Floatin da river

MrPhotographer06 · 11-07-08, 10:15 PM

i live a mile or so as the crow flies from the Lynches River in SC. I along with some buddies [probally dad too] want to float the river. Total of 140 mi. and we wanna float half of it.. any ideas on wow long it'd take

also whats your opinion on floating it in the winter or summer?

-Scott

MIbasser · 11-07-08, 10:28 PM

Well, if you assume that you would average 3 mph over 70 miles that would be 210 hours or 8.75 days. No sleep, just a lot of floating. In all, I would plan on a couple of weeks. Sounds like fun!!!

MrPhotographer06 · 11-07-08, 10:33 PM

thats if we float with the current.. but a few hours of GOOD paddleing..floating..sleeping..then same thing over and over. probally could cut it to 8 days total..

i wish just me and my friends could do it..but i doubt that'd happen.. maybe float like 1 day by our self... or a couple nights with my dad..

maybe after we graduate and were "on our own" we'll do it

Christopherkeene9 · 11-08-08, 02:26 AM

Depends on flow rate???

MrPhotographer06 · 01-12-09, 10:28 PM

bumping this up.... My buddies and i want to do this maybe one night in Febuary... And again on spring break with 4 of us, me, two friends and my navy cadet senior instructor...former marine sniper

JB · 01-13-09, 10:36 AM

i'd float till I hit a deep hole and stay there ...good luck n stay warm!

hookup · 01-13-09, 12:11 PM

Allot of factors will affect your floating time, but when fishing figure an average of 1 mile per hour. I'll let you do the math.

I float a 33 mile streach of river every year. Takes me 7 days and 6 nights. We fish it hard.

MrPhotographer06 · 01-13-09, 05:02 PM

were planning on two trips, an introductary one in febuary for 1 or 2 nights . were floating a 4 hour normal float trip but were going to stop and camp.

then spring break in april, were gunna float it for a week

3dkicker · 01-14-09, 05:34 PM

Anybody hear a banjo playing in the background???? Just make sure you know how to squeal.......

carolina-rig-01 · 01-14-09, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 3dkicker

Anybody hear a banjo playing in the background???? Just make sure you know how to squeal.......

lmao.....seriously that sounds like a cool trip but i would wait for warmer weather if it were me.

flbassman · 01-14-09, 06:09 PM

That movie permanently ruined camping for me lol

MrPhotographer06 · 01-14-09, 10:15 PM

what movie?

WTL · 01-14-09, 10:17 PM

Ye sure do have a purty mouth.....

Before you go, rent "Deliverance".

woody · 01-15-09, 01:17 PM

Depending on the location I think I would be packing!

~Woody

MrPhotographer06 · 01-15-09, 02:43 PM

i'm looking forward to going. Spring break will be quicker than ya know it

cassidyta · 01-15-09, 03:17 PM

Don't ask what movie and don't watch it if any one tells you. It may not ruin all camping, but it sure makes floating a river less appealing.....

For me Blair Witch was the screw camping movie. Of course I saw it the day before going camping. Didn't sleep much

MrPhotographer06 · 01-15-09, 10:12 PM

haha i guess i'll just nod my head and smile, and back away slowly

3dkicker · 01-15-09, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by MrPhotographer06

i'll just nod my head and smile, and back away slowly

Smart man!!! Good advice and if you ever come across a blind boy on a porch playing a banjo......use it!

MrPhotographer06 · 01-15-09, 11:25 PM

haha.. wow..

i know of one guys house that i'll see .. haha

rich guy that owns the city's nursery [plants]

Fishing Fanatic · 01-16-09, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by cassidyta

...it sure makes floating a river less appealing.....

If'n ya hear banjos, just paddle a little faster... that's what I do...

flbassman · 01-17-09, 10:43 AM

Let me hear you squeal boy!

woody · 01-17-09, 10:54 AM

Poor old Ned Beatty, I sure hope they paid him well.

~Woody

CMorg · 01-17-09, 02:32 PM

Oh , sorry. i thought this thread was about a jet in a river...

