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If I'd brought a gig, they would have been.
Since they have no predators here, they weren't even afraid of me.
Saturday I counted seven of those beady-eyed rascals weighing from two to three pounds. Tilapia roam the lake, while armoured catfish from South America prowl below the dam, rooting for algae. Fish species are the same, with a few additions. Today, Rodman is reminiscent of big southern reservoirs, with various man-made amenities. Johns, fed by springs much like the Itchetucknee, with waving, four-foot tape grass. Thick river-bottom woods nearby testify to what the countryside was like years ago, though the woods here are second growth.īack then, the river ran clear all the way to the St. To be sure, it's a very different place from a hundred years ago.
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Overall, it's a pleasant venue free of charge, though it does require annual tax payer funding. Most were using small colorful plastic jigs for bait. It isn't every day a shore-bound angler can catch quality crappie without using a boat that's rare, very rare. Sizeable crappie (specks) were being caught, along with big, fat bluegills and occasional pickerel.īelow the dam and out of the wind are two piers, two parks, a boat ramp and a shaded stretch of the old river that offer fishing room and a variety of fish.Īnglers on the piers were mostly from Palatka and they seemed happy enough with stringers and baskets carrying a few good-sized fish. The fish action wasn't fast but was certainly relaxing, fishing in the sun with a cool breeze. This past weekend, the dam was already releasing water due to much-needed recent rainfall, and so a few early birds showed up with a certain anticipation. The Coalition boasts more than 33 member organizations and has active communications, advocacy and science committees that have reinvigorated the efforts to restore the Ocklawaha.That would protect bass, especially the big spawners, from over-harvest when concentrated in less water. Johns River Keeper and environmental advocate Margaret Spontak, the event resulted in naming of a new coalition – Free the Ocklawaha River Coalition.
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Twenty-five conservation leaders representing a wide variety of groups convened for a full day retreat at Silver Springs Conference Center. The Coalition boasts more than 33 member organizations and has active communications, advocacy and science committees that have reinvigorated the efforts to restore the Ocklawaha. 17:08:05 Event Leads to New Coalition-Free the Ocklawaha River Coalition This alternative will retrieve National Forest System lands at the lowest cost while restoring river and floodplain hydrology. If funds are made available and permits are issued, it is the intent of the FDEP to undertake this restoration.” “Partial restoration is intended to restore river hydrology and floodplain function to near preconstruction conditions through breaching the dam, with limited removal and/or alteration of structures and alteration of the topography. However, the Legislature has not appropriated funds for this purpose.
Continues to say the Ocklawaha River should be partially restored.įDEP’s Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Plan is updated and continues to say “The Governor and Cabinet, sitting as the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, have an established policy that the Ocklawaha River should be “partially restored” with the FDEP as the lead agency.
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03:02:47 Florida Department of Environmental Protection Update Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Plan.
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