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Spring Creek Marina
Posted: January 28th, 2004, 1:59 pm
by Chalk
Where is this? I know on Spring Creek
..Directions from 98.
Jerry's Bait & Tackle wrote:Peer Starr has certainly learned the benefit of living in Spring Creek. That is one of the few hotspots right now. Keeper trout are in the canals. Anglers are catching fish in the main spring. Trout, redfish and sheephead move in and out of that spring constantly. There is a boat ramp at Spring Creek Marina which makes fishing there convenient. It is sheltered from winds making it fishable when weather is inclement. The opposite shoreline from the marina is a good fishing spot all the way to the channel where Oyster Bay begins.
Posted: January 28th, 2004, 3:09 pm
by Sea Gurl
Chalk,
I have that info but it's at home. I can post it tomorrow. Scott at Jerry's had a fishing seminar last Friday night and he handed out directions to all the launches in this immediate area and Spring Creek was one of them. He also talked about the location of the spring too. It was really good - everyone seemed to take lots of notes - makes me want to go exploring! Probably will.
Anyway if you don't get your answer before tomorrow I'll post it.
Sea Gurl
Posted: January 28th, 2004, 3:14 pm
by Chalk
Thanks, SG....I never heard it called Spring Creek Marina....Looks like its on SR365....I think Littoral posted about a launch there and how to pay...I have been down there just never seen the ramp.
Posted: January 28th, 2004, 3:21 pm
by Ken K
Has anybody stayed at the motel next door to the Spring Creek restaurant? They look slightly more upscale than the Shell Island Fish Camp.
Chalk - if you still want directions to Spring Creek Marina
Posted: January 29th, 2004, 9:49 am
by Sea Gurl
The directions were given starting at Jerry's Bait -Tackle
Go south on FL 363/Woodville Hwy (3.9 mi)
Right on Coastal Hwy/US 98/FL 30 (7.2 mi)
Left on CR 365/Spring Creek Hwy (1.3 mi) to blinking light
Right on CR 365/FL 365 (3.0 mi)
Left on Ben Willis Rd (.02 mi)
Ramp should be visiable - pay $5.00 to attendant or put in mailbox
Posted: January 29th, 2004, 10:23 am
by Chalk
Thanks....SG..
Posted: January 29th, 2004, 10:58 am
by Sawbones
Sea Gurl, I rode by there yesterday, saw the $5.00 sign, but didn't see the mailbox??
There was a brisk N wind, tide at that time should have been +0.5, but it looked mighty shallow just past the ramp. Not sure I could have gotten out even with the trolling motor.
Posted: January 29th, 2004, 12:30 pm
by eat_mo_crawfish
It's very shallow around the ramp. Time your trips with the tides to be sure you have enough water (like you would at the Aucilla).
The area is productive but also very moody. Good fish one day, none (literally) the next. On weekends, it's too crowded for my liking (again, like the Aucilla). But, you can fish when it's windy and head over to Oyster Bay when it's not.
Posted: January 30th, 2004, 10:31 am
by Littoral
I agree with the directions above but I'd simplify it to:
Spring Creek Hwy south to the end, it's on your left.
Park & somebody will come out to take your $5.