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Launched from the American Fork Boat Harbor this morning and just outside of the harbor I found water that was 2.1 feet deep. Because I have a prop guard I wasn't too concerned, but I would not launch a large boat from there.
Fished the Bubble Up for a couple hours with two of my granddaughters. Catching was Ok (channel cats, mud cats, carp and one white bass) and had several break off when they went under the pipe.
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Do the have the shallow hazard marked??
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The whole area is one big shallow hazard, so not possible to mark it all. They do have one large buoy that the man at the check-in both warns folks not to throttle up until reaching it. He said that some have damaged their props.
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You can adjust your depthfinder to have the motor skag as the 0' and then you can watch for incoming prop damage with a little room to wiggle.
But I know since Kent is an accountant that this would not be an option for him as it isn't a true measure of depth.
Glad you got out and caught some fish with the granddaughters.
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Because the raising and lowering of my prop is a manual process (and a heavy one at that) I rely on my prop protector and it rarely lets me down.
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