Fish River

I went out on Fish River today with my dad for what was a bit of an exploratory float. I had planned out a route down the river the day before but it was completely based on Google maps' satellite images. I wasn't even completely sure, due to the tree line, that  kayaks would even make it down the five mile stretch I was hoping to navigate.

We took two trucks down; one to leave at our take out spot downstream. It just so happened that a few years ago, I had come across put in spot a few years ago so I knew the public park there was a great place to start out.

Just as we are about to put in, a married couple walk up to us and start talking about kayaks and let us know that they have been down the river from that point before, but only a short distance. I was glad to hear that the river was wide and deep enough to travel.

The trip overall took about two and a half hours, starting off at county rd 48 and ending at fish river bridge. We ended up only taking one short break for a couple beers and there were zero accidents. About 2/3 of the trip was AMAZING. While the water was shallow and we had a current behind us we paddled through some great natural scenery. Later as the river got deeper, a lot more houses started to appear as well as fishing boats and a few jet skis. Those things I could have done without, but not every trip can be perfect.