Fishing The Lower Buffalo River. Rush Landing to Shipps Ferry on the White River.

[@delkelso]

we did Ponca to Buffalo City the last week of March 2023. all of the willows you see on the gravel bar river left in this video were underwater. there was a huge hydraulic right on the line you paddled...completely rolled over about 5 feet tall. surprisingly, there was an eddy at the river left entrance to the shoal that turned my boat around in a second. it was all i could do to turn back around and straighten the boat out before passing by the hydraulic. my boat had about 5 inches of water in it by the time we got back to calmer water. i have paddled and rafted whitewater, but this thing was truly scary on that day. i caution anyone paddling this section to take this rapid with the highest degree of respect. great video...thanks for sharing.

[@naturallandfishing7328]

The river must have been high when you did it. It was very low on this video. I can see it being challenging when the river is up. Glad you made it. Thanks.

[@denverricketts2849]

Love it ,

[@unstoppablezone4980]

I've done this twice...once at age 12 and again at age 30...both times were phenomenal. We always went in the Spring when the water was higher to make the rapids a bit easier. Both time we used a john boat. Thanks for sharing this. We caught lots of small mouth bass and I loved seeing them get up off the water. :) Believe it or not, in 1967 we drank right out of the river, no filtration. But by 1986 that was no longer possible.

[@swampthang64]

Thanks for the video! Did a solo trip in Oct. 2016, Dillards to White River, took out at Rileys. Best trip ever.

[@graemesoutdooradventures]

Doing this exact trip in September 2022. Thank for the fun video, especially the rapids at the beginning.

[@byronbowers4458]

a group of high school friends and I are going on a two float trip the 2nd weekend October! ready to fish and enjoy

[@SC-un8uy]

Nice !I like the view!

[@TheBeastmansteve]

Great video. Gotta make that trip one day

[@littleriveroutdoorsman6514]

Beautiful river.

[@frankyrude7075]

Me and a buddy kayaked from buffalo point to rush on Sunday and caught a few nice small mouth one around 19 inches. It was a beautiful weekend.

[@naturallandfishing7328]

19" ! That's a nice one!

[@db6283]

Floated this once before. St Joe was at 6 ft. What was th e gauge when you floated. 3.6 today . Was going earlier in year. But did not make it. Enjoyed the video. Thanks.

[@naturallandfishing7328]

This was late June. 3.5 at St. Joe. 6 is to high for me. 4 would be perfect.

[@Cloventhal]

Is it worth trying to catfish the Lower Buffalo? We are planning a 5 day trip there in June.

[@terrybryant]

So how long does it take to make that run? Is this safe for a cataraft?

[@naturallandfishing7328]

Depends on the water level. We did it in two days. The best level is around four feet at the St. Joe gage. I think the raft would do well on the Buffalo, but you have to be cautious when you get to the White River.

[@terrybryant]

@@naturallandfishing7328 the pac 1200 by outcast is a white water beast. I have had it on class III and some IV rapids. I was just worried about having to drag it much in low water.

[@naturallandfishing7328]

Ok yeah anywhere between 4 and 5 feet on that gage will be perfect. When the Buffalo meets the White make sure you enter the White on the North side. The current is usually very fast and could push you into some trees on the south side.

[@teamcantgetright633]

doing this float next weekend oct 7th - 10th....I'm excited! any suggestion on baits to use

[@naturallandfishing7328]

Use a top water popper in the morning and evening, and a small paddle tail swimbait during the day. Good luck!

[@teamcantgetright633]

@@naturallandfishing7328 thank you man! Cant wait to get out there!