Eleven Point Trip
 

Spent an enjoyable 4 days on the Eleven Point. Got to Greer Crossing
on Tuesday evening and fished a bit...caught a couple of rainbows.

Wed. am we dropped boats at Greer and my wife and son shuttled down to
Riverton, our destination. We didn't shove off until 10ish, but the
fishing was outstanding the entire day. Camped a mile or so below
Turner Mill access in a nice area (not one of the designated float
camps). We were loaded pretty heavy in our two boats, jon boat and
canoe...my wife, 2 sons, and our dog...negotiated Mary Decker Rapid
without incident. This is an absolutely beautiful section of river
that I could float a line in for days without a fish and be happy.
For my kids sake, I am glad we did have quite a bit of success. Most
of this section is Blue Ribbon Trout and no fish approached the legal
limit. We were strictly in C&R mode anyhow.

Thursday was our longest day...about 8 miles...much of water pretty
slow. We put in at Greenbriar Float Camp about 4:30 ish and had a lot
more fun swimming than fishing. The water by this time had warmed
significantly from its chilly temps upstream (where we swam as well
but it took some adjustment). Also, seemed that the jetboat traffic
was a bit more on this day, but this was about 4 total.

Friday (today) was a short one down to Riverton. We negotiated Halls
Bay rapids with a bit less skill...I skippered the jon boat a bit to
the left of the ideal line over this ledge style rapid where we hung
up in shallow water. Got off it ok after I politely requested my
youngest son (16) to get out and swim:). This section of river
produced some nice smallies.

Beautiful river. Not a single visible dwelling in the 20 mile total
float. Good, bordering great fishing. Enough whitewater to at least
be mildly entertaining.

Eleven Point Trip
 

Family-Outdoors wrote:
Spent an enjoyable 4 days on the Eleven Point. ...
snip
Beautiful river. Not a single visible dwelling in the 20 mile total
float. Good, bordering great fishing. Enough whitewater to at least
be mildly entertaining.

Nice TR, thanks for taking the time to post.

I spent some time on the Pere Marquette one of Michigan's federally
designated "wild and scenic" rivers and was surprised at the contrast
between that river and what I'm accustomed to in Missouri. In Missouri
they eminent domain everything on both sides of the river and it's
all public land. In Michigan there are huts, shacks, lodges and a few
mansions right on the river and big No Trespassing signs *everywhere*.
Some of the signs are nice, No Entry, No Admission, and others are
downright nasty citing chapter and ordinance number plus the jail time.
I don't know what in the hell is supposed to be "wild and scenic" about
the Pere Marquette.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Eleven Point Trip
 

On Jul 11, 10:45*am, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
Family-Outdoors wrote:
Spent an enjoyable 4 days on the Eleven Point. *...
snip
Beautiful river. *Not a single visible dwelling in the 20 mile total
float. *Good, bordering great fishing. *Enough whitewater to at least
be mildly entertaining.

Nice TR, thanks for taking the time to post.

I spent some time on the Pere Marquette one of Michigan's federally
designated "wild and scenic" rivers and was surprised at the contrast
between that river and what I'm accustomed to in Missouri. In Missouri
they eminent domain everything on both sides of the river and it's
all public land. In Michigan there are huts, shacks, lodges and a few
mansions right on the river and big No Trespassing signs *everywhere*.
Some of the signs are nice, No Entry, No Admission, and others are
downright nasty citing chapter and ordinance number plus the jail time.
I don't know what in the hell is supposed to be "wild and scenic" about
the Pere Marquette.

--
Ken Fortenberry

I guess the Wild and Scenic only applies if you keep your head down on
the water. The Yampa and White in NW Colorado are increasingly tough
to get on unless you are floating the rivers...but I guess that's true
of so many places.

There is one quarter mile section of the eleven point in the section
we ran with purple paint...as I understand it the land is federally
owned but the previous owners still retain users rights...seems ok to
me...not that anyone cares.