Think I'm Goin Sunday...

[hambandit]

Might be madness but were runnin out of summer

[Kee sims]

Good luck!!! It's still pretty high when I passes over it earlier today. I'm dieing to catch some smallies

[hambandit]

How high is pretty high? Last time I went down it there were 4' rapids at the bridge and we couldn't find the fish to save our lives. Ended up with only a couple per person.

[Fishslayer88]

Another foot or two and it will be out of the banks in galena.

[Kee sims]

I usually push it when it comes to getting on the water. Lol when I get the itch to fish I go. And right now I'm not sure i would try it with how high it was last night still. A lot of debris and stuff still floating down.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Pushing it can be fatal on a high river. The problems is that it is not only a new river, it can have some serious obstructions. They can be easy to handle at normal levels, but dangerous in high fast water. Jumping on a high fast river is about akin to driving across a flooded low water for the first time.

[OzarksRiverman]

Might be madness but were runnin out of summer

Godspeed.

[Terrierman]

I'd go somewhere that falls a little ahead of the James. You have options.

[Old plug]

You can say that again Wayne. Rivers are like women. They change a lot. Knew a old guy when I was young fished the Mississippi a lot up in the Clarksville area . He would tell you time and again you know the river now. You do not know what her she will be tomorrow. I would think after high water there is no truer words even on small streams. I have a great great respect for things like root wads. You go down in one of those things and it will pull you in life vest and all.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Yup, I've seen more than one tree blocking a river. It's not common, but not all that unusual behind high water.

I was in OR for a few years and there was a new class IV that popped up on the Deschutes river and ate a few boats before the word got out. The really down side was that it was about midway in a 32 miles road less stretch.

After a water event like we've had you should never go into a turn without scouting, even if you have to bank to do it.