Best hiking/portaging water shoe?

If you're not doing a portage heavy route, just take an old set of mesh sneakers. I took my old yard work sneakers on my BWCA trip last year (6 days, 50 miles on water, 5 miles of portage). Worked awesome. Bring a set of flip-flops to putter around camp while the shoes dry.

We will be doing numerous and long portages. I also have some other river trips and hiking trips planned and just wondering if there is a good water shoe that also does well on the trails?

I use Salomon Tech Amphibians for a good mix of solid trail shoe and water shoe. It has excellent tread, but does have some mesh so you can get a few pebbles here and there though. IIRC, Vasque Watergates may meet your criteria. Take a look at those and see what you think.

Ryan

One of the most comfortable all purpose shoes I have found are the Merrel Waterpro amphibians. They have a decent Vibram sole, are relatively light, and are mostly mesh panels with a gel substance used for padding. Awesome for kayaking, hiking, and cycling.

Are you referencing the merrel waterpro manistee? Like the one here?

http://www.cabelas.com/mens-boat-water-shoes-merrell-waterpro-manistee-water-shoes.shtml?type=product&WT.tsrc=CSE&WT.mc_id=GoogleBaseUSA&WT.z_mc_id1=1184433&rid=40&mr:trackingCode=6C262894-CA3B-E011-B97A-001B21631C34&mr:referralID=NA

Those may be a newer version as mine are a little different:

Ok thanks. I got the newer (I think) version of these today and i think they will do well for an assortment of activities.