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Kayak fishing Ochlockonee Bay
Posted: March 16th, 2015, 11:46 am
by jbearden
Has anyone ever fished the bridge in Panacea in a kayak? I've been wanting to try it out. I've mostly fished St. Marks lighhouse and St. George over the past several years. Any advice.
Re: Kayak fishing Ochlockonee Bay
Posted: March 16th, 2015, 12:34 pm
by Salty Gator
Some folks fish it for big black drum. Use a whole or boat blue crab on the bottom. Seems like sheep dad would be there also. Good luck
Re: Kayak fishing Ochlockonee Bay
Posted: March 17th, 2015, 9:50 am
by ScaleUp
I've spent plenty of time kayaking around the shell beds closer to the mouth, but haven't tried the bridge yet although I would like to. Seems like they would hold fish! With my setup, I would plan to bring a longer-than usual anchor rope - not sure how deep the water is at the bridge and don't want to paddle against the current! Give it a shot and let us know how it goes!
Re: Kayak fishing Ochlockonee Bay
Posted: May 12th, 2015, 11:01 pm
by Can'tCatchAnything
I dropped in the Franklin Co public boat ramp by the bridge and paddled out to Bald point, ended up drifting about a half mile south of Mash Sands. I was throwing a 1/2 oz egg weight to a #6 Hook; live bait.
Holy catfish. But I'm sure there are more desirable fish with a better rig. It was quite a paddle, I'm not doing that again.