Its ok to joke about it , since no one was hurt , I have to say that pilot musta been pretty good.

11-07-08, 10:15 PM	#1
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	Floatin da river i live a mile or so as the crow flies from the Lynches River in SC. I along with some buddies [probally dad too] want to float the river. Total of 140 mi. and we wanna float half of it.. any ideas on wow long it'd take also whats your opinion on floating it in the winter or summer? -Scott __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

11-07-08, 10:33 PM	#3
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	thats if we float with the current.. but a few hours of GOOD paddleing..floating..sleeping..then same thing over and over. probally could cut it to 8 days total.. i wish just me and my friends could do it..but i doubt that'd happen.. maybe float like 1 day by our self... or a couple nights with my dad.. maybe after we graduate and were "on our own" we'll do it __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

01-12-09, 10:28 PM	#5
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	bumping this up.... My buddies and i want to do this maybe one night in Febuary... And again on spring break with 4 of us, me, two friends and my navy cadet senior instructor...former marine sniper __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

01-13-09, 05:02 PM	#8
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	were planning on two trips, an introductary one in febuary for 1 or 2 nights . were floating a 4 hour normal float trip but were going to stop and camp. then spring break in april, were gunna float it for a week __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

01-14-09, 05:34 PM	#9
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	Anybody hear a banjo playing in the background???? Just make sure you know how to squeal....... __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

11-07-08, 10:28 PM	#2
MIbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 1,447	Well, if you assume that you would average 3 mph over 70 miles that would be 210 hours or 8.75 days. No sleep, just a lot of floating. In all, I would plan on a couple of weeks. Sounds like fun!!!

11-08-08, 02:26 AM	#4
Christopherkeene9 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oviedo, Fla Posts: 2,270	Depends on flow rate???

01-13-09, 10:36 AM	#6
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	i'd float till I hit a deep hole and stay there ...good luck n stay warm!

01-13-09, 12:11 PM	#7
hookup BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 97	Allot of factors will affect your floating time, but when fishing figure an average of 1 mile per hour. I'll let you do the math. I float a 33 mile streach of river every year. Takes me 7 days and 6 nights. We fish it hard.

01-14-09, 06:09 PM	#11
flbassman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jacksonville Florida Posts: 2,840	That movie permanently ruined camping for me lol __________________ R.I.P. Zooker

01-14-09, 10:15 PM	#12
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	what movie? __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

01-14-09, 10:17 PM	#13
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	Ye sure do have a purty mouth..... Before you go, rent "Deliverance". __________________ Selling live waterdogs for less since 2005.

01-15-09, 01:17 PM	#14
woody BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Jonesville, Indiana Posts: 3,597	Depending on the location I think I would be packing! ~Woody

01-15-09, 02:43 PM	#15
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	i'm looking forward to going. Spring break will be quicker than ya know it __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

01-15-09, 03:17 PM	#16
cassidyta BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,928	Don't ask what movie and don't watch it if any one tells you. It may not ruin all camping, but it sure makes floating a river less appealing..... For me Blair Witch was the screw camping movie. Of course I saw it the day before going camping. Didn't sleep much __________________ If you have ever wondered if you should retie, the answer is yes.

01-15-09, 10:12 PM	#17
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	haha i guess i'll just nod my head and smile, and back away slowly __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

01-15-09, 11:25 PM	#19
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	haha.. wow.. i know of one guys house that i'll see .. haha rich guy that owns the city's nursery [plants] __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

01-17-09, 10:43 AM	#21
flbassman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jacksonville Florida Posts: 2,840	Let me hear you squeal boy! __________________ R.I.P. Zooker

01-17-09, 10:54 AM	#22
woody BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Jonesville, Indiana Posts: 3,597	Poor old Ned Beatty, I sure hope they paid him well. ~Woody

01-17-09, 02:32 PM	#23
CMorg BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern , IN Posts: 1,832	Oh , sorry. i thought this thread was about a jet in a river... Its ok to joke about it , since no one was hurt , I have to say that pilot musta been pretty good.

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