1st time at Carrabelle and Dog Island
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 9:16 pm
In prep for the upcoming tourney, I went to Carrabelle today. I've never fished the area or launched a boat there. I checked out the city ramp. It's a nice area. However, parking seems like it would be an issue when it's busy. I'm wondering about what other ramps are in the area and which ones have the best parking arrangments.
I went to Dog Island. It was very nice. My daughters had a great time at the western end along the bayside. They caught about 40 crabs by running around with a net. It was a funny site and amazingly productive. We managed to keep about 40, which didn't have eggs.
I tried fishing from the shore. No luck with Gulp or a spoon. I wasn't expecting anything considering it was mid-afternoon and the water was 91 degrees. Considering I mainly fish St. Marks, it was especially nice to not see a bunch of floating grass. It looks like top lures will be an option For the tourney. I was suprised with how deep it gets a short distance from shore.
I thought I was doing a good job paying attention to the weather conditions. At 4:30, the bay was pretty smooth. But an hour later when I began to leave, the wind had picked up and it was very choppy with waves and whitecaps. I was amazed (and concerned as I was in a pontoon boat). I handled the okay. Having the wind at my back helped.
I'm looking forward to fishing the area and learning more about what I can find as well as when and where.
I went to Dog Island. It was very nice. My daughters had a great time at the western end along the bayside. They caught about 40 crabs by running around with a net. It was a funny site and amazingly productive. We managed to keep about 40, which didn't have eggs.
I tried fishing from the shore. No luck with Gulp or a spoon. I wasn't expecting anything considering it was mid-afternoon and the water was 91 degrees. Considering I mainly fish St. Marks, it was especially nice to not see a bunch of floating grass. It looks like top lures will be an option For the tourney. I was suprised with how deep it gets a short distance from shore.
I thought I was doing a good job paying attention to the weather conditions. At 4:30, the bay was pretty smooth. But an hour later when I began to leave, the wind had picked up and it was very choppy with waves and whitecaps. I was amazed (and concerned as I was in a pontoon boat). I handled the okay. Having the wind at my back helped.
I'm looking forward to fishing the area and learning more about what I can find as well as when and where.
I have stood in water almost waist deep on a pontoon boat "waves washing over" and while scarry as hell, I never worried about sinking 
Get a marine map of the area and you will see many places to fish 
