I was wondering if anyone could tell me about the river up there like if it is worth fishing, or if its full of trees, tides any tips would be appreciated.
17ft Key west
I run a 19 Carolina skiff, commercially cat fishing up there. Lots of trees, strong current and not a lot of depth at low tide.fishing is great from just below Kings grant landing down to the plantations
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PROUD YANKEE
Oyster Baron
NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
I live and keep my boat upstream from the ramp - 19’CC, not a shallow draft boat… plenty of trees and stumps around and most are visible at low tide - high tide there is plenty of water everywhere, but the stumps and downed trees are hidden. I can easily navigate the river 2 hours on either side of low tide.
Downstream of the ramp has less stumps, but more sandbars. Some of the sandbars are 2’-3’ exposed at dead low, and you will hit them at 1/2 tide, some remain underwater at low tide. The water is stained, so the sandbars are not always evident.
In this area, the river has 7’+/- of tide change and most of it happens in a 4 hour period, water can drop 2’ in an hour at peak flow - so be careful in creeks or in the shallows.
Thank you both for the information it is very helpful. As a side note I fished there with no luck but we just got a lot of rain, the tide was going out, and the plant was releasing water so the water was really dirty most of the area I fished.
17ft Key west