand but also use another set up for a dead stick. ( put a minnow on a hook with a split shot about 6" above) and lower to about one foot off the bottom. Place that pole in a pole holder, some mount on 5 gallon buckets or some sit right on the ground. Each person has 2 holes to use. ! for the dead stick and one for jigging. Sometimes we get more action on the dead sticks! I will be posting my LOTWs video to you tube in early February. Good luck and thanks for watching!
@mike110outdoors6 ай бұрын
Hi Ken, I just got back from my Lake of the Woods ice fishing trip and we caught most of our walleye on a gold and pink medium size buckshot with the rattle beads in it! We did limit out on walleye and sauger but only caught a few perch and northern! Good luck if you go! Anything with pink or gold or the combination of both was working well.
@mikeradke47868 ай бұрын
Your accents have a hint of the north east in there. Fun vid.
@mike110outdoors8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching Mike! Youtubing outdoor activity is my new hobby in retirement. I like doing anything within my capabilities in the outdoors, including fishing, ice fishing, camping, backpacking, kayaking, canoeing, biking, mountain biking, running, hiking, skiing, cross country skiing and anything else that may come up! I was born and raised in Chicago and still live in the far southwest suburbs. That there is a Chicago accent. I go ice fishing a couple times every winter and mix it up between Devils Lake North Dakota and Lake of the woods Minnesota. We will be heading to Lake of the Woods again this winter so check back in around late February as I hope to have another video posted. Hopefully we will catch a lot of fish! If you ever get a chance, go ice fishing on LOTWs at Arnesons resort! Nice cabins, heated fish houses and good restaurant at a reasonable price!
@Westernmassoutdoorboys9 ай бұрын
Great time
@mike110outdoors9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Westernmassoutdoorboys9 ай бұрын
Awesome 👌
@mike110outdoors9 ай бұрын
Thanks. I love to do anything outdoors, whether it is camp, kayak, canoe, fish, backpack, hike, run, mountain bike, cross country ski or ice fish. So if you are into any of these things, check out my channel. Thanks for watching!
@gambinoc.109810 ай бұрын
Awesome footage! Where are the dell formations located on fox river?
@mike110outdoors10 ай бұрын
Thanks, All the info is in the description also. This trip was from Sheridan to Wedron with the second half having more rock formations than the first half. It's only about a 2.5 to 3 hour trip total! Check out my channel for more kayak and canoe videos!
@bailei1310 ай бұрын
Great lake & great video.👍🏽
@mike110outdoors10 ай бұрын
Thanks! We were out looking at some property but we did get a chance to get 2 days of fishing in and we brought our bikes and did some biking!
@stevankreger169211 ай бұрын
Great video! My favorite river.I will have to try this section.
@mike110outdoors11 ай бұрын
I am sure you will like this section of the river. It gets really beautiful towards the second half. We also seen about 6 eagles within 3 hours. I want to do it again when the fall colors set in! Keep at it my friend and thanks for watching again.
@treesawlimbnahbirch678811 ай бұрын
Your trap was awesome, what size was it?
@mike110outdoors11 ай бұрын
18'
@mackjenkins772111 ай бұрын
Man that looks like it was fun but very very Challenging. That was a lot of down trees. At least you had the right footwear on. Your sandals are cool man. I wish I could wear sandals while kayaking. I have to go kayaking barefooted 👣 because I have big & very very Extremely wide feet 🦶 sz15 6E wide with very chubby fat wide toes that are Evenly straight across making my foot very very Extremely wide at 6 1/2 inches wide from my big toe to my lil toe. It's a very very extremely wide foot I got. My foot outgrow shoes , socks , & boots when I was young & the only footwear that will barely and I mean barely fit on my foot is flip flops 🩴 which barely fit me because my toes are wider than the flip flops 🩴 straps. I don't want to break the only footwear that I can wear so I have to go Barefooted 👣 to have my fun. I am not going to let my extremely wide feet 🦶 stop me from going kayaking. Good video thanks you for sharing it.
@mike110outdoors11 ай бұрын
Don't let that stop you. You should look into getting a pair of water shoes. They are kinda like a wet suit bootie. I am glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching.
