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<blockquote data-quote="Sluggo" data-source="post: 85506" data-attributes="member: 667"><p>Some good advice already.&nbsp; A few thoughts.&nbsp; Imagine the river is 100 yards wide, keep in mind that the main channel is only about 20 yards wide and that is where you typically want to be when you travel.&nbsp; Also, the channel will be nearer one side or the other, rarely is it down the middle and it crosses from side to side at major river bends, then runs straight until the next bend.&nbsp; If you look at the shoreline you can usually guess which side the channel is on as the shoreline is generally more of a cut bank on the channel side.&nbsp; I see a lot of boaters thinking it is safest running down the middle but that is rarely the deepest water.&nbsp; As for fishing, if you know where the main channel is you have a head start on finding fish too....now you can watch for those sandbars that cause a seam or a reduced current area but are still near the main channel, fish like these areas.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Sluggo, post: 85506, member: 667"] Some good advice already. A few thoughts. Imagine the river is 100 yards wide, keep in mind that the main channel is only about 20 yards wide and that is where you typically want to be when you travel. Also, the channel will be nearer one side or the other, rarely is it down the middle and it crosses from side to side at major river bends, then runs straight until the next bend. If you look at the shoreline you can usually guess which side the channel is on as the shoreline is generally more of a cut bank on the channel side. I see a lot of boaters thinking it is safest running down the middle but that is rarely the deepest water. As for fishing, if you know where the main channel is you have a head start on finding fish too....now you can watch for those sandbars that cause a seam or a reduced current area but are still near the main channel, fish like these areas. [/QUOTE]

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