I'm not sure how long it took me to cover those 1 1/2 miles. However, I trolled all the way there, so it may have been an hour or more. On the way back, a significant cross wind picked up, and it was some tough paddling.

Hey MoT, my sister lives in Springfield. I usually go for a visit in the fall and do a little fishing. About 3 years ago, we vacationed at Big Cedar on Table Rock. And next summer we're going to vacation in Missouri. It's not going to be the place time to fish, but that's when everybody wants to go.

It's a ways off, but I want to bring my kayak. Would you have any suggestions about kayak fishing? I've been looking on the interent for info, but was getting the impression that Missouri kayaking was geared to river floats.

River floats are great, but I'm not gonna do that well if there's white water.