@southendsurfer Жыл бұрын
Cool video
@mike110outdoors11 ай бұрын
Thanks! I am glad you liked it. If you like to kayak, try the little Muskegon. It is very nice and also peaceful. on a hot day there are many areas to stop and swim. You can also fish ,as you will come out to the take out on Croton pond which is a big lake.
@mike110outdoors11 ай бұрын
I also checked out your channel and see that you happen to like Led Zeppelin! I just saw the Jason Bonham Led Zeppelin Experience last week, it was a great show. He definitely learned a few things from his old man. My 2 favorite things, rock and roll and the outdoors.
@southendsurfer11 ай бұрын
@@mike110outdoors right on!
@stevankreger1692 Жыл бұрын
I liked this one,but what kind of snakes were they.I remember running into cottonmouths on the Buffalo in Arkansas,but I've never seen any up here.I think I might give this river a shot.
@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
The Dupage is a lot of fun and can have some stretches of fast water, especially after some rain. These snakes were diamond back water snakes which are not poisonous and are not related to the diamond back rattle snake. They are also native to Illinois and the midwest. Check out my Shabbona lake state park fishing and camping trip or the Diamondback snake short. I had to remove one from my fishing boat motor. Somehow it slithered up the motor and got stuck.
@stevankreger1692 Жыл бұрын
Looks like you needed a hard hat for this one.Great camera work,hard to keep the focus with all the dodging and weaving you had to do ,in the pouring rain no less.I am strictly a fair weather guy LOL.
@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
I prefer fair weather also but I went all that way so I was not going to be easily deterred. I could not take my eyes off the river for a second without going into a hazard. Either hanging branches, fallen trees or rocks in the water, sometimes all 3 at once! It still was lots of fun as I like a good challenge also. I also got to fish in the lake at the end but did not have any luck. Thanks for watching.
@stevankreger1692 Жыл бұрын
tried to add a comment earlier and it was erased
@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
Please try again, I like to read all comments and will answer to the best of my ability. Thanks for watching!
@happynied4972 Жыл бұрын
Where did you enter the nippersink at? I lived right off of it in Spring Grove and Richmond IL for 20 years.
@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
Hi Happy! It was great seeing you and everyone one else yesterday! It was a good way to memorialize Jon! As far as the Nippersink, we put in at Barnard Mill road and Keystone road (just north of Wonder Lake), and I believe we took out at Pioneer road. Check out the LWSR video. That one has some overnight camping on the sand bars and its all free.Joe's brother Steve was with us on that one. He also likes to canoe/kayak and camp! I have many more trips coming up this year so check back in every so often. As they say, Thanks for watching and don't forget to click the like and subscribe buttons!
@YetiUprising Жыл бұрын
lol I was starting to think they were a myth, been there 3 times and never seen any. That's way more than I would have thought are there.
@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
That's funny! I been there about 20 times, hiking , walking and biking and never seen them! I also thought it was BS! Your best chance of seeing them is by hiking the route 53 trail from the visitor center to the Iron bridge and back. Even then it was lucky because we seen them on the way north but they move/graze so fast that we barely could see them on the way back! They almost moved to far over the hill within 30 minutes. Try again and good luck! Keep on walking, hiking,biking!
@YetiUprising Жыл бұрын
@@mike110outdoors I've only tried walking that trail once and it was closed off the day I went. That's one thing I can't figure out about the place because they seem to have multiple areas with trails that could be open or closed at any time and I can't find anything resembling a schedule if one even exists.
@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
@@YetiUprising Did you think it was closed because that sliding gate did not slide? I also turned around because I could not open the cow gate. I then walked into the visitor center to find out why it was closed and they told me it is not closed, the gate needs to be picked up and slid to the side because it is not working properly. Typical Government. Try again and good luck, I hope you see them!
@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
You can also get to that trail from the iron bridge trail head.
@YetiUprising Жыл бұрын
@@mike110outdoors I thought the gate was closed too as well as the cows were right there and assumed they didn't want people in the same pasture as the cows.
@stevankreger1692 Жыл бұрын
Hi Mike,Thanks for the great video.I usually kayak on the Fox near St. Charles,Il where I live.Just went looking for a new place to go and found your video only a day after you put it up.Thanks,now I know what to kayak there and a nice campground too.
