On the weekend when the flows are low you could easily make it in a pontoon, no problem whatsoever.

As for the snaggers, I too get disgusted, but as others have said, no one can make them go away as long as it's not against the law. Once they keep a snagged fish, according to a sheriff down at Barrier last year, then they become law-breakers. I sat there with the sheriff last year and watched a bunch of trashy morons snag fish in the slack water, but he couldn't put a stop to it because none of them had treble hooks or kept the tires they were catching.

There IS privacy on that river, with or without a boat, so find some. I manage to, so I'm sure others can as well.