Boating- Shakopee to Mankato

[snatcher20]

Looking for some help on boating/water levels between Shakopee and Mankato. I posted in the MN River forum and got some good advice but what do some of you catmen think. I have a 16.5'/40 tiller. Using common sense, are most areas navigatable in this stretch during normal water levels?

Also, I mainly cat between St. Paul and Hastings on the Mississippi. There a deep hole is 30-40'. What constitutes a hole on the MN? 10', 20' 40'? Looking to make the maiden voyage over to the MN during the long weekend.

On the Miss. I work holes, wing dams and wood. I assume I am looking for the same areas on the MN? I heard the rivers are quite different though.

Thanks for any imput!

[DTro]

It really depends on the water level which could vary greatly from week to week depending on rain amounts. Currently you wouldn't have too much of a problem with that rig, however the water has dropped a lot in the past several days and the landings that haven't been cleaned out are in tough shape. I had to pass on fishing last night due to the muddy landing in Jordan.

The biggest thing is to take it easy and a good rule of thumb is to always go upstream in an unfamilar stretch of river. That way if you get in trouble, you can always float back