Wear your kill switch

[Flysmallie]

I’ve been on some pretty big boats going through them and it can get really rough at times. The smaller boats always make me nervous. 

[fishinwrench]

12 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

I’ve been on some pretty big boats going through them and it can get really rough at times. The smaller boats always make me nervous. 

With smaller craft you are supposed to look at the rocks on the jetty of the inlet canal.

When the rocks are dry above the waterline it's safe to go IN.

When the rocks above the waterline are wet it's safe to go OUT.   

 

Dry=In

Wet=Out

Just like when you're screwing 👍 (Salty sailor talk).   

Ignore that rule and you're not screwing, you're getting screwed.

[Flysmallie]

10 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

With smaller craft you are supposed to look at the rocks on the jetty of the inlet canal.

 

In the area I go the smaller craft should use a different outlet. It would be much, much safer. and it's only a few miles down the road. But I've never seen any accidents. 

I'll make you a video this summer. I'm sure you would enjoy watching the early morning chaos when all the charter boats go out at the same time. 

[Mitch f]

14 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

YouTube has lots of videos showing boats leaving or entering the inlets.  When the tide switches they get gnarly.  

All from climate change 😂

[fishinwrench]

3 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

 

I'll make you a video this summer. I'm sure you would enjoy watching the early morning chaos when all the charter boats go out at the same time.

There's a dude that posts videos of Haulover inlet on YT. 

Daily chaos.

[netboy]

I have personally witnessed 2 guys thrown out of their boats on different occasions here on the White River. One was the driver, the other was a passenger. Both times it was at minimum flow and they hit a rock going through shallow shoals. Both times the boat glanced off the rock and made a sharp turn which threw them out. One of them had lots of cuts and bleeding. The water downstream looked like a shark attack had occurred. The other one just got a good swim...that one was in January below Rim Shoals so it was a cold ride back to the ramp once his partner got control of the boat and got him back in. That one could have been really bad if he was alone.

So... wear your kill switch.