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2008
Sport Show Schedule
The RRCC X-Stream canoe package has been chosen to be the Grand Prize Give-Away at 8 of the 11 shows we do in 2008 - Chicago, St. Louis, Nashville, Minneapolis, Louisville and Madison!
Click Here for Sportshow Season Schedule


New RRCC Guided
Trip Gallery

View the latest pictures of River Ridge Guided Trips. June - mid August, 2007 - Click Here for the Gallery


Appearing in the September
issue of Midwest Outdoors

Custom Canoes, Rivers,
and Smallmouth

By Jerry Carlson

It is not every day that an invitation to go smallmouth fishing flies out of the blue and lands in your lap. But that is exactly what happened to me.

The smallmouth invitation came from a gentleman named Bill Plantan, the owner of River Ridge Custom Canoes. Plantan resides near Rochester, Minnesota and works the smallmouth on the nearby Zumbro River.
Click Here to Read Full Article.....


Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools
John Robinson, RRCC owner from Massachusetts had his favorite tool ... his canoe .
Click Here to Read What He had to Say


Ron Schara Float Trip
Platte River - Video Clips
Part One - Click to Download Part One

Part Two - Click to Download Part Two (Windows Media Files - 1.7meg)


More Excellent Photos
View great pictures of our canoe in action at: Windigo Images


New Products from RRCC
River Ridge Custom Canoes is now carrying the Minnkota Maxxum 55 and the Vector 3X trolling motors (these are the motors we recommend for our canoes). Order a canoe package and take advantage of our special pricing. We are also carrying LED lights for your bow and stern a must in low light conditions.


Click here to see what new owner Richard Lee Merritt of Chico, CA had to say about the maiden voyage in his new canoe



Field and Stream Issue featured a summer boat guide in the "Gearing Up" Section. Our custom canoe takes top billing! Pick up an issue to read all about it or read it online:  To read the Field & Stream gearing up article click here!


Click Here to View The Latest RRCC Customer Pictures

Click Here to View The Latest RRCC Customer Pictures and Stories!

Customer Testimonials
Hear what others are saying about the River Ridge Custom Canoe. Please send us your comments! View testimonials


Look for River Ridge Custom Canoes featured on these shows:

Outdoor Channel....Call of the Wild
(all times are Eastern - check local listings) Tuesdays at 6 p.m.
Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.
Sundays at 3:30 p.m.

Outdoor Life Network
Backroads with Ron & Raven will air again beginning in October!

Minnesota Bound
KARE 11...Minneapolis, MN
Sundays at 10:30 PM
Saturdays at 6:30 PM
KTTC 12.....Rochester, MN
Saturdays at 6:00 AM
KVLY / NBC.... Fargo, ND
Sundays at 5:00 PM
KSFY / ABC....Sioux Falls, SD
Saturdays at 6:00 AM
KBJR TV-6.....Duluth, MN
Sunday nights at 10:35

Minnesota Bound and Call of the Wild as seen on the Outdoor Channel for more great canoeing adventures.
Ron and Raven

Pictured below is Hajime Oguri. Hajime's company, Vagabond, sells RRCC Canoes in Japan. (192 to date).



Our customers get creative with
their color choices.

 

 

Interstate 80/90
Delivery Promotion

All canoes delivered within 100 miles of the interstate 80/90 corridor stretching from Chicago through Pennsylvania and into Virginia and Washington, DC, will only be charged $100.00 for shipping, packing and handling.
Click Here for More Information


HOT NEW Accessories
For Your River Ridge Canoe
▪ Brunton ATLAS MNS GPS
▪ AM/FM/CD Marine Sound System

▪ Interior L.E.D. Light System
▪ Brunton 10NL Compass/Thermometer

Click Here for All The Details....
Posted 11/14/06




Why continue to drive by 75% of the water you can't get to with your big boat? Why fight the crowds at the landing ramps? Why deal with high blood pressure any longer as you watch the Jet Ski churn up your precious Lunker hole.

