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Originally Posted by Top-Water
Have been visiting Winnisquam my entire life since six or seven years old. This second so called sand bar that is part of Dixon point is mostly pouted by trash that is dumped in the river and floats down stream and ends up in the lake. Keep in mind this is happening 12 months of the year as the river does not freeze nor does the actual sandbar itself and for many years they dumped snow in the river with trash in it. Not to mention its for lack a of a better term a it's actually a mud bar of sorts with sand on top that is much like quicksand not a firm bottom like the sand bar down at the bridge. The sand bar down by the mosquito bridge is much cleaner and very well self monitored for trash. If you dump trash down there someone is likely to call and report you for doing so. Unlike the Dixon Point sand bar where much of the trash just floats down river from snow and ice removal from parking lots.
In the spring when the river is flowing fast from spring runoff and pulls things up, that's when it really looks like hell there.
Navigating Winnisquam? Just stay out in the middle there are very few places that will bite you. Very different than Winni. How ever if you want to know where the few trouble spots are, visit Winnisquam Marine on the lake where the gas docks are. For many years they had a map of the few problem areas on the eastern shoreline around Hog Island where folks bitched up there props or lower units. For a while I seem to recall if you got caught over there in one of there rentals in this zone, they would take away the rental or make you forfeit the boat for the rest of the day. Just one small area you have to be careful of. It was part of the contract that you would not go over there.
Despite the few problems that all lakes have Highly recommend if it is one of your first trips to a New Hampshire big lake, one of the best " big practice lakes" if there is such a thing.
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Best Advice ........ for a first timer.
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Yes, I figured the river dumping in there had something to do with the debris and cans...