arkansasnative
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My Grandparents live about 10 miles south of me and my area is surrounded by farm country. My whole life I have fished the ditches and channelized creeks and have caught everything from 4 foot gar, to eating sized cats, and 6-7 lb bass. When i was younger I always wished I had a small boat to get to places not accessible from the banks. 10 years later... I am now almost 24 and last year i was given a small 10 foot jon and 2 trolling motors... some of you might remember the thread. The past few weeks I have replaced all the rivets on the boat and the 5200 is curing as we speak, the smallest TM, and old 18 lb thrust, i got running after replacing a switch and cleaning it up. The main creek, known as Big Creek, spans up just south of my fiance's house where it runs under a bridge. Using google earth, I figured out that if i put in my "Scum Buggy" at a bridge by her house, travel down Big Creek, and then motor up a tributary/agri ditch known as Whistle Ditch which goes to a bridge at our farm ground I will have traveled almost 15 miles! I have always wanted to do this because me and my family members are really the only people that fish it and we normally only fish one or two spots on Whistle Ditch.
My question is... Could 15 miles be boated in a day given the slower current of the creek and a small trolling motor? Note... i will have to carry the boat over 4 or 5 dams but it only weighs 30 or so pounds without the batt and TM so that's no big deal. The water is about the right level to try this and with spawning fish coming up into the smaller creeks I figured I would try in the next few weeks.
My question is... Could 15 miles be boated in a day given the slower current of the creek and a small trolling motor? Note... i will have to carry the boat over 4 or 5 dams but it only weighs 30 or so pounds without the batt and TM so that's no big deal. The water is about the right level to try this and with spawning fish coming up into the smaller creeks I figured I would try in the next few weeks.