Decent enough ramp to launch a canoe or kayak. It is in the Wheeler National Refuge and overall a…read moregreat place.

Mainly public canoe and kayak boat ramp, but other small watercraft (NO Jetskis permitted) can be…read morelaunched. Ample parking. Fishing from the bank or boat and good views of natural surroundings with binoculars. Overlooks Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge.

Beautiful spot for a Sunday stroll or relax by the water or, like my husband and I did, have a…read morepicnic.

Easy access to the marina from the highway. Spiderwebs everywhere but that seems to be a Decatur…read morething. They have at least a hundred boat slips. The traffic on the water was light for a Saturday in September. Parking was easy and the people were friendly.

My favorite place to visit - beautiful Marina and plenty of fun for the whole family. Kids loved…read moreplaying jenga and chess on the lawn. Office staff is easy to work with and always available!

Amazing We stayed here over 10 years ago…read moreThe upgrades the owners have implemented are amazing They are personable / friendly / professional Views of the Tennessee River throughout Only 20 minutes south to Huntsville 20 minutes north to Athens AL About an hour to Jack Daniel's distillery The pool looks amazing Quiet, Internet works great, bass & crappie fishing off the shore Restaurants 5-10 minutes Check out old downtown Decatur People are friendly here it's like you are family

Service department is clueless. Brought my boat in because it wouldn't generate power above idle…read more After throwing almost $500 in parts at it he said he didn't know what was wrong. I still had to pay for all the parts it didn't need. Now I have a $500 bill and a boat that won't even start now.

If you need a boat this is the place to go. We recently purchased a pontoon boat and were treated…read morelike family through the whole process!!! Great bunch of folks to do business with!!

This is a family owned business. And as we say in the South, "good people"! They were very…read moreresponsive, personable, and kind. They have a nice restroom and sell sodas. Easy, peasy. In no at all, we were on the water. I even enjoyed the conversation on the short bus ride! The trip down the creek was amazing! And bonus points for kayaking with cows! They must have gotten out of their fence. It was a highlight for sure! If you want to have a good time, go to Big Will Outfitters! We will be back soon!

Awesome friendly staff got us safely to the launch and gave us lots of great information on the…read moreway. The creek is beautiful and it's a 6 mile float back to the takeout which was clearly marked. The pvc rails made it easy to get our kayaks out instead of having to carry them up the stairs. Highly recommended!

After spending $22,000 on a brand new tractor. The experience at Frederick's outdoor was something…read morethat I still can't wrap my head around. The tractor we bought has been in and out of the shop several times. It's been less than a year and it's gone more than it is here. Very frustrating as you can imagine! After the fourth time, Frederick's outdoor dropped off a brand new tractor to us and we thought they were doing the right thing! We were ecstatic and thought that they were standing by their Customer Service! We were happy until we weren't when the phone call came, they dropped off the wrong tractor. OK, disappointed, but whatever, we set up a date and time to do a tractor swap! Unbelievable, but we are getting the old sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't track her back. The date and time was set up for 930 the following morning. Apparently that wasn't good enough for the Owner Tom Fredericks. He proceeded to call making demands to pick up the tractor sooner. Wanting to know where we were so that he was on his way and could get it immediately. That's not how things work. You don't go demanding to know where we are, we don't work for you. We have our own lives, we work. We have it all set up for a 930 pick up and delivery for the following day. After he continued to yell at us, we hung up. 930 the next morning came and went. The schedule delivery time there was no pick up no drop off. We did receive a phone call that they would be late, our valuable time once again is I guess no big deal to Frederick's outdoor. 40 minutes late, yes, 40 minutes. And we have out of state guests in the home which we had plans for, but we needed to sit around and wait for Fredericks outdoor to show up on their time. A flatbed truck rolls around at 10:10 I say hello to the Driver he mumbled something I couldn't hear. He does the tractor switch, we inspect our tractor and it looks OK, he takes the new one and we noticed that there's only one key on our key ring which we turned in with two. The new tractor that did show up had our name on the key tag so we told the driver that we needed two keys back since we did turn it in with two and we only have one. He said OK and then proceeded to raise the bed of the truck and that's where this video shows I had just jumped off the bed after taking the key out of the new tractor so now we have our two keys back. This did not make him happy. He proceeded to yell at me for taking the key that I own. He can have the new tractor back, but I am taking both of our keys back. The whole experience dealing with Frederick's outdoor was unbelievable. Not only that, but they proceeded to send us a text message saying that we were trespassed from all Frederick's outdoors, service centers, and such. This is unbelievable because we have a warranty with our product that we paid so much money for. This is completely absurd. Wehl, Fredericks, and all of your employees. You are no longer allowed on our property either. I do not feel safe with you or your drivers anywhere near us after seeing the display from your Driver as he gave us the middle finger driving away from our home. He is unstable and I am threatened by him.

