Captain Bonehead

Orion · 06-05-2008, 08:20 AM

All excellent points. Also, don't think because your depth sounder says 25' of water, that your safe. There are some 24' rocks in there!

I've been boating on this lake for 45 years. Whenever I'm somewhere that I don't regularly travel, the chart is out. At night the GPS is also on, and we're travelling within the "new" speed limits. With one bonehead exception when I was on the lake when I was 17 in a very high-water Springtime, with no chart, I have maintained virgin props.

There are many other tricky areas besides the Witches and Graveyard. I've seen a boat with it's outdrive ripped out, sinking onto the shoal near Pistol Island (very tricky nav there).

06-05-2008, 08:20 AM	#13
Orion Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cow Island Posts: 914 Thanks: 602 Thanked 193 Times in 91 Posts	great advice All excellent points. Also, don't think because your depth sounder says 25' of water, that your safe. There are some 24' rocks in there! I've been boating on this lake for 45 years. Whenever I'm somewhere that I don't regularly travel, the chart is out. At night the GPS is also on, and we're travelling within the "new" speed limits. With one bonehead exception when I was on the lake when I was 17 in a very high-water Springtime, with no chart, I have maintained virgin props. There are many other tricky areas besides the Witches and Graveyard. I've seen a boat with it's outdrive ripped out, sinking onto the shoal near Pistol Island (very tricky nav there).