Mile 142.0 - 142RBD Willow Bend

142RBD Willow Bend

Willow Bend rewards paddlers with a three mile stretch of no industry and some attractive all weather, all water level sandbars. There is barge fleeting within Willow Bend, however, and like other blind corners you will have to stay awake and alert for oncoming freighters, tugs, and other fast moving traffic. As you paddle into Willow Bend you will be forced outwards towards mid channel around Angelina by some West bank fleeting (144 RBD), and then from some East bank fleeting located below Forty-Eight Mile Point (143 LBD). If not stopping at any of the Willow Bend sandbars stay with the fast downstream water mid channel into the bend, sliding towards West Bank, and then gently curve northwards to catch the fast water moving back towards the East Bank.