Navigation on Dardanelle

[Jeff Linville]

Hey Arkansas!
I'm coming up to fish Dardanelle the weekend of the 18th. I have a map, but have heard rumors of people tearing stuff up running up there. Are these just rumors? Anything I should know (other than the obvious) so I don't tear anything up?

Thanks in advance!

[wildkat7]

Know this...."lake dardanelle" is the AR river....maps means squat....

[Dando]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by wildkat7 &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Know this...."lake dardanelle" is the AR river....maps means squat.... </td></tr></table>

Amen

[cmclairday2]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by wildkat7 &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Know this...."lake dardanelle" is the AR river....maps means squat.... </td></tr></table>

Stay within the bouys while running. Just because you see somebody tear off across the water out of the buoys, does not make it safe for you to do so. There are some areas that can be run, that require "needle threading" precision while doing so to avoid the stumps, rocks, ect that lurk just under the water. Take care while out there.

[blueplate]

Amen to that Mark. Some of the bays you better know how to run or you will lose a lower unit.

Ron

[wildkat7]

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Stay within the bouys while running. Just because you see somebody tear off across the water out of the buoys, does not make it safe for you to do so. There are some areas that can be run, that require "needle threading" precision while doing so to avoid the stumps, rocks, ect that lurk just under the water. Take care while out there. </td></tr></table>

Dabm locals....

My boater this year on Dardanelle ran us through some stuff that I would barely think of idling...

[Dando]

Dardanelle



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[Jeff Linville]

WOW, I had no idea it was that bad. Glad I asked.

I occasionally run the Red River (in LA) and it's that way. If you get out of the channel, you might be running in a foot or two of water.

[cmclairday2]

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Damn!! Those Cats don't draft any water at all do they??

[cmclairday2]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Jeff Linville &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">WOW, I had no idea it was that bad. Glad I asked.

I occasionally run the Red River (in LA) and it's that way. If you get out of the channel, you might be running in a foot or two of water.

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A lot of the Arkansas River is only inches deep out of the channel.

[Jeff Linville]

OUCH! I don't want to end up like that for sure!

[cmclairday2]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Jeff Linville &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
OUCH! I don't want to end up like that for sure!

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K. Short's a local as well. That place changes almost daily when flows are up.

[Dando]

Many places you just know better to run.
At Dardanelle you can be cruising along just fine, and run up on three submerged stumps out in the middle of nowhere. With the closest thing to a stick of wood anywhere near them being a half mile away on the bank.

The bow of that pink cat is in 8ft of water.

[Dando]

Example of what can happen here:
This was Clairday's 1st trip to Dardanelle.

[wildkat7]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by cmclairday2 &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
Damn!! Those Cats don't draft any water at all do they?? </td></tr></table>



This is exactly I don't fish the river...

[cantcatch5]

You guys really know how to make a Texan nervous.

Jason

[JStew]

No need to be nervous - just make sure you're off plane when you get outside of the marked channel - or be following someone else with enough distance to stop before you hit what they did.

[cmclairday2]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by texfish &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">You guys really know how to make a Texan nervous.

Jason</td></tr></table>
Don't Texans make small farm animals nervous??

[cantcatch5]

Dude, don't take the fact that the whole free world jokes that Arkansas is the epicenter for incestual toothless inbreeders out on me! Besides I was more talking about you and your brother/uncle/inlaw's banjo playing making me nervous more than anything. Just because some other Texan stole your sister's love away from you is no reason to be rude to all of us.

Jason

[cmclairday2]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by texfish &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Dude, don't take the fact that the whole free world jokes that Arkansas is the epicenter for incestual toothless inbreeders out on me! Besides I was more talking about you and your brother/uncle/inlaw's banjo playing making me nervous more than anything. Just because some other Texan stole your sister's love away from you is no reason to be rude to all of us.

Jason</td></tr></table>

And sensitive and quick to get butt hurt over a joke too...quite impressive..