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spooky wrote:fished there all my life run in &out no problem after 30 plus years youll figure it out

Not sure I got another 30 in me

Was out there yesterday and luck would have it didn't hit nothing, but we did head out at high and back in at high, so we had plenty of water

If you see the rest of my motor.............turn quick !!!

Welby wrote:

If you see the rest of my motor.............turn quick !!!

Dropped my boat off at Porter Marine this am for a rock guard . May help a little, I hope.

That place freaks me out. I've never ventured down the river because of all bad stories. I'm glad I read this forum because I would have check out the river without any knowledge of what learks under those waters. I pitty the people who haven't a clue.

Best advice is to have good insurance.

rockyg wrote:I went there in my Kayak a number of winters ago on a low tide and made a mental note to NEVER bring my pretty flats boat there

This is on my to do list. I've seen it low on a neg tide but really want to see it LOW. Put in Sunday morning and couldn't help but remember the time I pulled up to the ramp and saw JT and Birddog staring at BD's boat sitting on the ramp after some "miscommunication" by the launch crew.
BD didn't think it was so funny.

I never will forget the winter low I was heading out and saw that BIG AZZZ rock dead center of the river a little down from the landing. i always was told to stay right going out, and I saw why. But i have seen rocks waiting on the right too. My sphinxter always got good exercise when i launched there. Only when I had the go devil or the tunnel did i feel OK.

I have a picture of the ramp on a negative low tide...


On a negative low tide you get a better chance to "see" the rocks before impact.


Looking Up river...


Poling (crawling) through the west pass...




Going through the big skinny aint for the weak of heart...

Wow!

I've put in on those negative tides on the winter its sure not the easiest thing to do.

I do see what look to be a boat being towed in just outside the mouth of the river, hope it wasn't anyone on here

I was towing a gentleman back to the launch of the Aucila Sunday. THAT is the scariest thing to do. I would rather be up on plane and praying. We made it back safe.

I've seen the 'land bridge' just below Mandalay on the negative tides in the winter. Very similar to the pics mjsigns posted above. Easing down that river in the winter when the water's clear and low will tighten up muscles in interesting parts of your body. Here's a chart from Jerry's, but my disclaimer is the same as his! All bets are off on low tide, too. http://www.jerrysbait.com/AucillaRiver.aspx

That Chart is a nice starter, but there are surprises on that route for sure. It would be the path to follow, just be wary.