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11-28-2020, 07:27 PM | #1 |
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Ashtabula River Review
The river god must have been on my side for once. I had Saturday Nov 28th off and got up and checked river levels.
I found Conneaut Creek at 2.98 ft. If I do the math right that means Ashtabula River should be runnable. I packed up fast I as I could and headed north as Jessica was busy with Tori at agility. I found Dewy Rd Gauge just below 1ft. On the low side but doable. I was so fired up since I haven't been on this river since 2018. I had a friend run my shuttle and launched from Green Hill Rd bridge. I took off like I do in my kayak going 90mph like my hair is on fire as I was so pumped up. I ate a humble pie really quick as I flipped on the 3rd ledge drop which is a 2 ft drop. Thank god for my air bags in the canoe as it kept it from filling up and easy to recover and get reorganized. Once I got my head screwed on right and realized I have to think this river different than normal as I am solo canoeing & not in a whitewater kayak. I finally started to do thing right and slow down and really read the water and lines for the other ledge drops. I slowed down in the rapids to keep better control of the canoe and make better decision as river levels were low down river. I got out a scouted the the Ashtabula Water Slide and Dewy Rd Rapid. Ashtabula water slide is a 5 ft slide and Dewey Rd Rapid is about a 4 or 5 foot drop/waterfall. I made both with no problems. After that the river offers nonstop wave trains and rapid all the way to the haddock rd ford. I use to take out there for a short trip, but with the new bridge and they fenced it off like Fort Knox so know one can get to the river I portaged the ford. The second half of the river is offers a lot of wave trains and rapids but a little more spaced out. During this trip I had to use all of my stokes and even did a box stroke to spin the canoe as I got side ways on wave roughly were JP did during whitewater Weekend ( thanks to Bill Mason video's) Over all a GREAT paddle on my favorite whitewater river. Total Mileage 8 Total timed paddle 2hr & 15 Minutes Average pace 3.8 mph One I can get to my dad's computer I will edit my video and post on you tube. Mike PS-thank you JP as all of your help came in hand on this trip!!!
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