Been awhile since I've been UPRIVER on the Pearl and I forgot how bad it is up there. Since the water was up 10 feet or so, took awhile to find a decent sandbar to layout on. WOW is all I can say about some people. You got a River over 100 feet wide and seems some have to ride about 20 feet away from the sandbar your laying out on. They don't even see the 4 rods you have have standgin straight up proped on cut sticks with the line going out into the river either. Had to go grab my pole a few times to keep from having my line cut by boats.