Agree about the channel being filled up. Last year at around 208 I was able to pick way up down from the bridge aways. The wind picked up and pushed me off the track and got stuck. Had I been in fiberglass boat mite not have gotten outta there until summer pool. Be aware of this anywhere on the lake. You mite get in when calm but add some mid am chop and you mite need waders to push your self out.