![]() ![]() Gulf here is limerock, with mangroves somehow finding enough grip to grow on In the flow-way between mangrove islands. The inshore holes are likely to be around island points, in cuts through theīars that often form on the outside of a flat where it meets deeper water, and Just on the edge of the hole, and when an edible (or your fly) comes wandering Where those minnows and crabs and shrimp that can hide so deftly in the turtle The likely reason fish gather on these spots (and really, who knows why theyĭo any of the stuff they do?) is that the holes provide sort of a kill zone, That they are easy-to-find targets that load up with fish, again and again,Īnd that they are easy to test with a Deceiver or a Merkin. Why the holes are there doesn’t really matter to anglers. Level rise is not quite such a new phenomenon as some would have us believe. Fly over this country on a calm, sunny day and you can see theĬontinuation of these rivers up to 10 miles offshore, under the water: sea ![]() Of the estuary that has been forming here for an unimaginable number ofĬenturies. Some are 3 feet deep, some are 10 feet, and all are part There are many other holes here as well, including some in the stony marshĬreeks that feed water in a hundred fingers out of the coastal lowlands into Shallows of Florida’s west coast between Bayport and Crystal River. The surrounding grass, while the grass would be less productive without theĪ shallow draft flats boat is an essential for fishing the rocky, unmarked The holes would only be barren sand or limerock without Which can be found anywhere from a foot deep to 10 feet down, are the Yin and Taken together, the thick Thalassia turtle grass here and the holes, Lazing spots for the giant tarpon for which this area of Florida’s west coast In slightly deeper water, they are spring and early summer Sand holes attract everything from redfish, snook and sea trout to flounderĪnd sheepshead. Whipsawing before the fly hits the water is also a plus. Port Richey and Steinhatchee are big, white fish magnets, impossible to miss,Īnd they require very little on the part of the angler except the ability toĬast into them from a reasonable distance. Sand holes on the vast turtle grass meadows that stretch some 80 miles between A wise man once said, “Love is a hole in the heart”, but for me, love is a hole in the grass flats off Homosassa, Florida. ![]()
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