September trip to the Saint Johns River, Welaka area.

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10-06-2020, 03:24 PM
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September trip to the Saint Johns River, Welaka area.

Took my daughter in-laws dad (retired firefighter/paramedic to our Riverbend condo 12-20th and had a great time in thought it rained every day. Fishing and casting for shrimp was slow but ate well. Love the area and people and heading back after the holidays.Attachment 386013 Attachment 386015 Attachment 386016

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10-06-2020, 05:31 PM
castingcole

Sounds like an awesome trip! That’s a big ass gill! Congrats

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10-06-2020, 06:15 PM
skeetbum

That’s a great area, very diverse. Glad it lived up to your expectations.
10-06-2020, 06:33 PM
BobC

Nice, and I’m sure the eating was as well!
Bob
10-06-2020, 08:03 PM
SpeckledSlab

Nice post and pictures.
10-07-2020, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by castingcole

Sounds like an awesome trip! That’s a big ass gill! Congrats

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Found them close to shore in 3-4 ft of water and in the shadow of brush. Fish with a cork set at 1 1/2 ft number six long shank hook tipped with 1/2 red worms. And keep it moving ever so slowly.

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10-07-2020, 11:58 AM
StantheMan2567

That is a huge Gill, good catch.
10-07-2020, 02:39 PM
Fishfishwish

Sounds like a blast and very relaxing. Congrats!
10-08-2020, 07:46 AM
Ketchn

sounds like immense fun to me and that looks like a jim dandy bluegill :highfive
10-08-2020, 10:58 AM
DoyleAlley

I spent much of my young boyhood fishing there. My Grandparents owned a small cabin on a canal right across from the Oklawaha river mouth back in the '60s. All the shoreline that was wooded back then is now wall-to-wall development now.
10-08-2020, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by DoyleAlley

I spent much of my young boyhood fishing there. My Grandparents owned a small cabin on a canal right across from the Oklawaha river mouth back in the '60s. All the shoreline that was wooded back then is now wall-to-wall development now.

DoyleAlley, In fact Riverbend Condoes are located on the Saint Johns across from the mouth of the Oklawaha. They were built around 1974 and is a fantastic place to stay !

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10-09-2020, 08:48 AM
DoyleAlley

The condos are right on the SW side of Beecher's Pt. If you go around the northern side of Beecher's Pt a few hundred yds is where the old cabin was. The manmade canal/lagoon is still there but the cabin is long gone. There was a fish camp on the river side of the lagoon that was first called Conley's (or maybe Conly's) and later called Sunset Landing. Last time I went there was back in the late '80s after I got out of the Navy.
10-11-2020, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by DoyleAlley

The condos are right on the SW side of Beecher's Pt. If you go around the northern side of Beecher's Pt a few hundred yds is where the old cabin was. The manmade canal/lagoon is still there but the cabin is long gone. There was a fish camp on the river side of the lagoon that was first called Conley's (or maybe Conly's) and later called Sunset Landing. Last time I went there was back in the late '80s after I got out of the Navy.

Sounds like things have changed a lot over the years , it’s a good thing on the west of the River is state and federal forest/land so it should stay like it is. We love the area and glad we found it and bought. [emoji41]

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