You think your inlet is bad?

Actually, it is a pleasant run down the ICW from Jax to St. Augustine, or vice versa. Beautiful marsh scenery for the most part, lots of flora and fauna, an easy run.

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."

http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."

http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."

http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/

I remember that night well because my brother and I finally found the answer to the mysterious "snap, crackle pop" sounds I was hearing down in the engine compartment. The sounds had been slowly getting louder every day since around Norfolk. We discovered that most of the other boats at the marina were also cracking and popping if you put your ear to the hull. A local at the restaurant finally explained the mystery - it is biological noises - shrimp and other small creatures snacking on whatever was on the hulls.

RCE

The shrimp run is one of the delights of the area. There are many places you can cast net for shrimp large enough to eat and to use for bait.

There's a group of rocks at the shore end of the jetty as you leave Salt Run...lots of fishermen gather there to fish from land...but a lot of small boaters anchor right there and really just about everywhere in the general area to try their luck. It's a pretty good spot. I caught a Florida lobster right there once, about 50' from that jetty. I have no idea what it was doing there.

The channel along that jetty is also where we witnessed a man drowning.

If you leave the ICW by the inlet, make sure you head out at least a half mile before heading north or south. Sandbars shoal up on both sides.

http://media.putfile.com/sea95

John H

***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****

that looks like fun.

-- Skipper

-- Skipper

Yup, that ol' well designed 2252 handled such inlets with ease. But then, of coarse, it was designed for and on those waters. I know Bayliners are very popular as fishing platforms by the guides in Alaska and was a bit disappointed we didn't see a few of them running that inlet. Perhaps their runs were not just dramatic enough. Oh well, at least them eastern dudes can don their commodore caps and navigate the mighty waters the Chesapeake and Floriduh...on weekends. -- Skipper

thanks for posting that.

-- Skipper

espiecally that coastie running around in the background in that double ender.

damn thats fun to watch.

notice that one that almost rolled? he stayed put for a minute waiting to catch the wave cycle in a more calm state.

either that or he had to restart his motor.

i thought that bayliner almost crashing was pretty funny.

bayliner - get a real boat.

So what are the plans for your next big adventure on I-35 ?

If he makes it all the way to KC, MO, there's a nicely paved portion of riverbed near the Country Club Shopping Plaza, perfectly suitable for a boater of Snipper's vast experience.

That's my story and I am sticking to it.

-- Skipper

http://tinyurl.com/dhslo

It's an aerial shot a park person took. Matanzas Inlet, just south of St. Augustine, FL. Closed to navigation...the bridge is fixed and low.

There usually are fishermen all over the bridge, and the only place you can enter or leave is under teh narrow center span. The breakers outside the inlet are usually three to fives, and there's lots of current. I used to fish just outside the bridge, anchoring in a fairly calm area. Fabulous fishing right there.

You could also fish just inside the bridge area, though the entire area is strewn with sandbars. If you look to the area inside the bridge to the left, you'll see where the serious fishermen would gig for flounder at night. Actually, the entire area is full of sandbars. No rocks, though.

And this is why you're hiding out in Derby, Kansas...??

yeah - that had potential to make a few railroad tracks alright.

"FWIW, most of that video is 3 - 5 years old. If you're talking about the "Prime Time" out of Depoe, it's a 43 ft Delta. At one time there were 6 or 7 43 Deltas there.....the preferred boat for that harbor.

What most of the video doesn't show very well is that....there is an 'S' turn in the hole. So it is critical to avoid getting picked up by a big swell when going through the turn, as short as it is.

There is a saying up here...

"There are two kinds of skippers in Depoe Bay. Those who have hit the rocks, and those who will hit the rocks." "

Next time you are in the area (Jax-St. Augustine), stop at Marker 33 Restaurant in Jax, right on the ICW, and the Conch House Restaurant in St. Augustinne, right off the ICW down Salt Run. Both are worth the stop.