SKMO Posted December 1, 2006 Posted December 1, 2006 Had a little over a 2' rise on the lake since noon Wed and was surprised to see some serious mud already in the lower Kings. This is a pic of the mudline as it went behind my house which is about 2.5 miles from where the Kings dumps into the White at the island. Pic shows the mudline well, it was really muddy from the line toward the camera, and clear as gin past the line. Lots of rain in AR in the Kings watershed. SKMO "A True Fisherman with a Rod in His hand, and a Tug on the Line, would not Trade His Position for the Throne of Any King"
champ187xr6 Posted December 2, 2006 Posted December 2, 2006 SKMO.. Are you on the Kings or 2.5 down from where the Kings and White come together.
SKMO Posted December 2, 2006 Author Posted December 2, 2006 SKMO.. Are you on the Kings or 2.5 down from where the Kings and White come together. On the Kings 2.5 upstream of the Kings/White confluence, or about 1.5 miles downstream of Viola Dock. SKMO "A True Fisherman with a Rod in His hand, and a Tug on the Line, would not Trade His Position for the Throne of Any King"
champ187xr6 Posted December 2, 2006 Posted December 2, 2006 Gotcha. I am about 2.5 to 3 sbove Viola. I was suppose to come down this weekend but the weather changed my mind. I have a friend from here in Wichita that has to be right around where you are. Anyway thanks for all the excellent reports and I hope the finger heals well.
SKMO Posted December 2, 2006 Author Posted December 2, 2006 Gotcha. I am about 2.5 to 3 sbove Viola. I was suppose to come down this weekend but the weather changed my mind. I have a friend from here in Wichita that has to be right around where you are. Anyway thanks for all the excellent reports and I hope the finger heals well. So you must be in the Arrow Point/Sweetwater/Royal Point area on the Kings. Seems like EVERYBODY from Wichita is around where I am! Really muddy today but still clear under the SK bridge, doubt if will do much in the main channel. SKMO "A True Fisherman with a Rod in His hand, and a Tug on the Line, would not Trade His Position for the Throne of Any King"
bobber Posted December 3, 2006 Posted December 3, 2006 well i would guess so!!! the river came up 18 + feet in a few hours <*)))))))>< * AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION CERTIFIED CANOE, and SWIFT WATER RESCUE INSTRUCTOR.*
champ187xr6 Posted December 3, 2006 Posted December 3, 2006 So you must be in the Arrow Point/Sweetwater/Royal Point area on the Kings. Seems like EVERYBODY from Wichita is around where I am! Really muddy today but still clear under the SK bridge, doubt if will do much in the main channel. Royal Point. You are right it is like little Wichita around SK. Of course we have to come down there to get decent lakes. All we have around here are puddles.
SKMO Posted December 3, 2006 Author Posted December 3, 2006 Out of curiousity went to the neighborhood dock and took the water temp this afternoon and it was 50.5 in the muddy water of the Kings. Down about 7 from what it had warmed back up to prior to the cold snap. Water clarity was maybe 12". There is no free floating debris in the channel as the N winds have it pushed into the pockets, and the ones I could see were clogged with up to 150' drifts of debris. Wanted to take temp at bridge in clear water but was afraid to venture into the launch as it looked pretty intimidating to me in a 2WD pickup. Not too intimidating however for one rig that looked like liked they launched a mid-sized flat bottom and gave it a go. My hats are off to them for their "darn the torpedos" attitude, wish I was out there with them. Just hope they get un-launched as easily as they got launched on the ice glazed ramp. Looks like mud never made it into the White River Channel, from the road on Green Shores bluff it looked liked it was mixing in the big hole at crawdad rock. A weekend shot for fishing, but I'll recover and look forward to getting afloat one afternoon this week. Hoping to find some of my old Winter bass haunts infested with shad-starved Micropterus, but as usual I will settle for whaterever the TR bass gods offer up. SKMO "A True Fisherman with a Rod in His hand, and a Tug on the Line, would not Trade His Position for the Throne of Any King"
champ187xr6 Posted December 3, 2006 Posted December 3, 2006 So the rising water has picked up all the normal trash it has just blown into cuts and up against the shore? Is your dock on the channel or in cove? Ours is on the Channel and we constantly have to deal with the debris.
SKMO Posted December 3, 2006 Author Posted December 3, 2006 So the rising water has picked up all the normal trash it has just blown into cuts and up against the shore? Is your dock on the channel or in cove? Ours is on the Channel and we constantly have to deal with the debris. Overall I would say that there has been almost no heavy stuff in the channel. I think the light winds have put it against the shore for the most part. Lots of light crap blown into the pockets. I doubt but cannot verify that this rise has caused debris problems around most docks. SKMO "A True Fisherman with a Rod in His hand, and a Tug on the Line, would not Trade His Position for the Throne of Any King"
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