@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
I love Saint Charles, I go to the Arcada Theater a lot! Did you ever do the Fox from Sheridan (put in at the bar) to Wedron? Take out at Ayers campground or C&M canoe rentals. The Kankakee river, and the Dupage river are also local day trips which are fun. Also check out my video on the LWSR (Lower Wisconsin State Riverway), it's not to far of a drive but you can overnight camp for free on the numerous sandbars. It's a 90 mile stretch of undammed river from Prarie Du SAC to the Mississippi river at Wyalusing State park! I also have some really good trips coming up this summer, 1 at the BWCA in Minnesota and the LWSR again. They will be uploaded to KZread as soon as possible. Thanks for watching and feel free to comment on any of my content. If you need any info, let me know!
@stevankreger1692 Жыл бұрын
Thanks,I will look forward to your videos.I usually go from S.Elgin dam to St.Charles because I live right by the river,but looking forward to expanding a little
@christopherbojanowski4249 Жыл бұрын
Nice video. That campsite looked pretty secluded. You remember the site number?
@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
It was pretty secluded but it was a Monday night. Now that I am retired I can go during the week when most people are at work! It was site 14 in the Teal campground loop. Thanks for watching and I just got back from kayaking at Kickapoo state park. This campground really impressed me, I liked it better than Shabonna state park. I will have the new video out in a couple days.
@donunder Жыл бұрын
Hi Mike, another great video. I spent a lot of time around the old reactor site in my younger days. Back then there were old Quonset huts and miscellaneous junk lying around. I still hike there, and have a gps marker where you can still find old bricks from the reactor building.
@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
Cool! We hike, bike, cross country ski, run and even used to ride our motor cycles back there. There are 2 marker stones, one is the debris burial site and the other one was the worlds first heavy water moderated nuclear reactor. I have seen old building foundations also but over time I forget where things were sometimes and have to go on a thorough search again. I used to have a hand held GPS but it broke and I never got another one.
@donunder Жыл бұрын
Cool video. You need to set up a trail cam for those coons!
@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
Hi Don! How did you find my outdoor channel? Was it thru the Willies video that I reformatted and posted to youtube? That video I did for Rick was unlisted, meaning that you had to have the link to watch it. This one was public so anyone can watch it. If you like the outdoors, check out some of my other videos. Thanks for watching and as they say, "don't forget to click the like and subscribe buttons! This is my new hobby in retirement.
@donunder Жыл бұрын
Hi Mike. I got the link from Frank for the Willie's video and started checking out your videos. I've seen two so far and they're very good. I will definitely continue to watch the rest and do my bit to get the word out.
@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
@@donunder Great to hear from you Don. Thanks for watching. I have been doing this for a couple years now and learn new tricks and methods all the time. I like your trail camera suggestion. I have a big canoe trip coming up in July in the BWCA and that would be cool to video all the animals that come into camp in the middle of the night!
@michelejozsa3303 Жыл бұрын
Nice
@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
Hi Michele! Thanks for watching! There will be more coming.
@foodloverbey9627 Жыл бұрын
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@mike110outdoors Жыл бұрын
I don't know what you mean by all your emoji's but I think it is good .Thank you!
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Groat landing does have a picnic table and a firepit for picnics and also a campsite just up river #N55 and can be reached by trail from the parking lot. Before you get to Springbrook north you have to go left at the fork or you'll miss campsite N52.6 you went straight and thats how you missed it.
Thanks for the info! I have been traveling past Trego for 40 years and I must have stopped at the visitors center and grabbed a map years ago and did not remember. I spoke with a man at the visitor center who informed me that my map was over 20 years old and they used to have water there. My map clearly said they have water. I should have got a new map before we left. As far as campsite 52.6, we did not even notice the fork let alone a campsite. We also could not find campsite 52.1 either, which we knew was coming up shortly after the landing! Oh well, maybe next time we will find it. We plan on doing the upper section next, (section 1 according to the new updated maps. Thanks for watching!
@@mike110outdoors @25:18 you passed the left turn yuou should've made to reach the campsite. If you look straight down the river at this part of the video, the campsite is to the left but you have to go against the current for a short way to get to it.
