Quote Originally Posted by gabowman View Post
I see many a boats running at speed in 5-6 feet of water. I always figured they just didnt know how shallow it really is. NOT what I wanna do though!Santee can be EXTREMELY dangerous to navigate if you dont know the lake.
Yeah, so have I. I've seen some serious sized center console, deep V boats running up towards Stumphole. There is one place up the river, before getting in the river proper, it gets extremely shallow. I don't know how they get on the river unless they just churn mud.

Quote Originally Posted by Ttexastom View Post
Broad river from the mouth of cooter creek is shallow to the bridge. It becomes almost unnavigable when the hill falls below the 5 foot level. Many years ago it was right at 50 ft deep under broad river bridge. Now it is lucky to make 8ft when full pool.
Yeah, exactly. Point being, I think we all have seen lake bottoms change drastically over the years, particularly at the mouth of creeks etc. due to sedimentation. Just wondering when or even IF the lake mapping is updated to take this into account.