Just Off the Illinois River

We were hoping to tuck in just behind Big Blue Island, but we weren’t able to get ver far with our 3.5′ draft. We first approached the chute from the south end, but quickly noticed the vast amount of dust produced from the industrial complex loading barges just downriver. We saw 7′ on the south side before we decided to turn around and try from the north side.

It was shallow there as well, so we dropped the hook in the Illinois River as close as we comfortably could.