Need Info On Missouri River

[beartrap]

am planning trip down river in small boat(16ft Xpress/25 h.p. Yamaha) from yankton,S.D. to St. louis probably in july....currently in process of gathering info about the river and one thing that is important for me to know is at what river stage is the water high enough to enable you to run over the rock dikes as opposed to having to stay strictly in the channel...as a for instance...when traveling on miss. River,if river stage at St. Louis is 20 ft. or higher there is gonna be several feet of water on top of the dikes all the way to Cairo,Ill.

appreciate any help or advice on this or any aspect of traveling the Missouri........

thanks

dave krantz

albany,ga.

[Greasy B]

Sounds like a great adventure. The Missouri from Gavins Point Dam to the shipping canal at Sioux City has haunted me. I would love to float this last section of un-channelized river. I don’t know if this is much help but since Feb 1^st the river at Washington, Mo has risen about 5’. On the 1^st the stage was 3.5 at this level most all the wing dikes were well above the water. The sand bars behind them were exposed and the channel was relatively narrow and well defined. The river is now at 8.5” the sand bars are mostly gone, some wing dikes are still above water and the channel is a little less defined. My descriptions are from looking longingly at the river twice a day as I cross it near St Charles, MO.