More savagery
Too much fukin swearing sheet man keep it clean boys
Thank you for the video
That is one of the most under rated parks in the State of Illinois! It is truly a gem. Thanks for watching!
@@mike110outdoors I’m going Tomorrow morning:) first time to starved rock and after this video we decided to come here first then to starved rock. Do you have any recommendations on activities in the area other than hiking and what are the best locations to visit in matthiessen and starved rock? I wanna make sure I don’t miss anything important
@@mike110outdoorsit’s kinda crazy I’m seeing this almost exactly a whole year after you
At Matthiessen the river walk along the Vermillion river is also nice. The trails get a little hard to follow so pay close attention. In my video of Starved Rock, I only did the canyons. You may also hike up Starved Rock and Lovers Leap. If you get tired of hiking, you can also fish and have a bbq/picnic, or eat at the outdoor bar which is really cool!
I am super glad you liked it! Thanks again for watching. I try to keep posting interesting outdoor videos as often as possible. Check out the rest of my videos, most are local to the Northern Illinois region or midwest!
Don't forget your Thermacell....
I never go anywhere , backpacking or kayak/canoe camping with out my thermacell! Thanks for watching!
I enjoyed the video but not your language
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it.
Sorry if the language offended you, I get a little carried away sometimes. I was caught up in the moment!
THis is awesome! Makes me want to try it. Thanks for sharing
I don't know how far you live from Hayward but it is worth the ride if you like paddling and camping! It is a 6.5 hour ride for me but I have been wanting to do this one for years , so I finally did it! There are 5 sections about 30 miles each. We did section 2 so now I must go back and do the whole thing in sections. Thanks for watching!
@@mike110outdoors Thats awesome man! I live by the Kankakee River in Indiana.
Nice video, great job on the filming
Cool.
I just got back two days ago from hiking this 42 mile Pictured Rocks. I went there because of your video. I never heard about it before but it is only a six hour drive from Chicago. it was phenomenal. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you for making these videos😁. It can be a big hassle to make them.
I love anything to do with the outdoors, so taking video and putting it on KZread kind of naturally happened. Now it is my new hobby since I retired. Thanks for watching and check out some of the other videos on my channel. If you like backpacking, watch the PRNL video. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Its very beautiful on the shore of Lake Superior.
Been there Nice place
I am hoping to get back there again this summer, Thanks for watching!
Awesome hunting grounds too there’s story’s of big bucks coming out of there
I don't know about deer but I know there are alligators in there!
Even a blind chicken finds corn once in a while right jimmy
Are you talking about me or Jackie? Lol
Nice shots. Thanks!
Thanks for watching! If you like the outdoors, check out some of my other videos.
cool place!
Thanks for watching! If you like the outdoors, check out some of my other videos.
Savagery
But still fun!
I really enjoyed all 3 parts of your R2R trail videos, thank you so much for sharing! P.S my wife and I hiked to that overlook spot 5 days before you all camped there and the rocks around the fire pit were laying down in the pit with ashes all over them, and since I was wearing gloves I restacked them for the next people that would camp there, so that was cool to see you using the fire pit! Thanks again for the videos!
It is good to see that some people leave the outdoor spaces that they use better than how they found it! Thanks for restacking the fire pit rocks, we put it to good use. Also glad that you enjoyed my video and I can't wait to make the next one! Thanks for watching and if you like the outdoors check out some of the other videos on my channel.
hey mikey remember tim from indiana .bears games ??
Yeah! Is this Tim Williams? Big Jerry's old partner.Local 63 Ironworkers? If so, then hell yeah I remember you! We had some fun times back in the good old days of ironworking. Yeah, even I am an old fuck now, but I still love my outdoors and stay very active. Thanks for watching my you tube channel Tim! Do you still live in International falls?
its me in laughlin nev. big jer is in mesa az we get together for drinks and bs@@mike110outdoors
Rough going , good trip
What kinda kayaks you got?
One is a Viper, 10' from Menards. Nothing fancy but very durable and fun on rivers. The other is a Pelican 10' which I like to use for camping because it can hold more gear as it has a cargo well in back. I have also modified them both for fishing and added eye bolts for carrying gear more securely! Both are pretty much entry level kayaks roughly costing around $300.
