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Author Topic: Frenchman and Winchester wasteways and boats,,kayaks and canoes I have question.  (Read 1694 times)

Offline Hilltop123

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My question is. In general are you able to row or paddle, upstream? Or is there to much current? Next question is there enough water to run a small outboard?

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Years back I seen a 12' alum and 6hp, fella and a lady zippin up one the channels. Legal, not sure. Some spots seem a bit fast to really make good progress. I always just walked in. Shh, shootin light in 25 minutes.

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I've done both a few times.  Frenchmans is generally too fast to row against, it actually has some white water in the lower stretches. Winchester is slower,  you can row a canoe upstream for a bit,  but I wouldn't want to have to do it very long.  People run Winchester with small boats with jet drives or mud motors,  especially from Dodson down to the first big lake where all the duck blinds are.  It's deep enough for a prop in most of the main channel,  but it shadows up at the inside of the turns,  and there are hundreds of them,  so I would think it would be tough to run any long distance with a prop.

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I can say for certain I am very glad I never saw a boat in either over many years of hunting that general area.
Close to our last year hunting there was the first time I saw a four wheeler running around. Not legal, but people had started running cattle in the area, so I suppose they felt it was Ok.
Running cattle there and a few other spots pretty much ruined our favorite area’s to hunt with the chewed up ground and great little ponds that were turned into smelly bog swamps.
We used to hunt Dry Island and Sand Hollow Lake often. Longish walk but a beautiful area.
Cuterebra are NOT cute!

 


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