Hazards St Marks

[sundown]

Lat week I made a couple trips to St Marks….Fishing was great all three days I fished…While in the Rock Garden area early in the week, I happened up on a rock at low tide I’d never seen before…It was about .5 to .6 mi. SW of Black Rock….Had about a foot of broken white pve sticking up at an angle that had been stuck there to mark it….It was a big one and at low tide would have given a boat that was moving fast some damage…I marked it and GPS coordinates are 30 03 639 N and 84 07 283 W…these are approximate as I had drifted away a short distance before I thought to set the waypoint….

Saturday about 10:30 am I was NW of there and hit one in an area I’d never seen rocks…dinged up prop and skeg some but no major damage…This one was 1.3 mi. West of the Rock Gardens..Again the approximate GPS coordinates are 30 04 085 N and 84 08 428 W..I named these and saved them also….Now when I crank up the first thing I do is check the nearest waypoint on the GPS as soon as I start to move to make sure I’m aware of any in the area that I at least have the numbers for…I’ve always had the known hazards saved as waypoints..

I just wonder how many other forum members have hazards like these marked and would share them with the forum…It would sure be a help to all of us….

[Tom Keels]

The first one you mention is what I refer to as the DEATHROCK. It is very close to the numbers I have. The second I didn't have in my GPS so thanks for posting. I'm adding both of these as well as an up to date list of the GPS coordinates to the area charts page. It will be known as SUNDOWN ROCK.

[mjsigns]

Thanks Sundown-

Here are some additional rocks to mark...

N30 03.978 W84 07.671
N30 03.916 W84 07.372
N30 04.305 W84 07.590
N30 03.980 W84 07.100
N30 03.609 W84 07.301
N30 04.758 W84 02.574 - Cobb Rock (Rock Field)
N30 04.751 W84 05.375 - Grey Mare -

I'm adding yours as SD1 and SD2 respectively.

That's my .02

[Jumptrout51]

I could contribute numbers also, but most GPS units only store 1000 waypoints(ROCKS). Most of them are within 2 1/2 miles of your rock. If you venture east of Rock Island there are another 10,000 or so.

[craSSh]

I HATE rocks!!!!