The 2018 Gulf Coast Paddle Fishing Safari!
Before dawn the Sunday after Thanksgiving, Mike Conneen picked up me and my gear. Off we went! Our goal was to paddle fish eight rivers, the Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve, Fort DeSoto, and Anclote Key. We got blown out of Anclote, DeSoto had no campsites, but we did everything else.
For more information about fishing these places, please see my book, Fishing Florida by Paddle .
Let the images tell the story.
whirligig beetles, myakka river
whirligig beetles, myakka river
buttress roots, peace river
fishing little manatee river
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crevalle jacks, manatee river
mike photographs the jacks
mike photographs the jacks...
cockroach bay canoe trail
cockroach bay paddle trail
campfire, hillsborough river state park
autumn color, hillsborough river
woods, hillsborough river
woods, hillsborough river
cypress trees, hillsborough river
cypress trees, hillsborough river
buttress roots on a cypress tree
cypress tree buttress roots
outstanding waterway
at the chassahowitzka river boat launch
friendly manatee
manatee, chassahowitzka river
blue heron
great blue, chassahowitzka river
cooter turtles, rainbow river
cooter turtles, rainbow river
yellow wildflowers, rainbow river
painted rock, suwannee river outpost
at the suwannee river outpost
backwater, suwannee river
tree hugger
tree hugger, suwannee river
nightfall, suwannee river
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