Lower Buffalo River Gauge Question

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Lower Buffalo River Gauge Question

Post by ShakeAndBake » Wed May 05, 2010 9:57 am

If I am looking at the gauge at Pruitt, what would be a good level to see if the lower half of the buffalo river would be floatable?

I have done the upper half of the river a ton of times, but was hoping to do some exploring on the lower end. I just don't know if I will be dragging my canoe all the way down. Thanks in advance for any information.
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Re: Lower Buffalo River Gauge Question

Post by Clif » Wed May 05, 2010 11:10 am

You sure this is on the right channel?

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Re: Lower Buffalo River Gauge Question

Post by ShakeAndBake » Wed May 05, 2010 3:27 pm

Great site, thanks for the info. Unfortunately it looks like everything will be too low to float by Friday. Thanks again!
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Re: Lower Buffalo River Gauge Question

Post by Clif » Wed May 05, 2010 3:52 pm

You'll still be good in the hwy 65 and 14 areas. aka St Joe and Harriet, Tyler Bend and Buffalo Point.

A tad low but still good. Not a lot of current. Just keep it short and/or give yourself plenty of time.
You sure this is on the right channel?

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Re: Lower Buffalo River Gauge Question

Post by gnick4 » Wed May 05, 2010 6:13 pm

Do NOT do the Kyle's to Pruitt trip until we get more rain. I have done that several times and today was not great.......Of course ANY day on the river is better than being anywhere else. :beer:

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Re: Lower Buffalo River Gauge Question

Post by AR-Nimrod » Thu May 06, 2010 8:09 am

Hey Clif,

That's a great new page. How long has it been active? Hadn't seen it before. Already added it to my fav's.
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Re: Lower Buffalo River Gauge Question

Post by Clif » Thu May 06, 2010 8:20 am

Not sure how long. Someone showed it here a month or 2 ago. It has all the info I used to hit 3 pages to confirm... cool.
You sure this is on the right channel?

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Re: Lower Buffalo River Gauge Question

Post by ShakeAndBake » Thu May 06, 2010 9:03 am

I have made the same mistake of trying to float up around Kyle's Landing when the water was too low and I won't be making that mistake again.

Thanks for the info Clif, any suggestions on a stretch I should check out on that end of the river? I should be starting pretty early on either Friday or possibly Friday and Saturday if my fiancee and I decide to camp. If we do camp it will just be base camping and then getting ourselves shuttled back and forth. Thanks for all the help.
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Re: Lower Buffalo River Gauge Question

Post by Clif » Thu May 06, 2010 9:52 am

Richland creek confluence at Woolum kinda amps up the river volume. Baker Ford to Gilbert gets a bit "touristy" on weekends... not a Friday prob though. Did Tyler Bend to Gilbert last Wed and only saw 3 or 4 other boats.

Lots of springs and some interesting stuff to see at Rush. I dunno, it all has good points.
You sure this is on the right channel?

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Re: Lower Buffalo River Gauge Question

Post by ShakeAndBake » Thu May 06, 2010 2:59 pm

I really appreciate all of the info, I think we are going to plan on floating Bakers to Tyler Bend on Friday and Tyler to Gilbert on Saturday. I hope everybody gets out there and enjoys this great weather.
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