Planning on fishing on lake george or the St. Johns by Astro. Just need some help, i have never fished this area. anything would help.thanks
Planning on fishing on lake george or the St. Johns by Astro. Just need some help, i have never fished this area. anything would help.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rwalker221 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Planning on fishing on lake george or the St. Johns by Astro. Just need some help, i have never fished this area. anything would help.
do you mean the town of ASTOR?
dexter and woodruff are shallow grassy lakes just south of astor. good fishin..watch out for speed zones........getcha a good map......if you go out onto lake george watch the wind/ weather, it can get nasty, quick..........
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watch out for speed zones........getcha a good map......if you go out onto lake george watch the wind/ weather, it can get nasty, quick..........</TD></TR></TABLE>
Definately watch you speed, especially this time of year in Astor. The frog marshals will be on high alert.
Noland
"Slower than a speeding Bullet, but faster than a Cookie Cutter."
Some warnings about the area are in order.
1. The river has numerous no-wake zones that are enforced pretty strictly.
2. Lake George is wide and shallow and can get rough in a hurry.
3. Pay close attention to the channel markers when you first get onto the lake from the south. It is not obvious where you have to go and you run a good chance of running aground if you don't stay between the markers. DAMHIKT
Check out: http://www.jimporter.org/lakes/george/
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"3. Pay close attention to the channel markers when you first get onto the lake from the south. It is not obvious where you have to go and you run a good chance of running aground if you don't stay between the markers. DAMHIKT"
If I remember correctly the river channel swings hard to the left...........and the sandbar that is between you and the lake is pretty shallow
olebiker were you with Jim when he ran aground there last year
was me doing it the next morning.......the one and only time I have ever run aground in my boat while under power...........
was me 30 mins later getting stuck at the mouth of salt springs in a 20mph north wind with the air temp at 32 and having to get out and push my boat for 30 mins in shin deep water thank god the water temp was in the mid 60's..................how could anyone get as stuck as bad as I did while using a tolling motor is beyond me still.............
but winning that day with 2 fish for 10lbs out of salt springs kept me from quiting
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Definately watch you speed, especially this time of year in Astor. The frog marshals will be on high alert.</TD></TR></TABLE>
and that is corect also...........while nice they still stopped and explained that "no wake" is not the same as "small wake" ..........I thought they were just screwing with me for a second when they yelled and waved for me to "slow down" and when I yelled back "I can't go any slower with out stopping" they came over and explained that no wake means no wake
Probably wouldn't be so bad if a certain gambler owner didn't cause so much trouble for those poor defenseless manatees.
Noland
"Slower than a speeding Bullet, but faster than a Cookie Cutter."
Just a little something else to keep in mind. If you do decide to just keep going and they don't chase you, watch your mailbox for a nice pic of you, your boat, your boat numbers and you're speed. Oh yeah and your ticket.
Noland
"Slower than a speeding Bullet, but faster than a Cookie Cutter."
Unless I am guaranteed a win in a tournament, I won't even go down there anymore. The speed zones when you aren't even in the no-wake zones are out-of-control. You can't go that slow and stay on plane.
thanks for all the help about the no wake zones but any info on how the fishing is? my friends have said one thing but i would like to see what the bbcers said.
thanks rob
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I have a friend of mine that had them tell him that he had to then put his boat in-and-out of gear to maintain a "no wake" speed.
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thats actually how they made me demonstrate "no wake".........I was laughing the whole time because I couldn't believe it and just said sorry I guess I always misunderstood what "no wake zone meant" and had a hard time understanding the difference in a 29ft cabin cruiser wake at "no wake" speed and my 21ft bass boat at "slightly higher than no wake speed;even thought height of my wake is half the cabin cruiser"
I think the only reason this was a funny story to me is because it happened once and I was shocked, freezing to death in a blinding fog at 5 mins after daylight in some no wake zone just north of Astor............and as I was idling along playing with my Side Imaging they push off so fish camp dock and yell....................between the 30 degree air, not being able to see 100ft I wasn't really in a hurry to go anywhere............but it would get old quick if I was a regular down there.........up here I just get "the wave" and left alone.........
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Doesn't look like I'm going to lake George. Not in 10-20mph w/ gust 25-30mph winds!!! i am just going to fish deleon run and stay out the wind.
as explained to me by an FWC officer : if you let off the throttle and the bow comes down,,,,,,,,,,boy, you in a heap o trouble..............
( also its not a good idea to call them ' frog marshal ' to their face...........
They stopped me one time coming into the river thru the wooden channel walls coming from the lake. They were stitting just inside the river. I reckon they were clocking me with radar. He asked me if there was something wrong with my boat I said know why? He said I was going faster than an idle. I asked him what he was talking about? He said I was not idleing. I told him I was and I didnt understand what or how he could say that I wasnt. He told me to leave before he got pissed enough to write me a ticket. I said"OK officer." They are looking to meet a quota there I guess. They are a-holes.
Heres a link to a tide chart that will get you to palatka.
http://www.bbcboards.net...river
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If I remember correctly the river channel swings hard to the left...........and the sandbar that is between you and the lake is pretty shallow
olebiker were you with Jim when he ran aground there last year
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That was me. Thank goodness John B. was there also and when he got off the sand bar he towed us off.
Sick, tired, hungry, broke, busted, disgusted, can't be trusted, been imposed on and won't fight
who would that be
Snakey are you starting trouble again?
no not me brothergood to hear from you again rich
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