Black River Missouri Part 2

You’re where I grew up I’ve walked that River dozens of times. Amazing small mouth fishing

I would literally pay you to take me on a rip through a river. I love living in the Ozarks. The rivers and lakes and streams here are fantastic. Even Lake of the Ozarks has its own charm.

Your videos got me looking for boat like that in PA. There aren’t many. Keep them coming!

Great video and you are a great driver and read the water well thanks from Canada.

Some serious good boat driving man!!! Be careful out there all by yourself. You having a blast on that beautiful water!!

I was born and raised on that lake and river and that marina you unloaded by is owned by my wife's mom and dad Cool as hell you made it this far up. I have been watching your videos for awhile i now and i love them all.

I put in at k, can run down to Clearwater lake, fuel up and head back to K state park for camping. Makes for a beautiful afternoon ride. Running the middle fork, you had to turn around at county road 358 access from blacktop highway 49. Nice driving.

Man that was a great video! Great commentary & engine sound. Very cool stuff

Beautiful river. Love all the sandbars. Hopping for some flooding on the Lower Colorado to clear some of the sandbars there.

Very enjoyable to watch.

Great job Dennis

I built UHMW blocks and welded tabs on gunnel then bolted for oar locks. I use 10’ Cataract Oars and row. Mikes of drifting and rowing. It is silent. Gotten 15-20 yards of Brown Bears, Lynx, Moose. Silent drifting. It’s great way to hunt. 50 mile run up river from launch into wilderness. Set up camp. Wife never asks when will I be home. She knows I’ll be home when we have a Bull.

❤❤❤love the vibes

I’m from southeast MO, you picked a beautiful area to run the river. You have a great setup- I have a 19’ boat with a 150 jet, that water is too skinny for me! Depending on the time of year I don’t go up much further than where you started out. If you come back again, go to Lake Wappapello and put in at the Greenville Bridge and run the St. Francis north.

Yeah I saw the Legion. They are using a green anodized 1652 as their Showboat. I loved it. I like the fuel tank saddle box except I’d rather it just be a built in tank with a baffle. I can make a boat way expensive fast! Also the Legion had a tandem aluminum trailer. I like the tandem idea for those sketchy launches. Up in British Columbia we pulled up to a guardrail and lowered our 18’ drift boat down vertical rip rap for 95 feet. The shot of line I had was just 100’. I hosted 13 trips to Bella Coola River in B. C. Biggest wild Steelhead in the world and plenty of them and no people.

Excuse me, I think you got my cot 13:50...O'yea you brought mine home. Holy cow how could I forget that.....Nice runs 👍

Beautiful

That looks fun ☺️

I see you have skills! I’m a fellow Jet Boat Jockey. I started on the whitewater of Oregon. Set up Central Coast Guide Service and got my Coast Guard License in ‘83. Soon took the whole show to Alaska and set up a Fly-In Wilderness camp with 4 Jet Boats. What a blast. I’m thrilled to see you in Missouri. I grew up on those rivers and now I’m 67 and moving back there to retire. Wanting to buy a new Jet Boat for those Smallmouth Bass rivers. Thrilled to see you cutting the ice. Great Job!!

Something to try. Get you some graphite paint Tractor Supply sells some called EZ Slide. Coated my hull from mid rib to mid rib then sand lightly with 200+. Pretty durable made to slide things on, wares a little on the ribs but not to bad. Nice graphite color also, my 16x48 w/40 slides itself off the gravel and much easier to push/winch from trailer. Like having a permanent coat of wax on the hull, nice and slick.