We all track how the river changes each year. With the lower water level last night, we got to see some dramatic danger areas. Please read below:
Just above the shoot, in year's past we would walk out a few feet and fish while standing by those weeds. That log jetted out to our left, and on the shore was that huge log running the river lengthwise. DANGER: Both logs are gone and there is a huge hole that drops 5 ft from shore. It's about 5 ft X 5 ft round. If the water level was way up to the bank, you would never see it and proceed as in the past. We walked in the bottom of it and that is where Matt dumped. Standing in the bottom of that hole, your head is level with the shoreline.
Down river off the island in the secondary shoot that developed last year where that tree uprooted...the tree is long gone. The hole is still there I would assume, but we walked past it with no incident...water not even up to our knees. The big hole that we all love dearly is, essentially, unchanged.
Be careful above the washout!!! I'm serious. It's a bad area this year.
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OK all you walleye warriors let me tell you about this hole I found last night. This one and all of the other changes in the river are not joke. I took a nice face first dive into the mighty Maumee last night. What looked and felt like level ground turned out to be a sandbar with a 5'-6' drop off. I am glad Dr. Walleye was there to pull my ass out. So, here are a few tips: dress in layers (so you can take off the wet ones) carry your cell phone in a water protected spot (spent 1 hour at Verizon this morning). I am sure there will be more to come as the Run continues..._
Corky,
Thank you for giving us all valuable advice. And a hearty laugh!
My added tip for pulling a person out of the river is to grab their clothing and pull, because if you just pull at waders, they give a little too much. At water coming in a person's waders at 1 gallon per second, time is of the essence.
Dr. Walleye
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