Big South Fork

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Couple weeks ago, did the Big South Fork river. Started in TN and ended about 40 miles away in KY. We did it in a canoe and camped on islands; points the whole way down.

Some of the nicest scenery I've seen, but the camera rarely came out because it was like doing the Bataan Death march. Low water, class II, III, and iV all the way, portages from he!!, dead river first half (we're guessing coal mining) and better the second half. Invasions of toads, frogs, bees, and bears. No helicopter evacuations, no broken bones, had a beer on the last day so the trip was a success.

Here's some pix

Typically house size boulders everywhere



Taking a bath in a class II



A pet adopted us



Must be a KY thing. We joked about this before the trip, then found out a day before we took out some group drove into the water; one person drowned.




Did get a nice one on a jig I poured



We were ripe when we got off the water.

 

[Fatman]

Looks like a great trip and great looking smallie!!!!!!

 

[Pup]

Looks, to me, like you had a great time. Very nice smallmouth bass in your picture too.

We were ripe when we got off the water.

All set to shop at Wally World? Oh, the story I could tell 'bout a young couple ahead of me and exiting the building the other day, but I better not. I think it might stink. lol.

Nice trip.

 

[StumpHunter]

Sweet! Looks like a great river trip with beautiful scenery. Thanks for the report and pics

 

[LedHed]

Excellent report, fantastic trip, thnx for sharing

 

[AtticaFish]

Beautiful looking river and sounds like a fun trip. Water looks nice and clean in those pics and that smallie is sure healthy. She is a chunk.

Only a very talented few can successfully balance their beer between their sunburnt knees while taking a bath in the middle of a Class II.

 

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Only a very talented few can successfully balance their beer between their sunburnt knees while taking a bath in the middle of a Class II.

He's very experianced at balancing his beer. :beer:

I tried to talk him into puting on sunscreen, but he's an old timer who believes he doesn't get sunburned. By the end of the trip he had blisters but he wore them with pride.