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<blockquote data-quote="RUGER" data-source="post: 5495833" data-attributes="member: 275"><p>Sorry I had to laugh at that one.</p><p>I posted this last year and thought it might shed a little light on what you can expect.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, with normal water conditions Gooch is as easy to navigate as anywhere I have ever hunted.</p><p>The definition of normal is the Obion River does not get out and we don't have Noah type floods during the Winter.</p><p>You can drive your truck to B dock, launch your boat and be on your merry way.</p><p>You can get to the tier 2 blinds with relative ease. Once you get there you can wade the hole, work your decoys and just pretty much have it easy.</p><p>NORMAL has happened ONE time since I started hunting there. (8 years ago) Spoiled me big time.</p><p></p><p>Every year since that first year I have never been able to wade the holes except for MAYBE opening weekend.</p><p>When the water gets up you can't drive to the ramp.</p><p>You have to do one of 4 things.</p><p>1) Launch in the front parking lot, go under the trestle, go around, jump the levee and then get to your hole.</p><p>2) Launch across the road, run about 1/2 of a mile through the woods, go under a different trestle, come back down 1/2 of a mile, go around, jump the levee and then get to your hole.</p><p>3) Launch across the road, run just over a mile through the woods, get into the actual Obion River (which will be above flood stage, which means a LOT of water, trash, debris logs etc.) go up river, get back into Gooch, come back down just over a mile, go around, jump the levee and then get to your hole. This is just ASKING for trouble and possibly worse.</p><p>4) Come in from the East or South side of Gooch, launch on private land and then go anywhere from a mile to 3 1/2 miles to get to Gooch and then go through the woods, jump the levee and then find your hole.</p><p>I have never and will never do option 4. It just ain't worth it.</p><p></p><p>I am not trying to be dramatic but I had a VERY good friend literally almost die under the trestle one day. He was an experienced hunter and hunted at Gooch a BUNCH.</p><p>He just got caught in a bad situation, made a bad decision and followed a boat that had JUST went under the trestle and got jammed up because his boat was floating a few inches higher than the previous boat due to their heavy load.</p><p>Just by the Grace of God he lived and his other 4 friends didn't have to stand there and watch him die.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RUGER, post: 5495833, member: 275"] Sorry I had to laugh at that one. I posted this last year and thought it might shed a little light on what you can expect. Anyway, with normal water conditions Gooch is as easy to navigate as anywhere I have ever hunted. The definition of normal is the Obion River does not get out and we don't have Noah type floods during the Winter. You can drive your truck to B dock, launch your boat and be on your merry way. You can get to the tier 2 blinds with relative ease. Once you get there you can wade the hole, work your decoys and just pretty much have it easy. NORMAL has happened ONE time since I started hunting there. (8 years ago) Spoiled me big time. Every year since that first year I have never been able to wade the holes except for MAYBE opening weekend. When the water gets up you can't drive to the ramp. You have to do one of 4 things. 1) Launch in the front parking lot, go under the trestle, go around, jump the levee and then get to your hole. 2) Launch across the road, run about 1/2 of a mile through the woods, go under a different trestle, come back down 1/2 of a mile, go around, jump the levee and then get to your hole. 3) Launch across the road, run just over a mile through the woods, get into the actual Obion River (which will be above flood stage, which means a LOT of water, trash, debris logs etc.) go up river, get back into Gooch, come back down just over a mile, go around, jump the levee and then get to your hole. This is just ASKING for trouble and possibly worse. 4) Come in from the East or South side of Gooch, launch on private land and then go anywhere from a mile to 3 1/2 miles to get to Gooch and then go through the woods, jump the levee and then find your hole. I have never and will never do option 4. It just ain't worth it. I am not trying to be dramatic but I had a VERY good friend literally almost die under the trestle one day. He was an experienced hunter and hunted at Gooch a BUNCH. He just got caught in a bad situation, made a bad decision and followed a boat that had JUST went under the trestle and got jammed up because his boat was floating a few inches higher than the previous boat due to their heavy load. Just by the Grace of God he lived and his other 4 friends didn't have to stand there and watch him die. [/QUOTE]
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