Any one fish Otonabee River near Rice?

[Sneakypete]

I’m pretty new to fishing/boating in general and am in the planning stage for summer fishing trips and I’m wondering about the Onatobee section near rice lake. How heavy are the weeds? Is there an open channel throughout that section where weeds don’t reach the surface? I’m asking as I have a peddle kayak. I tried fishing Rice  last summer and had trouble getting around due to the weeds getting caught in propeller. I have a shoulder issue so paddling a sit on top yak in the wind through weeds can be problematic at times. I’m just hoping the river has enough deep channels to get around ok. All feedback welcome. Thanks in advance. 

[Weeds]

I’ve fished various sections of the Otonabee , from shore and aboard some kind of crappy boat/canoe and there’s always been plenty of water where the weeds don’t reach the surface. That includes where the river empties into rice, although it’s been a few years.

[Weeds]

Should mention there is a fair bit of boat traffic though

[Sneakypete]

Thanks Weeds. Appreciated. Yeah I suspect the boat traffic could be problematic on a yak but I’m going to try mid week so hopefully not too bad. 

[b2kptbo]

Can be some good fishing on the river. When the locks open big boats ,big waves...