Fork- Little Caney

Been a while since I went up into Little Caney. What happened to all the lane markers?

Lane markers in Little Caney? What decade were you up there last? I can't state much, because I have only been going out there 5 years or so. But there haven't been any up that way that whole time.

I personally have never seen lane markers in little Caney. I have a little place in there and I'm glad they don't have markers.

They didn't go all the way up, just part way. Then the trees showed the lane up to Hideaway.
Trees are gone, so it's like driving in an unlit parking lot with speedbumps! Oh well.

It’s a fine line...

I remember the mannequin. That gal had some kind of wardrobe over the years.

The mannequin and the road cones have been gone for years

How accurate is the lanes chip? Mine marked just short of Hideway

Boat Lanes chip is accurate, but how accurate is your GPS? A 10' error is a lot going up Little Caney.

is there a chip for garmin or a way to convert it for garmin?

Ive ran it many times. Still makes me nervous though

Not sure, only had Bird and Lowrance when I bought mine

Last I checked they still only had 'Bird and Lowrance. However, yes... You can convert with some effort. I converted to my RayMarine unit.

I ran up and back little caney today using the boatlanes coordinates. My first time up that way. There is at least one big stump that is right in the boatlanes path. It is a quarter of the way up little caney coming from the dam side. It is before the visible heavy timber. I'll try to pull coordinates and post. I have it roughly marked. Be very careful. I idled through the trees on the way back out. Once you see one major hazzard right on the path, makes you really second guess the accuracy.

PS: For the most part I really like the boatlanes product. That is the first real flaw I have noticed. In no way trying to bash their product.

Years ago there were buoys but they've been long gone. I think the problem was when the lake was low they would drift and SRA didn't want the liability.

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Lake fork needs new buoys on the whole lake. I wish they would make them a different color because white is hard to see sometimes with a little chop on the water.

All those boat lanes on the chip are safe when the lakes are at full pool, as lakes drop you are running at your own risk. That bottleneck on the Little Caney run is a mega pucker factor for sure, if your not 100% certain just idle through there and the rest is easy money. I wonder when watching people run it if thy really know whats down there... BIG stumps and lots of em!

They are and when it's overcast too. The ones on Hawkins are orange and easy to see in any conditions but there are guide lines regarding the colors and markings on buoys so not sure what changes can be made. As far as running Little Caney I always run it between 3-5 MPH. A new SHO is too expensive. Cheaper to launch back there than to take a chance.

Probably is this one: 32 50.215 N, 95 33.236 W
I think at one time it might have had a cone on it.

I've stated before but the BRA which controls Possum Kingdom has buoys that flash at night. They are the best markers I have ever seen. I wished Fork would take a look at doing something like that.

Use to catch a lot of fish up in Little Caney, but we stayed at Hideaway then. Live by LF Marina now.
When we camped there, I never ran to the main lake cause it was a choice between fish where I was and maybe fish and a stump somewhere else. Thanks for the memories, thought I was gettin' senile.