Hey man thanks for the info, been looking into buying my first kayak@mike110outdoors
Cool, I was just out there today
Great place to hike or bike! One of my local go to places. Did you happen to see the buffalo herd? Thanks for watching!
So not including your lunch break, how long did it take you to paddle from Shorewood to Channahon State Park ?? Also, obviously couldn't ID them in the video, but i'd make a very serious wager those snakes you saw were northern brown banded water snakes. Very common here. Another snake here known as a Queen snake is often mis-identified as a Cottonmouth. Neither of the two snakes common to this area area venomous.
This paddle is a little over 2 hours with no lunch break, I believe about 9 or 10 river miles. It's most fun in spring time when the water is higher. There are actually a couple stretches of nice fun rapids/riffles. Nothing difficult, just fun! Thanks for watching!
Beautiful like 4 👍🔔👈❤ 6:16
Thank you
awesome!...I need to make it out there!
Yep, you will not be disappointed. Thanks for watching.
Just subscribed keep up the good work it will pay off
Thanks Richard, and thanks for watching! I post videos to youtube because I like to inform people of what is out there if they were ever interested in trying to go do it. I really love doing anything that takes me outdoors in any way. This is more of a hobby in my retirement than a way to try to monetize. That is a goal that will never be achieved by someone like me but I still love to make videos of the things I love to do.
Nice fishing video Mike! You caught some nice dinners there! I love ice fishing! Bad ice year but I was out last weekend on the fox chain and my buddy got an 15 inch crappie! It was huge! Tight lines!
Wow, thats a nice crappie! I have caught some nice walleye on the chain in open water but I have never ice fished on it! You are right, it has been a bad year for ice, even way up north in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Thanks for watching and if you ever get a chance to ice fish on Lake of the Woods or Devils Lake, North Dakota you will not believe the quality of the fishing.
What was the number to the 5 star + site Tony and Vince found
There are no numbers, you just choose one by using the map and then check it out.
1450
Thanks for sharing! What month was this?
This was July.
Thanks. Loved lt!
Thanks for watching! I love making videos of the things I love to do. Anything or activity that I can do outdoors, (connecting with nature) makes a person feel great and is for you physically and mentally!
Im a Hoosier, heard the Chicago tint right away! Im going up to LOTW mid Jan. Got any tips on best colors? Any help would be great, thanks.
We will be there again this winter also! LOTW at Arnesons Rocky Point Resort. So far our best lures have been the swedish pimple. Any sizes work but we have the best luck on gold or chartruese. Put the minnows head on the treble hook then snip the body off with scissors. There is no bad lure choice really. Small tungsten jigs work well as do spoons. We jig with one hand but also use another set up for a dead stick. ( put a minnow on a hook with a split shot about 6" above) and lower to about one foot off the bottom. Place that pole in a pole holder, some mount on 5 gallon buckets or some sit right on the ground. Each person has 2 holes to use. ! for the dead stick and one for jigging. Sometimes we get more action on the dead sticks! I will be posting my LOTWs video to you tube in early February. Good luck and thanks for watching!
Hi Ken, I just got back from my Lake of the Woods ice fishing trip and we caught most of our walleye on a gold and pink medium size buckshot with the rattle beads in it! We did limit out on walleye and sauger but only caught a few perch and northern! Good luck if you go! Anything with pink or gold or the combination of both was working well.
Your accents have a hint of the north east in there. Fun vid.
Thanks for watching Mike! Youtubing outdoor activity is my new hobby in retirement. I like doing anything within my capabilities in the outdoors, including fishing, ice fishing, camping, backpacking, kayaking, canoeing, biking, mountain biking, running, hiking, skiing, cross country skiing and anything else that may come up! I was born and raised in Chicago and still live in the far southwest suburbs. That there is a Chicago accent. I go ice fishing a couple times every winter and mix it up between Devils Lake North Dakota and Lake of the woods Minnesota. We will be heading to Lake of the Woods again this winter so check back in around late February as I hope to have another video posted. Hopefully we will catch a lot of fish! If you ever get a chance, go ice fishing on LOTWs at Arnesons resort! Nice cabins, heated fish houses and good restaurant at a reasonable price!
