Upper pool #4 back channel

  • rmartin
    United States
    Posts: 1434
    October 11, 2013 at 4:42 pm #1283782

    Is it navigable now with the lower water level?

    Dale Rueber
    Red Wing, MN
    Posts: 233
    October 11, 2013 at 4:56 pm #1199759

    On Wednesday I went through 2nd cut all the way up to the dam. This was my first time through so I went slow the whole way. I don’t recall seeing many places with depths less than about 3′ except by the main channel. Saw a guy in a flat bottom tiller fly down through.

    I do not know the back channel very well yet. With the current water levels it would not take much to find a place to get hung up if your not familiar with the area.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    October 11, 2013 at 5:11 pm #1199760

    As Dale said with the levels as they are…travel the back channel at your own risk.

    I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone that has to ask.

    (that’s not a slam)

    Dean Marshall
    Chippewa Falls WI /Ramsey MN
    Posts: 5854
    October 11, 2013 at 5:57 pm #1199764

    Quote:

    Is it navigable now with the lower water level?

    No…not all the way through. The highline area is the problem area. Lower end from 5th cut is fine…..but use caution as always!

    rmartin
    United States
    Posts: 1434
    October 11, 2013 at 6:00 pm #1199765

    Thanks, I was hoping all the high water earlier this year might have washed out a channel, but it looks like not so.

    p4walleye
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 733
    October 11, 2013 at 7:18 pm #1199783

    Be careful on the old 2nd cut route as well- I completely plowed a stump a month ago that I had never encountered before.

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