One of my afternoon adventure-Route 40 in Inglis and Yankeetown.

Moon Shadow

Hadn't posted any of my little day trips adventures I taken for a good bit. Some forum members wanted me to post more photos so here are some.

Picked out Route 40 near Inglis up to Yankeetown for a trip. The area can keep you busy for hours.

First stop was Inglis Lock Spillway.



Second stop was the lock itself, you couldn't get close to the lock itself.

View of the Barge Canal from standing on the side of the lock.



Stopped and checked out several short trails and paths that lead to Tidal Basins. Hear are just a few of them.







Stopped and checked out the FOLLOW THAT DREAM bridge. My son never been there before.
I do believe someone is trying to catch Elvis's Tarpon from the Bird Creek Bridge. Dozens of lines were caught on the wire. The lines were stuck on the powerline from one end to the other end on the bridge.



Stopped and had a picnic before going on to the end of the road at the ramps. Stayed for the sunset but had a 1/2 hour to blow. Took a few shots while waiting.





The sun set.








Had a fun day with my son. Discover new areas to me and tooked a lot of photos

redeye76

As always Moon the pictures are fantastic. You could probably turn this hobby into some money. I spend a lot of time fishing the barge canal area and the Withlacoochee river. Lots less traffic and still lots of various species of fish to catch.

Fishin Rod

Good job Moon Unit.....Pix are great.

Travis G

thanks a million. i used to fish YT 2-3x a week and i am in frigid KY right now. Thanks for showing me pics of where my heart and mind are while my body is elsewhere!!

magot

Dang, Moonster, I've driven over the barge canal dozens of times. I didn't know those locks were there. Come to think of it, I don't know where "there" is. Where are they?

Nice pics.

Flash

:hail

PONCE

Nice photos Moon Ya know Moon, I think I would invest in one of those Pocket Fishermans never know whats lurking beneath that water, just me brother

Moon Shadow

PONCE wrote: »

Nice photos Moon Ya know Moon, I think I would invest in one of those Pocket Fishermans never know whats lurking beneath that water, just me brother

I normally carry my rods with me on each trip. Didn't pack the rods because of the late start that I got. It was after noon before my wife was done shopping. Caught many fish in some of these hidden creeks. In fact I was surprise on one hike to see a couple of guys fishing, didn.t even see them till I step down on the shore. In just a minute one caught a Sheephead and the other hooked into something big that snapped the line when he set the hook. It was a big fish because I watched it run up current with his shrmip. My guess was a big red. We left quickly because they were none to happy to see us, it showed that must. At another tidal creek a small boat that came in showed me their limit on reds. They said they poled a long way up a creek and it was loaded with big reds up to 32 inches.

Wish I had my poles with me.

Moon Shadow

magot wrote: »

Dang, Moonster, I've driven over the barge canal dozens of times. I didn't know those locks were there. