Arkansas Smallmouth

[Troutguy]

I've finally retired after working hard for 48-years... now ready to do some smallmouth fishing.

My health won't let me do multi-day float trips anymore, so it will be short day floats in calm water.

I heard the Spring river and the Southfork Spring river was calm and had good smallie fishing.

Since I'm 300-miles away, I sure don't care to go to the wrong river.

Any thoughts on calm waters, wide sit-on-top fishing kayak or kayak fishing guides?

THANKS for your help. 

 

 

 

 

[fishinwrench]

Whereabouts do you reside ?

[Troutguy]

Not in AR... over 300 miles away for now, but i travel often.

 

[tjm]

Residing in the RV?

Did you find that lot you were looking for on the White?

[Troutguy]

I found a couple but they are more than I care to pay at my age. If I were a young guy again I would make a deal.

I'll just stick with campgrounds when in the area. 

[Al Agnew]

Spring River has long slow pools but also has occasional small waterfalls.  Floatable but not always easy.  South Fork also has occasional drops over ledges, and tight brushy riffles.  I don't think either of them are for somebody looking for calm water floats, to be honest.  Most of these two streams would qualify, but those occasional ledges could be a problem.  Lower Eleven Point in Arkansas is probably closer to what you're looking for.  Middle and lower Buffalo, with rare exceptions, is pretty calm.  Lower Kings River is pretty easy.  But a lot of the Arkansas Ozark stream stretches are faster, narrower, and trickier than many of the Missouri Ozark waters.