Coastals

We found a closer place to paddle Saturday than Lake Anna, Swift Creek Lake in Pocahontas State park. It was a great day with decent temps and sunshine the whole time. We put in at the boat ramp and paddled down towards the dam. We saw numerous geese and ducks. The geese did a lot of talking to us t...

I am thinking of a flat water paddle this Saturday. If the rain doesn't push the water level up too high, the Mattaponi at Aylett would be fun. Otherwise I am thinking of doing a run around Lake Anna where I have a place. I would welcome a couple or three others to join me and my GF. The weather is ...

David, Thanks for the invitation to your party. I'm just sorry that I got there a bit too late and didn't get to talk to too many of the others. I did enjoy meeting and talking with the ones who were left after the shrimp were ready. I spent some time today checking out South Anna river boat ramps f...

Rick The James of Richmond is generally thought as the Upper and Lower sections. Upper -Pony Pasture to Ready Creek Lower - Reed creek to 14th st take out Michael Ok, thanks. I am aware of the two sections, the upper being class 1/2 and the lower being class 3/4. I won't be doing white water, even ...

When people talk about the "upper james" does this refer to a particular section, or is that everything above the Richmond rapids to Clifton Forge?

I am familiar with Huguenot Flatwater. Is that what is meant by the "Upper James"? Or does it include parts to the west as well?

I was searching the web for info on paddling spots and putin locations and found a mention of an 11 mile paddle on the Mattaponi from the Rt 628 bridge to the Zoar State Forest launch site. Having surveyed the Zoar site this weekend, I would like to get an idea of the Rt 628 bridge site. It doesn't ...

Just out of curiosity, what type of boats do you and GF paddle? This can make a great difference in time, distance and speed. Also has direct impact on enjoyment or frustration level. I have several boats. I started with a $330, 10 ft kayak from Costco made by Future Beach. It was pretty good for s...

it's a little ironic to compare the impact of industry on the james to lake anna which was man made to provide cooling water for the nuclear plant. that said, Yes, another even bigger irony in my opinion is that a recent court case about the nuke plant adding a third reactor resulted in a ruling th...

I am new to the area and wanted to spend a little time on the James river. I was with my girlfriend and we wanted to paddle flat water. It looked like the Huguenot area was a good idea and we tried that Saturday. Putting in at Huguenot Woods we met an angler who had been out there before. The curren...