And why continue to fight off all the boats that gather near as you try to conceal all the fish you are landing? Please take a tour around our site and discover the new way to get to places that really hold the trophies ….away form the busy boat ramps…. away from the crowds ….closer to nature.


Our shop in Rochester, Minnesota.
From left: Gary, Mark, Jeff and Bill


Canoeing the north fork of the unpredictable Flambeau river in NW Wisconsin
Canoes. Comeraderie. Friends. Shared interests and time. Expert guidance. Good food - great memories. Photographer Patrick Dean -
Check out these beautiful photos taken on our trip!!!


Looking for an easy way to store your canoe?
Canoe Storage Hoist Systems
Due to the overwhelming response on our canoe hoist systems we are now adding the Heavy-Duty hoist system. Click here to read more about it.


Read what Ira Follen has to say about our canoes. He took possession of his RRCC Canoe on April 13th of this year and sent in his testimony on December 13th. Click Here To Read Ira's Letter


Mall of America
The Minnesota Bound Store is now open in the Mall of America. Come and see our canoe at Ron Schara's new store. Not only is the canoe being used as the sign..so the location should be easy to find.  ...but we now have the NEW Ron Schara Edition of our canoe available there. This is a fresh new package of goodies with our always reliable hull. It has Ron's signature on it..and you can check it out there.



Hottest New Innovation from River Ridge Custom Canoes:
Click here to see pictures of our new single rod holders


Read about our exciting
bow anchor system, a standard feature on all RRCC canoes.

Click for more information.


Destination Links/Information

The best of what’s left, and where to find it! We the people own nearly 150,000 miles of streams and 2.5 million acres of lakes and reservoirs!  That’s right.  Now find out where to fish on them. 

• The U.S. Forest Service has developed a comprehensive on-line resource to fishing in the National Forests.  Click here to visit!

Click here for information on the canoe routes and river conditions in Minnesota as provided by the DNR...be safe, not sorry!


New - Virtual Plant Tour



CAMPING TRIP TIPS
If you REALLY want to have  fun in our canoe...try a 2 day camping trip.  We have been doing them for the last 13 years, and would like to share a few of our tips with you ... (click to read full story)

 

Recent Articles Featuring River Ridge Custom Canoes

Can you canoe and catch fish, too?
By Dan Small - Contributing Editor
Wisconsin Outdoor News

Most anglers have a canoe somewhere in their boating history, usually as a first boat. When they move on to a bigger boat with an outboard motor, their canoe often leans against the garage wall, all but forgotten.

The Water Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
By Noel Vick:
River fishing expert Bill Plantan never leaves home without ‘em; that is a full complement of prerigged rods and reels.
The world’s a harmonious place when Bill Plantan inconspicuously slides his canoe into the flow. A morning fog masks his craft, its intentions, and most of the river panorama. Unseen riffles trickle. Something crunches in the dried leaf litter, likely a squirrel, maybe a deer. In the distance an aroused turkey gobbles; it’s that time of the year.

 

Running a River, Lane by Lane
Within walking distance of my childhood home was a modest and antiquated bowling alley. Its décor was reminiscent of the television show Happy Days and bowling’s heyday.

Economizing Scope and Improving Results
By Noel Vick:
Bill Plantan, an impassioned river buff, often speaks about this guy who owned a big boat – the fast and glass sort – and nearly exclusively launched it on big water.

Smallmouths by Canoe from A to Z
Featured in Game & Fish Magazines (15 states). This article by Tim Holschlag is considered your textbook for fishing smallmouths from a canoe.

Minnesota Outdoor News featured an article by writer Tori McCormick. In an interview with Bill Plantan of River Ridge Custom Canoes, the Do's and Don'ts of fishing from a canoe become very clear.
Click here to read!

Mission Statement - To create the ultimate sports
utility vehicle for small waters!


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