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Vermilion Public Launch silt bar 
Be sure to stay to the port (West) side of the river when passing under the RR Trestle. The is a very shallow silt bar between the East side and the middle support column. I know as I had a real hassle getting off of it and partially plugged my water passages which I had to clear after breaking free. The bar extends down to, and along the first set of docks on the East side.
Plenty of water between the column and the West side. Might be a good catfish hole except for the boat traffic.
Also, be very careful and don't run too close to shore as there is a lot of shallow water. Move out when you see four feet on your fish finder as there are 2 to 3 foot humps in a little closer. I was running down wind in four feet deep and touched my skeg when a large wave trashed me. Lucky I only took some paint off the skeg, the SS prop was unharmed.
Be sure to stay to the port (West) side of the river when passing under the RR Trestle. The is a very shallow silt bar between the East side and the middle support column. I know as I had a real hassle getting off of it and partially plugged my water passages which I had to clear after breaking free.
The bar extends down to, and along the first set of docks on the East side.Plenty of water between the column and the West side. Might be a good catfish hole except for the boat traffic.
Also, be very careful and don't run too close to shore as there is a lot of shallow water. Move out when you see four feet on your fish finder as there are 2 to 3 foot humps in a little closer. I was running down wind in four feet deep and touched my skeg when a large wave trashed me.
Lucky I only took some paint off the skeg, the SS prop was unharmed. 
