Advice On Buffalo River - Rush To Buffalo City

[joeontheriver]

Planned to put in at Rush and do a 3 day float/fish/camp from Rush to Buffalo City next week. Looks like the gauge prediction at the hwy 14 bridge is 7.1ft is that too much water for trying to fish that section? Also any success stories and tactics would be much appreciated since if we go it will be our first time on the lower end of the buffalo.

Thanks in advance !!!!

joe

[delta_queen]

The River just went through a major evolution with the flood last week. The gravel bars are displaced and campsites will be an adventure to find. My family is fishing alongside the Buffalo (lower/mid section) as we speak and they haven't had one bite yet. The canoe outfitter is closed. The water is brown. More rain is expected today and tomorrow. With the lag time , I suspect it's just going to keep on rising into early next week. The smally you see in my pic was caught on the Lower Buff last April (spin casting / rooster tail). All the bigguns were caught in the deep pools. Yet plenty were found in the shallows as well. If you're aiming for the later part of next week, I think you'll be in for a better experience - IMHO.

~Virginia

[taxidermist]

Zero air gap at Ponce yesterday and the Carver put in is way to heck up, matter of fact big creek is still at a very high level.

If you know Carver the water is to the top of the put in area, you have no gravel bar period, river starts where the road stops.

Last night and yesterdays rain is sure to have raised it as the my leaky pond is full again this AM.

I would stay off the river in my own boat or rent one with the waiver!!!

Lower Buffalo, I dont know that you could paddle upstream to Buffalo City I am sure its over the White River levy.

[delta_queen]

my brothers made it off the river before the storm hit. they caught 4 smallies even in the brown high level lower buff - yay, but man oh man did it rain hard last night. 4" on some parts of the already flooded lower river!

[Ham]

SWAG there will be too much water already and the potential for a MASSIVE rise while you are on the river. I wouldn't do it on a dare, but that's just me.