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Description
The outflow from a dam in Appleton can provide some whitewater play. That said, it should be noted that most (all?) large dams in Wisconsin are posted 'Keep back 500 feet' (roughly 1/10th mile), and the most interesting water is likely to lie within that distance, making boating below most dams technically illegal.
That said, we welcome further information from anyone who has boated the Fox in Appleton. What flows have you found 'reasonable'? How many waves (and which ones) did you find playable?
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Caution is recommended, as it appears (on the one occasion this 'reporter' has viewed this area) that there may be many areas of slab-rock in the flow which could make being upside-down (or out of a boat) extremely unpleasant/dangerous. Further, the whole area can be extremely surging. We watched as waves/holes went from tame, to sweet, to somewhat big, to scary, and then wash-out altogether, cycling through that sequence over and over. Eddies similarly cycled from reasonable, to swirly/boily, to whirlpools.
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