Buying a tractor from Fredrick's last year was a huge mistake. The tractor I bought has had issues…read moreand gone in for the same issue 3 times and the last time it was returned still broken. I sent it back again and last week a new tractor was delivered to my house. Today they called wanting it back because it was a mistake. This seems to a pretty big mistake. When I've turned my tractor in for repairs I've called to get updates because it will go in for repairs and you don't get any calls and when you call someone is always out to lunch or not in seems they are buying time to find an answer then call you back. Now they are returning the tractor they can't seem to fix. Poor service poor product save yourself and go somewhere else.

Wonderful day in the river. River was beautiful and the staff were great. Looking forward to…read moreusing them again.

This was my first experience on the Duck River, and it was a great one! Higher Pursuits made…read morebooking online really easy, the pricing was fair, many different options as to what type of boat you wanted for the day, and offered updates on Facebook in regards to weather/closings for the day. The location was really easy to find, once we arrived we checked in and were offered some general information about what to do and the location of changing rooms/restrooms. We were also given instructions about the route we would be floating, the vast collection of mussels we may see, and information about other wildlife we may come across, and safteg information. The launch is a quick drive from the base location. The employees were all very friendly and helpful. They got us all set up and sent us on our way. The water was shallow, but still had some nice current in places. The Duck River was extremely peaceful, and not over crowded (the spacing out between groups from Higher Pursuits helped with that greatly). Getting picked up at the end, and knowing where to stop was also made to be a breeze. Higher Pursuits runs things like a well oiled machine and really has a great system going! Between the ease of everything, the peaceful kayaking location, and the friendly customer service I could not have asked for a better experience!

Large selection of kayaks, knowledgeable and friendly staff, willing to show you things that are…read morewithin your budget. So excited to take ours out for their maiden voyage!

Buck's Island really pleased us with a great pontoon and trailer at a wonderful price.More than…read morethat they proved what a quality place they really are.We drove from Indianapolis area all the way to Buck's Island because they had an 8 year old pontoon with only 267 hours with a 90 HP Mercury and a trailer all in excellent condition for only$16,999.We went on a 20 minute test drive and everything checked out.On the way home we stopped in Kentucky to fill the boat gas tank.Upon launching it ran for a couple of minutes,then died and wouldn't start.I called Patrick,our salesman,who got a mechanic to walk me through a few things ,it would crank but not start.Patrick assured me everything would be OK.We took it to a local marina(A and E Marine)who found water and sediment in the fuel.The entire fuel system needed a flush plus a fuel module to the tune of $2100.Without hesitation Buck's Island paid the bill.Hours later it is perfect.I am so impressed with how they stood behind their 30 day engine warranty on an 8 year old boat.They could have tried to squirm out of their responsibility by blaming the fuel I put in but didn't. Apparently the boat must have been sitting and the better fuel was a level in the tank when we test drove and the contaminated fuel wasn't apparent until it got stirred up.Buck's Island also had performed a 300 hour service before we left.They stood behind what they sold.I will drive there again when I need another boat .Mark Hanna.

we came into Decatur with a Bennetau sailboat with batteries acting up. Luis and his crew jumped…read moreright on it and came to us at the dockside. arrranged replacement batteries and got us back on the river. he communicated well by phone and is often on the road - so call and they will arrange what you need.

From the owner: We get over 30 year experience combined in the boat business a our goal is your safety in the water read more