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Dropped our Four Winns Horizon 170 in yesterday at the Augusta Street ramp in New Richmond, Ohio. The ramp is free and has a nice long dock and a two-lane ramp. Wasn't too busy for a Sunday afternoon.
headed upstream (south/southeast) toward the Meldahl dam, and what a great stretch of water. Much of the riverbed in this area appeared to be sand and rock, much different than the mud-bottom lakes and rivers I'm used to. The water was pretty clear, you can see your feet when treading. A couple of miles of the west riverbank was essentially a beach. We anchored about 100 feet from the sandy shore about a mile south of New Richmond. I went to the shore with the dogs and threw a ball and ran around, we all had a blast.
For a few miles south of New Richmond, the western 1/3 of the river is 10 feet deep or less, and marked with buoys so the commercial boat traffic knows to stay out of this area. So you don't need to worry about that as long as you're between the buoys and shore.
I've been on the Ohio in downtown Cincinnati and I've gone downstream toward Markland dam, I've been on East Fork Lake and Caesar Creek Lake around here, and found this stretch of the Ohio near New Richmond to be the best water in the Cincinnati area. Just thought I'd post this for anyone searching for good water around here.
headed upstream (south/southeast) toward the Meldahl dam, and what a great stretch of water. Much of the riverbed in this area appeared to be sand and rock, much different than the mud-bottom lakes and rivers I'm used to. The water was pretty clear, you can see your feet when treading. A couple of miles of the west riverbank was essentially a beach. We anchored about 100 feet from the sandy shore about a mile south of New Richmond. I went to the shore with the dogs and threw a ball and ran around, we all had a blast.
For a few miles south of New Richmond, the western 1/3 of the river is 10 feet deep or less, and marked with buoys so the commercial boat traffic knows to stay out of this area. So you don't need to worry about that as long as you're between the buoys and shore.
I've been on the Ohio in downtown Cincinnati and I've gone downstream toward Markland dam, I've been on East Fork Lake and Caesar Creek Lake around here, and found this stretch of the Ohio near New Richmond to be the best water in the Cincinnati area. Just thought I'd post this for anyone searching for good water around here.
