How Far Can I Float In A Day?

[King]

Hello from a first time poster. I am planning an upper Current trip with a few friends and not sure how far we can expect to travel in a day.

We're planning on 2.5 days of floating, camping 2 nights on the river. (Starting early on a Friday and taking out mid day on Sunday)

I have a GPS to help along the way but was hoping someone might be able to offer suggestions on where might be the best spot to start, and maybe how far we might be able to expect to travel in a days time.

We plan on fishing the whole way, stopping frequently, and taking it reel reel easy.

Any suggestions are welcome!

Thanks

[Greasy B]

Easy is less than 10 miles a day. If your not fishing you could probably do 2 miles an hour.

Real real easy would be about 6 miles or less a day. At that rate you could spend half your time swimming and lounging and still make it back to camp in time to lounge some more.

[moguy1973]

The Current River moves along pretty good. I've only floated the part from Jacks Fork to Powder Mill, which is about 7 miles and we did it in about 5 hours easy with a lot of fishing along the way. I would think with 2 1/2 days of floating, Pulltite to Two Rivers (Jacks Fork) would be pretty easy to do, even with fishing. You can stop around Round Spring the first night, then Jerktail the 2nd night and finish at Two Rivers.

Oops, saw you already knew which stretch you are doing, Cedar to Round.

[Gavin]

If you are using Carr''s I'm assuming take at Round Spring. Best fishing is between Cedar to just above Akers. It declines quickly after that, but the scenery is awesome. Fishing starts to pick up past Pulltite. Always worth a jump into cave sping, worth the short hike up to Putite Spring. And bring some extra flashlights to explore Little gem cave, Have fun .

[ozark trout fisher]

6-10 miles a day for a normal fishing float on a river like the Current. 10-12 is doable but more than you'll want. 4-5 miles if you want to spend a number of hours wading/swimming/relaxing on the gravel bars with a little paddling in between. It all depends on the experience you want, at the end of the day. Do you place a higher priority on seeing a lot of water or getting to fish the water that you do see hard, and relaxing?

[Goggle Eyed Maniac]

Gavin- What do you normally catch in those areas you mentioned in your post? I'm looking for goggle eye to eat, and smallies to pose for pictures with. What kind of lures seem to work the best in those spots? I've mainly been using small crank baits on my trips this year with decent results. Any trout in those areas?

[jibro]

i would start at Baptist. Day 1 Baptist to Cedar. Day 2 Cedar to around Welsh. .5 Welsh to Akers

Plenty of time to fish,relax, and enjoy.

[Terrierman]

I used to take three days from just below Montauk to Baptist Camp. A nice relaxing pace is what I am all about.

[King]

Well, I appreciate all the input but we will have to take your words for it for now.

Work obligations will keep half of our party from going so we decided to wait until later.

I'll report when we get the chance to test it out in person.

Thanks again...

[paddlefaster]

In 2 1/2 days, you should be able to cover at least 40 miles. You are using paddles, right? Just try fishing only in the places where the fish are, then paddle like crazy where there are none. Nah, just kidding, but really, you can cover more than 26 miles, even fishing, especially if the water is up and moving.