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Taking my son (18 months- I know shoulda done it already talk to his mama) on his first boating excusrsion, want to do a river, not the gulf (got a flats boat), but want to find a place we can get out somewhere and swim, play in the water... any ideas close to Tallahassee????

Ochklonee State Park in Sopchoppy.

Put in at the boat basin at Bainbridge, then proceed about 8 miles north on the flint to the sandbar. You can't miss it....

It is a beautiful ride to get there...

There is also a sandbar about a mile south of the boat basin, but it can get crowded at times and is trashy....

Do not worry about what some say about rocks in the flint. There are no problems with that unless you go north of the sandbar.

Nice cool, shallow water to swim and play in when you pull up to the sandbar.....

We go there often....

Dubble

Time to get that young man initiated Chris!

Another idea: put in downtown Apalach and go upriver to a
sandbar. My daughter and grandgirls love to go up there on
jet ski when they're at St. George.

RHTFISH wrote:Time to get that young man initiated Chris!.

I know, I know....

Dont worry he'll get his fill in the coming years...
thnx for the idears.

How big of a boat and how many going? The Wacissa makes a great trip in a small boat, but you either have to be sure not to go over the little water control device about 5 miles down or have someone pick you up at Goose Pasture.

I took mine to St. Marks sand bar when he was that age, you should be fine out there

MudDucker wrote:How big of a boat and how many going? The Wacissa makes a great trip in a small boat, but you either have to be sure not to go over the little water control device about 5 miles down or have someone pick you up at Goose Pasture.

Me, him and mama.. 18ft flats boat...

[quote="Redfin
Me, him and mama.. 18ft flats boat... [/quote]

shouldn't have any problem getting to the birdrack.

Redfin wrote:

MudDucker wrote:How big of a boat and how many going? The Wacissa makes a great trip in a small boat, but you either have to be sure not to go over the little water control device about 5 miles down or have someone pick you up at Goose Pasture.

Me, him and mama.. 18ft flats boat...

The main thing is the boat's draft. You need to be able to run fairly shallow because of all the weed beds.

I was going to say Wacissa, off of 59 if you had a jack plate or T-n-T. There is a diving board, rope swing, and of course, 'big blue'. The ones near the airboat lodge are nice too. The locals had that spot cleaned out the last time I was there.

After thinking about it a second, I realized that Wacissa is the type of place you want to sneak off from work to 'cause then you got it all to your self. Upper Apalachicola is a little more sparse. Sandy shoals downstream a bit and funky houseboats. Make sure you got him in a pfd. I suspect the 'man' will be out checking things at either place.

appreciate all the replies!
We'l see what his mama thinks.. and yes, for sure he's got a vest.. with baby grab handle..