Mile 777.0 - LBD 777-773.5 Hatchie Towhead

LBD 777-773.5 Hatchie Towhead

3 mile long towhead good only in low or medium water conditions, goes completely under around 25 CuG. During low water the Hatchie Towhead extends all the way up to the base of the 1st Chickasaw Bluff and can be possibly accessed via Tennessee 87, which dead ends at the river here. Popular fishing spot at low water. Several years ago, in the late 2010s, a coal barge wrecked against along the shoals of the 1st Chickasaw Bluff and discharged its cargo which washed up on every sandbar and towhead downstream, most prominently at the top end of the Hatchie Bar.

During high water delightful secret channel opens up at the rear of Hatchie Bar. Paddlers can access the last mile of the Hatchie River through this hidden channel which cuts directly into the woods river left near LBD mile 775. The river must be around 30 Caruthersville (or 25 Memphis). Follow this narrow channel approximately half mile through willow/cottonwood forests into Hatchie NWR and then into the main channel of the Hatchie itself. Bear right and follow the Hatchie one mile down to its confluence with the Mississippi.