Rivers that are safe for a prop

fish_on · 12-12-2001, 07:28 PM

Besides the Columbia, and Willamette what other rivers would be ok to run with a prop. Is the cowlitz or clack?

Jim · 12-12-2001, 08:01 PM

Can't speak for the Clack....Cowlitz, for the most part no...absolutely not. Some of the lower end once you learn it!

Jim

STGRule · 12-12-2001, 08:15 PM

I made the mistake of taking the 26' dual engine with stainless props into the lower Rouge.... Bad move, but I needed to break in the motors. Boy did I break them in. Beaching the boat bent the prop shafts. (Should I being saying this out loud?) :depressed: :depressed: :depressed:

David Johnson · 12-13-2001, 07:40 AM

It would be too risky to run the Clackamas with a prop. It could be done at high levels if you really, really knew the river but highly risky. One miss judgment and it's would be all over.

Stz ll · 12-13-2001, 02:23 PM

In the last couple of years the Clackamas hasn't been safe even with a pump. The water gets pretty low pretty fast. :depressed: