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Ain’t no fish in Homosassa, only rock piles!😉

 

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Ok, all kidding aside… FMT and good insurance are a must for my back yard! I hate FMT for a reason, the reason is… it’s pretty damn accurate and allows “out of town’ers” access to my stomping grounds! Go ahead and buy N and S since in other posts you’ve mentioned fishing different areas but it will be money well spent if you come here!!! Just think of it as a new rod & it may not sting as bad.

 

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Oh, and you AIN’t gettin’ to oyster creek, rose creek, porpoise bay, seven cabbage, or anywhere else that way without it or someone that KNOWS where the hell they are going without fmt or in a kayak!!! Likely won’t make it a half mile from the ramp to be honest!

 

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To point out treacherous it is, someone who has fished there for 40 plus years, following a friend and famous poon guide, going where he went for 40 years, ruined a prop. Maritteamike has had it happen. Damn limestone moves during the night just a couple of inches.

I am doing an “emergency” repair for a local guide tomorrow morning that hit a piece of rebar on his way in today! Yep, REBAR! He need the boat to fish Friday so before I feast, I fix!😉 This guide probably knows these particular waters better than any still alive today if that tells ya anything!

 

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Even with FMT the area is extremely treacherous. FMT gets you to a general area but once you are off track (poling/trolling) by a mile or more with no sun to see dark patches on the way back to a track, pucker factor 1000. Even with sun there can be single rocks that will ruin your day. Every so often an experienced angler in the area hits a rock which is thereafter named after them……

Hell, I just realized… I’ve been fishing these waters for 40 years myself! And I still get in my fair share of trouble too!

 

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I'd like to give it a shot to try something different, probably gonna wait till next summer tho. I'll start looking into an FMT setup....Where do I get the actual FMT card from?

Also what's this insurance you speak of lol, what kind of coverage should I be having

You will want a policy that covers engine damage in the event of an accident. Including but not limited to powerhead damage from the sudden stop of a flyweight’ed rotating assembly that has parts that may just want to stay in motion during said stop and create their own windows to peak out of!

 

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Guys, hold on.... the title of the thread is "Tell Me About Navigating Homosassa" not "Talk Me Out Of Navigating Homosassa".


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You say that like there’s a difference?🤣

 

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I can't say for sure but I do believe people were fishing that area before the invention of Simrad.

I don't think I am wrong because I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

We were! And long before we there was they! That said, if not for FMT, my backyard would have way less traffic than it does these days! Many still can’t follow me where I end up though so I have that goin’ for me! Not many folks can run from Chass to Crystal River without going into the gulf! 😉

 

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Hey JC
I was running out of Mason today and I am certain I saw the rebar in question. Someone added a marker that is only visible at low tide. The PVC was gone but I saw the rebar sticking up and it was bent. Thought to myself that would mess up a glass hull quick.

Skimmer, idle everywhere during the winter low tide with an east wind to learn the channels and you will still wreck a prop

Probably it!

 

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Hey JC
I was running out of Mason today and I am certain I saw the rebar in question. Someone added a marker that is only visible at low tide. The PVC was gone but I saw the rebar sticking up and it was bent. Thought to myself that would mess up a glass hull quick.

Skimmer, idle everywhere during the winter low tide with an east wind to learn the channels and you will still wreck a prop

I’m glad I didn’t find it the other day wet testing a client’s BT3 with some pretty serious drivability issues! I hate doing repairs!🤣

 

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First time I launched at Ozello, caught a fn rock 50' from the ramp, almost fell out of the boat.............wow, if i had FMT I probably would have known it was there (ya, right)
This week is a perfect week (big moon, winds been blowin out of the N/NE for days) to get out there spend time and learn the water

Big one that makes a small island on low tide?

 

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Sounds like a Scandy White tunnel hull with jackplate and a kick up motor with a steel rock guard would be the boat down there!

The Scandy is a great rig for this area! I see a few starting to go with tunnel hull Texas scooters also but neither are poling skiffs. I’d take the Scandy over the scooter for here but I’ll take a properly built and rigged poling skiff with tunnel and jackplate over either.

 

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I had to bring this up again!🤣 This is Crystal River which generally is a deep water river. If you have IG, here you can see just how shallow and how fast it happens here! I ain’t been telling tall tails folks!🤣

 

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Mind you^^^, this guys was well inside a NWZ so got what he had comin!

 

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Is it relatively easy to get into the little creeks with a paddle board? We might just go up with the paddle boards a few times first to scout around before I take the skiff.

Plenty of paddle board/ yak territory! I’d steer clear of the main river and hit Mason Creek or Ozello though. Bit folks hit the main river too on them so up to you.

 

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Ouch. That hurts me right in the wallet

What hurts yours, heals mine!🤣