reason to be careful

[torch]

pulled a boat in this morning, on the MS river. They hit a rock dike and lost lower unit. Talk about messing up a hunt.

[Wingman]

Did you tell them what the buoys were out there for?

[Blackduck]

How did you get to shore and back to the truck?
Please don't say paddled. If so then I'll send you some icehot.

[timberjack]

Buoys don't mark the dikes do they?? I always thought they marked the channel. I realize the dikes are on the outside of the channel but seems like they would mark the dikes themselves.

[torch]

They didn't have a clue what they were for?

[greenhead67]

Along the river below Greenville, Bouys are placed at the the end of a rock dike to mark the channel. Some of the older dikes are not marked however.

[Straight Shooter]

Bouys - Red to right when returning from the sea/gulf. Navigate between the red to right and green to left when navigating upstream.

[Caller1]

Just another reason, everyone shouldn't be on the river. IT AIN't FOR EVERYONE.

[Anatidae]

I'm glad no one was hurt.

Question: If the dike is close enough to the surface to take-out a LU......then , with any current, wouldn't the 'roll' over the dike indicate that there was an obstruction there?......kinda like a stump just under the surface. Maybe it was dark or foggy or both, and they just didn't know what to look for.

Everytime I see something that looks to be making a 'boil' or 'roll' in an otherwise slick surface, I slow down and go around it. Just curious, because my experience on water is somewhat limited compared to what you have to deal with on the Mississippi.

[tunica]

I'm glad no one was hurt.

Question: If the dike is close enough to the surface to take-out a LU......then , with any current, wouldn't the 'roll' over the dike indicate that there was an obstruction there?......kinda like a stump just under the surface. Maybe it was dark or foggy or both, and they just didn't know what to look for.

Everytime I see something that looks to be making a 'boil' or 'roll' in an otherwise slick surface, I slow down and go around it. Just curious, because my experience on water is somewhat limited compared to what you have to deal with on the Mississippi.

your right if the level of the water is close to the top of the dike you'll see the water boil. But if its say 10 inches nope all you'll get is a sudden stop.

Dikes, Big Tree's, and the Motor Vesel America pushing 25 will all add to the pucker factor of riding on the River.

[torch]

Amen Tunica. All these yahoo's that want to go to the river in daddy's boat ain't got a clue of what can happen out there. If you are caught between several tow boats the wheel wash can come over the sides of some of these smaller boats. You have to worry about trees, logs, nets and other yahoo's.

[torch]

Those buoys mark the channel. Tons of dikes are not marked outside the channel. You have to KNOW where they are. That only comes with experience. The Mississippi River is a DANGEROUS place and why we in Bolivar county have the EOC. ALWAYS LET SOMONE KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND WHEN TO EXPECT YOU BACK. Otherwise you will be camping out there.

[Wingman]

I haven't been out there very much, but I learned quickly that you stay between the buoys when you don't know what you're doing. The buoys don't mark every dike, but like y'all said, they do mark the channel. A lot of times the buoy is right on the end of the dike.

Lord help you if you get caught in a net and the water starts hitting you in the transom. Big knife I say. Carry a big, sharp knife.

[tombstone]

I have spent many a time on the river and never once have I been "comfortable" on it. It demands respect. I have hit a dike and a floating log and neither are very much fun. To be perfectly honest, I am a big chicken when I am on it, and won't get out there with just anyone.

Many spoiled brat kids have torn up daddy's boat on the big muddy. It happens repeatedly every summer.

Keep safe guys.