RE: Crystal River
2007/04/09 16:41:55
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what kinda fishing are you looking to get into? salt or freshwater?
if your looking for some nice bass action there is a lake just north of crystal river named lake Rousseau that has some real pigs in it. if you want to do some "catching" i suggest trying the inglis lock picnic area at the outflow of the lake. that place is crazy, all you have to do is cast a fluke up and let it drift, bam. i can safely say i never caught a bass out of that outflow that was under 3lbs. or if you have a boat the lake has tons of hydrilla, coves etc...
if your lookin for some salt action and you have a boat usually around the power plant is a good area or the canal coming out of that lake i was taking about, its brackish and there are a ton of sail cats but it holds a good variety of fish. you shoudl be able to find some cobia around the power plant and now is the season for the reds to be on the flats.
check out the forcasts at floridasportsman.com. its pretty much the go to on whats going on around the state.
word of warning, there are a good amount of gators in the fresh AND brackish water in that area. if you plan on wading crystal or rainbow rivers keep a dam good eye out. i was fishing the inglis lock once and about 40 feet away was a 12 foot gator. one second he was there, next i looked over and he was gone. needless to say my fishing ended at that point. remember they can come 1 and 1/2 thier body length out of the water at up to 35mph.