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Is Sherman deep enough to foil... Any gotchas/locations to avoid? Thanks!

Yes, it is deep enough, stay away from lake and near the island. Also watch out for the weeds.

And there are other Foiling Sherman benefits :)

Looks like I need to purchase a fishing license!

1/2inMexico wrote:And there are other Foiling Sherman benefits :)

Yep..world record largest foil caught salmon was speared near Marker 7 at Sherman
:)

Loscocco wrote:

1/2inMexico wrote:And there are other Foiling Sherman benefits :)

Yep..world record largest foil caught salmon was speared near Marker 7 at Sherman
:)

Of course it's not offically recognized as a world record since he didn't have a license and he was poaching. :-)

Getting out of the launch can be tricky at low tide. If you walk out from the launch be aware that the little point to your left (as you're facing your kite) gets shallower than where you're standing. Either drag out towards the channel, or make sure you can foil straight away. The water hides how shallow it can be near the islands so be careful there too. There's also a rock upwind of the launch by the first Island, it has a bouy on it again at the moment. Sometimes you'll hit clumps of weed, it's best to check that it's come off before you start foiling again because you'll think you broke something if you don't Fishing with a foil may or may not require a license, best to get one just in case you best Erin's fish and want to claim the record.

It should be noted that the buoy upwind of the launch doesn't just mark a single submerged rock. I was a couple hundred feet upwind of this buoy last week on a moderately low tide and I hit something.

Dragging back to get my foil, I could feel it with my foot. I thought it was just a single rock that I managed to find by riding in the wrong place on a low tide, until two separate foilers back at the launch said the buoy marks an old levee wall that extends both upwind and downwind of the buoy. One of them said another foiler hit the same submerged wall a couple weeks back and ripped his whole front wing off.

My foil (Sroka) has fiberglass wings and the nose of the front wing is a very hard plastic of some kind. My gear survived the collision this time with a bit of epoxy and some sandpaper, but a carbon setup probably would not have fared as well.It should be noted that the buoy upwind of the launch doesn't just mark a single submerged rock. I was a couple hundred feet upwind of this buoy last week on a moderately low tide and I hit something.

Dragging back to get my foil, I could feel it with my foot. I thought it was just a single rock that I managed to find by riding in the wrong place on a low tide, until two separate foilers back at the launch said the buoy marks an old levee wall that extends both upwind and downwind of the buoy. One of them said another foiler hit the same submerged wall a couple weeks back and ripped his whole front wing off.

cghorizon wrote:It should be noted that the buoy upwind of the launch doesn't just mark a single submerged rock. I was a couple hundred feet upwind of this buoy last week on a moderately low tide and I hit something.

Dragging back to get my foil, I could feel it with my foot. I thought it was just a single rock that I managed to find by riding in the wrong place on a low tide, until two separate foilers back at the launch said the buoy marks an old levee wall that extends both upwind and downwind of the buoy. One of them said another foiler hit the same submerged wall a couple weeks back and ripped his whole front wing off.

My foil (Sroka) has fiberglass wings and the nose of the front wing is a very hard plastic of some kind. My gear survived the collision this time with a bit of epoxy and some sandpaper, but a carbon setup probably would not have fared as well.

I'm pretty sure my carbon foil is way stronger than the Sroka platic foil.

I stick to the shipping channel when foiling at sherman or the few other areas i know for sure are deep enough. avoid the area where the old levee wall used to come out.