WIsconsin Back Channel

  • Leo Dogg
    Posts: 61
    August 16, 2019 at 7:05 am #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
    August 16, 2019 at 7:30 am #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
    August 16, 2019 at 10:44 am #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: 6047
    August 16, 2019 at 11:28 am #1873949
    Brian Klawitter wrote:

    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
    August 16, 2019 at 12:52 pm #1873965

    ^ Lol!

    (bass tourney in 2014??)

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    August 16, 2019 at 1:16 pm #1873969
    Jon Jordan wrote:

    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: 6047
    August 16, 2019 at 7:55 pm #1874026
    FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:

    <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
    August 17, 2019 at 10:59 am #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
    August 20, 2019 at 8:53 am #1874568
    BoatsHateMe wrote:

    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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