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Great story! We went fishing with my girlfriends Dad on Saturday who is 78 and ran his long tail mud motor for about 3 hours in super skinny water to get us a limit of reds. Some new memories are even better than the old ones!

I would post pics, but I forgot how!

I wanted to fish this past weekend but it was too cold and windy. Maybe next weekend.

No when go to tide page and pick a station. Then select graphic chart it won't work. This is what I get. XTide Fatal Error: PNG_WRITE_FAILURE A general fatal error occurred while producing a PNG. Apparently no graph was produced. Probably this machine is overloaded. Try again in a little while. Sor...

Manatee Springs is a great spot to kayak and watch Manatees, but no ramp close by to launch a boat. There is a big parking lot near the spring where I've parked my boat in the past. It's about 35 miles to Cedar Key and that is the best spot for fishing in the area. Late May is pretty good for fishin...

And the new owner had one of those days as well!

Just wondering how the population of pigs is doing. Do you still have more to eradicate?

Thanks but I don't see lat/long lines. Are you looking for electronic or paper? The lat/long lines are displayed on the edge of the paper chart. If you want to measure between the lines you need some old school tools! https://www.captainsnautical.com/collections/course-plotting-tools/products/130-g...

This is the one I use. https://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/11405.shtml

Great report sir! I hope to get back out there soon.

I have heard stories about paddling into Tucker Lake as well. I wonder if you could park at the bridge and paddle around

I've never fished in the Alligator Harbor but have been around Bald Point a pretty good bit. Like MudDucker said about the boat ramp at the bridge toward the gulf there are lots of good spots. If you have kayaks you can put them in at Bald Point or at the little boat ramp halfway down the peninsula....

Juan wrote: ↑September 24th, 2022, 2:50 pmWhoops! just noticed this thread was a couple months old... not going to delete it now after all that typing.

Great info! I'll be going back at the end of October so I'll try to check out some spots you mention.

I guess I won't be looking for scallops

I don't fish for grouper much, but that seems like a big difference from the current open season.

•Gulf - State waters off Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties: Open April 1–June 30, & Sept 1–Dec. 31.
•Gulf - State waters off all other counties: Open June 1–Dec. 31

Mckayaker wrote: ↑August 31st, 2022, 8:22 am They are out there - just not in the usual places. Limited out on the 21st

I've looked in a few spots that I've never looked in before and found some, but haven't got close to a limit yet. The ones in the picture and the ones I've found seem to have plenty of meat!