This morning Jerry and Lina completed the project that we discussed at our last annual meeting. The tide at this time is so low boats are having great difficulty exiting our channel without getting on a full plane and hoping they get through. Jerry reported some areas are not even knee deep to him. Lina, not so much. They placed the PVC at 20 yard intervals and 20 feet apart. The total length of shallow water is just over 200 yards long. The idea is that boaters will get on a plane as soon as they pass the NO WAKE ZONE sign next to John Cieslewicz house and try to stay centered between the markers. This should blow out the loose sand that has filled our last dredge and create a V bottom that will make the entry and exit easier. Texas Parks and Wildlife uses this method in areas of our bays that have shoaled to the point of being closed off to boat traffic and it seems to work well.
Dredging will cost in the area of $120,000 and last about a year. Let's hope this works.