Morning Run out the Chassahowitzka River
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2020
- I recorded one of my typical runs out the Chassahowitzka River in my jet drive boat. Once I've gone out the mouth of the river--a little before midpoint in the video--there are hundreds of square miles of marsh, bays and creeks to explore. In this video I end up at the first of several spots I'll be looking for active fish and forage. Depending on tides, the water depth in various locations can vary from a couple feet to a few inches.
- Komedie
I live in Hawaii. We have no real rivers where a boat can ply. We do have many fluffy mainlanders with pale-colored skin looking for entertainment and amazement. Although the Islands are beautiful, the mainland has a simple comfortable peaceful ingredient such as your presentation. Thank you for taking the time to share.
Beautiful trip and day with you Mark. I desperately wanna get back down there eventually.
Awesome! Reminds me of running the St Johns River over here in my neck of the woods except we don't have oyster bars unless I go into the northern end of the Mosquito lagoon. This part of Florida is why I live here...
U got hell house waters tho sacred waters
Great video. Area is new to me. I do have FMT. There was a new update. Still learning. Keep watching the video of where you are in relation to the pvc stakes. New blue pvc stakes out there. Just need more time on the water.
Yeah there are a lot of places that FMT tracks don’t take you. However you can see the hard bottom on the satellite imagery and check it out at higher tides.
I enjoyed this trip in the direction of the compound....There is a lot of territory I still don't know when running from the Refuge marker!!
Every adult manatee I saw had boat Prop wounds this winter. Be careful 🙏
One of the nice things about a jet-powered boat is there's no prop.
Nice run, the chazz has claimed many lower units!
Seen a plenty towed in dragging their goodies lol
I’ve kayaked here, and love your video of the Chaz. At 7:03, you slow up and point to a boat nearshore on the right. Is that the Possum Trader boat? I’ve wondered about it when kayaking. Do you know the story behind it?
I just got a seadoo fishpro jetski. Do you think I'd be able to take it carefully through these creeks?
Technically yes, however even in a jet drive craft you need to know the location of oyster bars, which can be only a n inch or two below the surface. GPS device with satellite imagery is critical unless you have local knowledge and experience.
Mark, What do you recommend for a GPS Chartplotter to navigate the Chassahowitzka River without destroying your lower unit?
It’s more about the information that you overlay onto the chartplotter than the unit itself. You want a mapping data set that shows satellite imagery at low water so you can see structure. Something like Navionics, at minimum (just Google it). Back when I ran a prop motor around Chaz I used to use Google earth to draw tracks that avoided structure, then load those onto my GPS. A few years ago I purchased Florida Marine Tracks and I would strongly recommend that for anyone boating in the Nature Coast area. That will get you out the Chaz River as well as many, many more places. Even if they don’t have a track for a location, the imagery is top notch. The catch is it only runs on Lowrance and Simrad due to other brands blocking access.
@@erehwon777 Thanks for the reply Mark. I do appreciate it.
@@erehwon777 How about the Lowrance Elite FS 9 Fish Finder/Chartplotter Combo at BassPro? Will that work?
@@theLandJackal looks like that one would work. See floridamarinetracks.com/units-accessories/