Sandy Pond channel to lake?

[danno]

Plan on doing some trout fishing early next week either out of the Salmon River and then heading south or out of Sandy Pond and then heading north. Anybody know how the Sandy Pond channel to the lake faired this winter? Last spring we had to poll through, even in a small boat, just to get to the channel.

[GAMBLER]

Don't know about the channel but the lake level is coming up really fast. It is a lot higher than last year at this time.

[2thdoc]

I was up there this past weekend I didnt personally go through but a couple buddies of mine did with no problems. Dont know the size of your boat but one of their boats is a 27 sportcraft. Hope this helps

[danno]

Yes, that helps! Do you know if they went around the island and came into the channel from the north, or was the regular channel coming in from the south open?

[bobpugh]

Yes. You have to go around the island again this year. I have a 21 ft bayliner with a cuddy cabin and still had a few problems(thank god for the sandy bottom). I figured out that after entering the channel through the first red and green bouys i needed to go outside red bouys #3 and 4 and then back through the main channel. Kind of unconventional buy I never hit bottom this way. I have an outboard so maybe that has more to do with it. I saw bigger boats with inboards go right through the middle. Higher than last year but still not great. good luck

Bob