March Kayaking on the Little Red River, White County, Arkansas: Great 5 mile paddle to the falls!

The kayak has been grounded for a month or so due to some costly car repairs, so this trip was much needed and appreciated!  Our last kayak trip was on December 31st, which is way, way too long to wait to paddle.  Glad to be back!

This river is one of my favorites in Arkansas.  If you are looking for extreme kayaking or that kind of stuff, this would not be the river for you.  I have found it to be very calm with a slight current, and an easy paddle to get some milage in, as well as some fishing.

I decided to take it all the way to the dam/falls from the put in point (see map below for details).  The weather in Arkansas/Missouri has been incredibly mild this late winter.  The temps were in the 70's.  I decided to wear my Kokatat dry suit, due to the fact that I know the water temps are not that warm yet.  I brought my fishing rod, but did not have much success....still early in the season.  I spoke with a gentleman on the ramp who said they had walleye in the river, which sounded real intreging!

Life is better on a kayak!!

Paddle ON!

Mike

Kayaking the Little Red River, White County, Arkansas

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Little Red River, White County, Arkansas April 5th, 2011: Nice 6 mile paddle on the Little Red

This was a nice 6 mile paddle on the Little Red River.  I put in at the Henry Gray/Hurricane Lake WMA in White County, Arkansas.  This is a bayou-like area with a lot of incredibly "fishy" looking lakes and oxbows.  I plan on coming back later and hitting some of the lakes with my Mokan fishing kayak.  However, today was all about getting up the river.  I also brought a fishing rod and fished it as well.  Caught one nice smallmouth towards the half-way point of the paddle, but he spit it out before I could get it to the boat for a photo.
If you take a look at the video, there is a really nice looking dock/dock house that had something happen to it and 1/2 of it is in the water- what a shame!  Looks like it was once a great place to hang out for the day....nothing beats a day on the river!

Paddle ON!

MLT

River Gauge (Judsonia, AR)
Height: 400 ft.
Flow: 290 (cfs)
Miles: 6
Total miles year: 36.5 miles
Goal: 800 miles

Little Red River, Arkansas: Kayaking and fishing

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