grand bayou weirs

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Originally Posted by cduhon

It sounds weird but that is about the 3rd time a boat has been sunk behind the weirs this year. Same thing, strong currents pull boat sideways and get stuck in the weir. If you hesitate one bit it will suck you in, gotta be careful. Couple months ago boat got stuck sideways in weir and sunk, current held boat against weir. Trapped about 6 boats behind the weir until tide stopped going out which was 8 hours later.

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I was behind the weir once when the tide was rushing back into the lake. But here's what I did and it worked like a charm. I turned the boat around and faced back into the marsh and kept the throttle forward and worked it back and forth to hold my position against the current. I just slowly crept back to the opening and had buddies on the back deck to guide the rear into the bay and as the flow wanted to suck me out faster I just increased the throttle and trickled out the other side then let off the gas as I was out in the open. Worked like a charm. Don't know if its a good way or not but it worked for me. But that was 10 years ago and haven't been across the weir since.