When boating St. George Sound I never paid much attention to Dog Island I guess because of a mental block - maybe 30 years ago I went out on a party boat from Carrabelle with some buddies, we started with the beer at dawn. Well when we hit big rollers just past the island I turned a shade of green, spent the day down below and lived with ridicule for months.
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But now I am finally beginning to mature so I decided to overcome that history and explore Dog Island a bit and am glad I did, there is a lot to like. Here is my route from one trip.
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I launched at the fairly new city boat ramp off Marine Street. Ramp is good but on a busy day the on-street parking must be tough.
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Before heading out to the island I spend a little time circling the harbor although all that idle speed will drive you crazy. Nice Coast Guard ship, gave me a good feeling.
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Heading out of the Carrabelle River is easy enough but then like that time years ago the water became rough. I love my little boat but when the waves get over a couple of feet it is not fun.
Finally I got to the lee of the island, the east tip is very cool!
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Spent some time in the little inlet, plenty of bait, caught a huge Flounder.
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Here is my baby Whaler rigged for action!
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Just to the west is a little bay where I spotted the famous Dog Island Black Mangroves - supposed to be one of the northernmost locations.
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The main landing is very protected, a nice place to hide from the wind.
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For some reason I cannot find many photos from my trip but suffice to say the shoreline it is very beautiful and there are a lot of good looking fishing spots. The run back from East Pass is not bad but I had to keep my head on the swivel to fit in with a stream of big boats returning to Carrabelle.
I sure want to get out to Dog Island again!
