Most posts have stated that 0.8-1 meter is the minimum needed. You have an aluminum boat so it can tolerate a few scrapes.....lol. At that low tide, beware of the big hole in the middle of the ramp, you wheel may get stuck in there. It was there last year when I tried to pull out with a low tide and I doubt the FN have fixed it. Didn't want to risk it so I waited....We're launching out of Gold River this Sunday (8/2). Low tide is 0.2m/0.7ft @ 8:44am. Does anyone know what the minimum tide is at that launch that is doable? I have a 22' Hewescraft with a draft of ~3ft.
thx.
I won't launch on less than a 1.3m and I don't really like that-I have a podded 24 Orca-so a little heavier-but you need to be very careful at that.We're launching out of Gold River this Sunday (8/2). Low tide is 0.2m/0.7ft @ 8:44am. Does anyone know what the minimum tide is at that launch that is doable? I have a 22' Hewescraft with a draft of ~3ft.
thx.
So we launched early July one morning with a 3 ft tide. By the time I got to the float plane base, my sounder said 1.7 ft. I turned off the motor and raised it deciding better to drift with the wind and river flow out as I prayed. We made it.....but barely. I won't go less than 4.5 ft ever again. We've got a 23 ft Grady. That area around the float planes seems to be the tricky part
Westberg,
I don't know who you are but it is clear that you have never fished Nootka before. You ask if you can troll while waiting around, and I am going to assume you are planning on trolling down Muchulat inlet to Tuta Marina, on Hanna channel.
I believe in paying it forward, and will not let someone get themselves into trouble. You are launching at Gold, or you can try at that other location I mentioned, and maybe have someone drive the truck with the empty trailer up to Tuta marina from Nesook, and leave the trailer at Tuta where you can keep an eye on it.
If you launch at Gold, yes its a pain at low tide and a good wait until high tide. Whatever you do, look at the DFO closures as your idea of trolling will not work until you are at Hanna Channel past Tuta Marina, as the whole Muchulat Inlet is closed.
The Muchlat closure is to protect the summer run steelhead on Gold River, and a run of BIG early springs that go up a creek near Gold River.
Drewski