Great time
Thanks for watching!
Awesome 👌
Thanks. I love to do anything outdoors, whether it is camp, kayak, canoe, fish, backpack, hike, run, mountain bike, cross country ski or ice fish. So if you are into any of these things, check out my channel. Thanks for watching!
Awesome footage! Where are the dell formations located on fox river?
Thanks, All the info is in the description also. This trip was from Sheridan to Wedron with the second half having more rock formations than the first half. It's only about a 2.5 to 3 hour trip total! Check out my channel for more kayak and canoe videos!
Great lake & great video.👍🏽
Thanks! We were out looking at some property but we did get a chance to get 2 days of fishing in and we brought our bikes and did some biking!
Great video! My favorite river.I will have to try this section.
I am sure you will like this section of the river. It gets really beautiful towards the second half. We also seen about 6 eagles within 3 hours. I want to do it again when the fall colors set in! Keep at it my friend and thanks for watching again.
Your trap was awesome, what size was it?
18'
Man that looks like it was fun but very very Challenging. That was a lot of down trees. At least you had the right footwear on. Your sandals are cool man. I wish I could wear sandals while kayaking. I have to go kayaking barefooted 👣 because I have big & very very Extremely wide feet 🦶 sz15 6E wide with very chubby fat wide toes that are Evenly straight across making my foot very very Extremely wide at 6 1/2 inches wide from my big toe to my lil toe. It's a very very extremely wide foot I got. My foot outgrow shoes , socks , & boots when I was young & the only footwear that will barely and I mean barely fit on my foot is flip flops 🩴 which barely fit me because my toes are wider than the flip flops 🩴 straps. I don't want to break the only footwear that I can wear so I have to go Barefooted 👣 to have my fun. I am not going to let my extremely wide feet 🦶 stop me from going kayaking. Good video thanks you for sharing it.
Don't let that stop you. You should look into getting a pair of water shoes. They are kinda like a wet suit bootie. I am glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching.
Cool video
Thanks! I am glad you liked it. If you like to kayak, try the little Muskegon. It is very nice and also peaceful. on a hot day there are many areas to stop and swim. You can also fish ,as you will come out to the take out on Croton pond which is a big lake.
I also checked out your channel and see that you happen to like Led Zeppelin! I just saw the Jason Bonham Led Zeppelin Experience last week, it was a great show. He definitely learned a few things from his old man. My 2 favorite things, rock and roll and the outdoors.
@@mike110outdoors right on!
I liked this one,but what kind of snakes were they.I remember running into cottonmouths on the Buffalo in Arkansas,but I've never seen any up here.I think I might give this river a shot.
The Dupage is a lot of fun and can have some stretches of fast water, especially after some rain. These snakes were diamond back water snakes which are not poisonous and are not related to the diamond back rattle snake. They are also native to Illinois and the midwest. Check out my Shabbona lake state park fishing and camping trip or the Diamondback snake short. I had to remove one from my fishing boat motor. Somehow it slithered up the motor and got stuck.
Looks like you needed a hard hat for this one.Great camera work,hard to keep the focus with all the dodging and weaving you had to do ,in the pouring rain no less.I am strictly a fair weather guy LOL.
I prefer fair weather also but I went all that way so I was not going to be easily deterred. I could not take my eyes off the river for a second without going into a hazard. Either hanging branches, fallen trees or rocks in the water, sometimes all 3 at once! It still was lots of fun as I like a good challenge also. I also got to fish in the lake at the end but did not have any luck. Thanks for watching.
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Please try again, I like to read all comments and will answer to the best of my ability. Thanks for watching!
Where did you enter the nippersink at? I lived right off of it in Spring Grove and Richmond IL for 20 years.
Hi Happy! It was great seeing you and everyone one else yesterday! It was a good way to memorialize Jon! As far as the Nippersink, we put in at Barnard Mill road and Keystone road (just north of Wonder Lake), and I believe we took out at Pioneer road. Check out the LWSR video. That one has some overnight camping on the sand bars and its all free.Joe's brother Steve was with us on that one. He also likes to canoe/kayak and camp! I have many more trips coming up this year so check back in every so often. As they say, Thanks for watching and don't forget to click the like and subscribe buttons!
lol I was starting to think they were a myth, been there 3 times and never seen any. That's way more than I would have thought are there.
