Rafting and Fishing in Arkansas River

Thursday, 29 March 2007

Do you think rafting, kayaking and fishing are exciting? During weekends these are the best things to do to relieve stress and to get extreme with waters. The waters of the Arkansas River can offer you this great experience.

Arkansas River could be good scenery and spot to mostly of the 1,500 residents on weekends. But there is more to that than merely a relaxing scene to many. The Arkansas River is a body of water that flows directly to the Mississippi River. It flows to the southeast and east and flows across to Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado. It is regarded as the 4th longest river in the United States of America being at 1,450 miles or 2,334 km. Today, it is also known as the 2nd longest stretch of tributary in the Missouri-Mississippi system. Though it is quite smaller, as long as volume is concerned with Ohio and Missouri, still it has a mean discharge of 8,460 cfs.

Arkansas River also offers a challenging whitewater rafting to adventurers during the summer and spring. Its headwaters run in a steep mountain that falls 1.4 km in 193 km. The American Whitewater has already classified this as class IV. This means that if you are a novice in whitewater rafting, it is better for you to be prepared to paddling and getting wet. You will really paddle through this part of the Arkansas River. Additionally the rapids can get dangerous at times so bring an experienced buddy paddler with you. The wonderful scenery and rapids of Arkansas River has captured the heart of many people which they keep on coming back to try other adventures.

And though the river is quite known for kayaking, activities such as fishing are also popular. It is actually easy to catch fishes in this long stretch of Arkansas waters. Its waters have the best trout. The river also has its supply of largemouth bass that are lurking on the shallows. Some tournaments such as the Lake Dardanelle are being held here yearly. Fly fishing is also a known activity in the long stretch of the Arkansas River.

You will not run-out of so many things to do once you visit the Arkansas River. A great deal of adventure awaits you with rafting, canoeing and kayaking the whitewaters. And of course, if fishing is your sport, you would not be sorry for going out and setting your fishing gears at the waters of Arkansas.

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