Can you get into the river at Aldrich?

[Nathan Shaw]

I was curious if the river is a accessible by boat yet. I've not been up there since this last rain and was hoping it raised the water level up a tad more. May try and give it a go this evening. Thanks!

Nathan

[slab slinger]

Unless you have a small boat/motor i wouldnt. You would be fine in a flat bottom or smaller V but unless you know the norrow channel in low water conditions you may end up with some damage if tried in a bigger boat. If you do run up i wouldnt go much past the bend above Orleans Bridge... unless you think you can make it. But thats just me...with water conditions now.

[Nathan Shaw]

Well ended up going Monday and Tuesday in the pm's. As far as getting into the river, it gets shallow (1-2ft) in a couple places but manageable with a smaller boat. Although yesterday I did see a Z7 up in the river.

Up in the river we found water temps in the low-mid 50's. On Monday three of us in the boat caught 49-50 fish. A couple bass, whites, and the majority being crappie. We ended up bringing home 20 or so. On Tuesday it slowed down a ton. We probably caught 20+/- and brought home 8. The majority of those where caught right before dark between 7 and 7:30.

We primarily used crappie magnets with some kind of chartreuse in them. We did catch several with minnows and a float Tuesday.

Good luck go you if you go out!

[Nathan Shaw]

Thought I would share a couple pics of my hero's!

[bologna]

Nice. How far up the river did you go? Might try to go this weekend .

[Nathan Shaw]

Just short of the old iron bridge

[slab slinger]

Great report. Nice mess of white crappie. Looks like them boys had a blast.