That's funny! I been there about 20 times, hiking , walking and biking and never seen them! I also thought it was BS! Your best chance of seeing them is by hiking the route 53 trail from the visitor center to the Iron bridge and back. Even then it was lucky because we seen them on the way north but they move/graze so fast that we barely could see them on the way back! They almost moved to far over the hill within 30 minutes. Try again and good luck! Keep on walking, hiking,biking!
@@mike110outdoors I've only tried walking that trail once and it was closed off the day I went. That's one thing I can't figure out about the place because they seem to have multiple areas with trails that could be open or closed at any time and I can't find anything resembling a schedule if one even exists.
@@YetiUprising Did you think it was closed because that sliding gate did not slide? I also turned around because I could not open the cow gate. I then walked into the visitor center to find out why it was closed and they told me it is not closed, the gate needs to be picked up and slid to the side because it is not working properly. Typical Government. Try again and good luck, I hope you see them!
You can also get to that trail from the iron bridge trail head.
@@mike110outdoors I thought the gate was closed too as well as the cows were right there and assumed they didn't want people in the same pasture as the cows.
Hi Mike,Thanks for the great video.I usually kayak on the Fox near St. Charles,Il where I live.Just went looking for a new place to go and found your video only a day after you put it up.Thanks,now I know what to kayak there and a nice campground too.
I love Saint Charles, I go to the Arcada Theater a lot! Did you ever do the Fox from Sheridan (put in at the bar) to Wedron? Take out at Ayers campground or C&M canoe rentals. The Kankakee river, and the Dupage river are also local day trips which are fun. Also check out my video on the LWSR (Lower Wisconsin State Riverway), it's not to far of a drive but you can overnight camp for free on the numerous sandbars. It's a 90 mile stretch of undammed river from Prarie Du SAC to the Mississippi river at Wyalusing State park! I also have some really good trips coming up this summer, 1 at the BWCA in Minnesota and the LWSR again. They will be uploaded to KZread as soon as possible. Thanks for watching and feel free to comment on any of my content. If you need any info, let me know!
Thanks,I will look forward to your videos.I usually go from S.Elgin dam to St.Charles because I live right by the river,but looking forward to expanding a little
Nice video. That campsite looked pretty secluded. You remember the site number?
It was pretty secluded but it was a Monday night. Now that I am retired I can go during the week when most people are at work! It was site 14 in the Teal campground loop. Thanks for watching and I just got back from kayaking at Kickapoo state park. This campground really impressed me, I liked it better than Shabonna state park. I will have the new video out in a couple days.
Hi Mike, another great video. I spent a lot of time around the old reactor site in my younger days. Back then there were old Quonset huts and miscellaneous junk lying around. I still hike there, and have a gps marker where you can still find old bricks from the reactor building.
Cool! We hike, bike, cross country ski, run and even used to ride our motor cycles back there. There are 2 marker stones, one is the debris burial site and the other one was the worlds first heavy water moderated nuclear reactor. I have seen old building foundations also but over time I forget where things were sometimes and have to go on a thorough search again. I used to have a hand held GPS but it broke and I never got another one.
Cool video. You need to set up a trail cam for those coons!
Hi Don! How did you find my outdoor channel? Was it thru the Willies video that I reformatted and posted to youtube? That video I did for Rick was unlisted, meaning that you had to have the link to watch it. This one was public so anyone can watch it. If you like the outdoors, check out some of my other videos. Thanks for watching and as they say, "don't forget to click the like and subscribe buttons! This is my new hobby in retirement.
Hi Mike. I got the link from Frank for the Willie's video and started checking out your videos. I've seen two so far and they're very good. I will definitely continue to watch the rest and do my bit to get the word out.
@@donunder Great to hear from you Don. Thanks for watching. I have been doing this for a couple years now and learn new tricks and methods all the time. I like your trail camera suggestion. I have a big canoe trip coming up in July in the BWCA and that would be cool to video all the animals that come into camp in the middle of the night!
Nice
Hi Michele! Thanks for watching! There will be more coming.
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I don't know what you mean by all your emoji's but I think it is good .Thank you!