I’m not sure if you guys are talking about the same river as me but maybe 1 or 2 people drown on average in a year. I’ve lived on the river my entire life and for such a narrow river it’s quite popular, lots of boat traffic (many very inexperienced operators) tons of great anchorages, many sandbars filled all summer long with people swimming (most people 3 sheets)… so yeah not seeing the danger here people! Do it at slack tide out of the way of boat traffic and with a buddy. I’ve heard more people drowning at bantam and candle wood lake tbh.

This like new super safe society is like really depressing. I’m truly sorry for all the poor kids who had helicopter parents growing up and are now afraid of everything. I think back to things my friends and I got into as a kid and it seems like a totally different world!