Why I enjoy the Florida Panhandle - late September

[Newt]

Bankside on the Choctawhatchee River near New Hope, Florida in late September

And the river after a really dry summer

[Clifftop]

so how much higher would the river be after a normal rainfall, not much judging by the bank on the far side.

 

Cheers Fred

[Newt]

The river will be about 4 ft higher with normal Spring/Autumn rainfall and another 4-5 ft higher in Winter if we get much rain. Only the tops of the roots at the left of the top photo should be above water except during high summer.

 

The trees you see on the far side are willows which can tolerate being feet wet for long periods and grow fast when young. Those are young.

 

This is the lowest we've seen in the time we've lived here which is about 14 months.

[Tony U]

The river will be about 4 ft higher with normal Spring/Autumn rainfall and another 4-5 ft higher in Winter if we get much rain. Only the tops of the roots at the left of the top photo should be above water except during high summer.

 

The trees you see on the far side are willows which can tolerate being feet wet for long periods and grow fast when young. Those are young.

 

This is the lowest we've seen in the time we've lived here which is about 14 months.

 

Newt

How has this effected the fishing? I f at all.

 

Tony

[Phone]

Tony U,

 

DOESN'T HELP! I fished the St. James in July after submitting to a cruise ship holiday with family. The St. James is a famous river in Florida (Jacksonville area). Not a carp stream so I was coarse fishing. Really a struggle by US standards. Shallow water can become WAY to warm in the summer in Florida.

 

Smoke from unchecked semi-tropical Florida forest fires was horrible. (Just my experience from this year.)

 

Phone

[Newt]

Tony - it slows the fishing way down but later when water gets higher and covers all the grass/weed/etc. that has grown up along the banks, things will pick up nicely. Meanwhile, this area is loaded with small lakes (10-40 acres) so I mainly fish still waters.

[Newt]

Took my dog for a run today and got more shots of the river while he was running and sniffing and generally doing doggy things.

 

Cypress tree roots

 

Which the dog is convinced are his very own personal playground

 

 

The water goes from ankle deep to well over my head in only a couple of feet

 

Flow from Pittman's creek that mixes with water from the main river about half way down this section

[Clifftop]

I love roots

Edited October 15, 2011 by Clifftop

[n4lly]

I love roots

 

 

Was a great series back in the 70's Chicken George and all that