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The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 10:51 pm
by tomOzarkVideo
:kayak: :canoe:

Surfs up.

Re: The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:41 am
by cmahar826
I read bout that place is it a fun as it sounds?

Re: The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 10:04 am
by cpresoz
It's really fun cause it's the only action we have around here this time of the year: http://www.ozarkpages.com/cgi-bin/crfind.pl?Fishers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It's at 3.1 feet right now.

Re: The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 11:16 am
by cmahar826
How long of a stretch would be floatable? Sorry if that's a dumb question just the way it describes it sounds like a little section an plus I'm new so like I said sorry if it's a dumb question haha

Re: The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 3:03 pm
by tomOzarkVideo
cmahar826 wrote:I read bout that place is it a fun as it sounds?
It's a great place to work on technique with a real WW feature.
How long of a stretch would be floatable? Sorry if that's a dumb question just the way it describes it sounds like a little section an plus I'm new so like I said sorry if it's a dumb question haha
It's really more of a "Park-n-Play" situation. We surf and play. There are several miles to float on the illinois. Sort of a last resort though. But it's time for last resorts with this weather.

Re: The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 7:56 pm
by adamm
if you put in at chamber springs rd, it is about a 4ish hr float (with stops) to fishers ford. It is close to town and a good float with a prize at the end. you can make it about an hour or less float from the hwy 16 bridge to fishers ford.

Re: The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 8:16 pm
by cmahar826
Is chamber springs road in Siloam?

Re: The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:30 pm
by Half Ton
Is floatable currently from Robinson road (4 miles upstream of chambers springs), and chambers to the ford is about 6 mile and then from the ford to hwy 59 is about 3 miles.

So about 13 river miles or so here in NWA right now.

When the water is up enough you can head to the headwaters in hogeye which adds about 20 more miles of floating.

I'm not sure how many more are in OK but nearly 60 would be my guess.

Great for fishing also.

Re: The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:47 pm
by cpresoz
Right off Oklahoma 59, you can put in at the Redneck Yacht Club and float for 8.5 miles. For $10 they'll meet you at the low water bridge and bring you and your boat back to the Club. Good, easy paddling with no dragging at 3 feet on the gauge.

Re: The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:58 pm
by Half Ton
Well I'll be

Re: The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 7:31 am
by tomOzarkVideo

Re: The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 8:22 am
by Regud
Wait!?

Was that a real roll!!!?

Congrats!

Re: The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 8:46 am
by tomOzarkVideo
Yay!! 1st combat roll.

Re: The Ford. Thursday afternoon

Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 8:52 am
by cpresoz
Beauty, Tom! Great roll.