WIsconsin Back Channel

  • Leo Dogg
    Posts: 61
    #1873901

    Is the Wisconsin back channel navigable with a 16 foot fishing boat from the Launch at Mr Sippi’s to Goose Lake?

    I’m hearing both yes and no.

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    #1873903

    Those are both correct answers.

    Have a little river knowledge… Go for it.
    Have none… Don’t.

    I’ve ran the entire stretch in February low water.
    It isn’t February low right now.
    Take your time.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    #1873947

    I was down there last weekend.

    Take your time by the sandbars below the power lines.

    Like FBRM said, if you’re new to the back channel, take the main river.

    Jon Jordan
    Keymaster
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 6005
    #1873949

    Like FBRM said, if you’re new to the back channel, take the main river.

    Or, when you come around the corner and see the power lines, stop and wait for another boat to pass by. Then tail pipe them at a safe distance through the sand bars.

    -J.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    #1873965

    ^ Lol!

    (bass tourney in 2014??)

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    #1873969

    Or, when you come around the corner and see the power lines, stop and wait for another boat to pass by. Then tail pipe them at a safe distance through the sand bars.

    Yes, because what is funnier than 1 stuck boat is 2

    )
    Careful who you follow

    Jon Jordan
    Keymaster
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 6005
    #1874026

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Jon Jordan wrote:</div>
    Or, when you come around the corner and see the power lines, stop and wait for another boat to pass by. Then tail pipe them at a safe distance through the sand bars.

    Yes, because what is funnier than 1 stuck boat is 2

    )
    Careful who you follow

    Key words – safe distance. Far enough back to stop. waytogo

    -J.

    BoatsHateMe
    Between Pool 2 and Pool 4
    Posts: 782
    #1874081

    Once a boat goes through if you follow it their wake should make it very apparent where the sand bars are, correct? Just like waking a wing dam?

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    #1874568

    Once a boat goes through if you follow it their wake should make it very apparent where the sand bars are, correct? Just like waking a wing dam?

    Where sand bars form is obvious to many who understand how water flows.
    If your familiar with the river and spend as much time on it as I do you’ll come to understand that many people don’t know how rivers flow )

    Your best to take your time and learn the path or take the main channel. There’s plenty of dead heads outside the main channel.

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