I think I have the boat for it. I just bought a 21ft Magnitude with a 6.2L DI. I have about 10hrs on it. This is my 3rd jetboat boat but I live in Pa and we don't have any rivers like that. I just used 2 weeks of vacation to pick the boat up. I'm planning on trying to get out to a get together next summer. I have been watching mean chicken to try to pick one for next year. Thoughts?
Just pick out a run and do it. I announce stuff on mean chicken (Viking) and will give you an honest assessment of difficulty. Optimal flow for beginners tends to be a relatively narrow band, so its best if your vacation scheduling is flexible to match optimal flow. If you can't be flexible, then maybe aim for June, and there's bound to be something that will work.
No. Depending on who you talk to, everything upstream from 2:26 may be closed to power boats. The sheriff says it's navigable water, so go ahead and navigate (though not recommended). The Forest Service says it is closed to protect salmon spawning beds. (Power boats would be running this stretch of river only at very high water and not when salmon are spawning.) This raises the question of who actually has authority, and whether one wants to pay a fine or contest it at significant expense. My guess is the actual reason it is closed to power boats is because that is what rafters employed by the Forest Service prefer.
@@idahoviking Hey appreciate the reply - I always wondered about the "laws". Do you know Power Boats from Challis down stream? Or how I would find out?
@@shallowhal6727 From Torey Hole input downstream is open until you get to Corn Creek, where permits are required during the summer. I ran from Salmon to a bridge about 10 miles below Challis, which stopped me. The flow was about 6K. At 10K many of the bridges will be too low.
