Chris,
First off, WELCOME to the BOC! :wink:
You now see what I mean in the title of this thread about the water level being low, huh? It was so bad this past weekend that I was glad to have a bilge pump on our boat. As Denise was backing me down into the water, water started coming in over the transom!!!
oooh:
Launching a 19' skiff would probably be all but impossible. And to make matters worse the current forecast is for the water level to be LOWER by this coming weekend! That's NOT good news!
I'm flattered that you think we might be able to give you some pointers as to where to fish on the Altamaha. But if you've been reading our posts, you'll see that we're pretty new too. We've only been on that river maybe a few dozen times. But we are DEDICATED and DETERMINED to find them monsters...and we're getting better every time we set out!
So you and your wife put in at Altamaha Park, huh? Funny you should menton that since I just got off the phone with 'Peggy' at the baitshop there, trying to find out what the water level there is. She didn't know, so I dug around and found it here:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ga/nwis/uv/?site_no=02226160&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060,00062
6.78 feet of water sure beats less than one and a half foot which is where Jaycee's is!!!
Based on this new information, Denise and I just talked about this coming weekend. We had been planning to put in at Jaycee's and struggle down river...but now we're thinking about just heading to Altamaha Park and heading UP river!
Maybe you can help us out for this weekend...
What can you tell us about that landing and section of the river?
What sort of parking provisions are there?
Was the lot full when y'all went there?
How wide is the river at the landing?
Did you go upriver or down from there?
Assuming you have a fishfinder on your new 'beast', what sort of levels/depths did you find?
Heck, if you and your wife are available this coming Saturday, maybe we can get together and learn about that stretch of the river together...?
Thanks in advance for whatever you can share...
- Marty -
Oh, and hey Greg, if you're interested in learning with us, let us know. It's not that much further away from you. We're thinking even if it's not as productive, at least we won't be strugglin with all that skinny water up near Jessup!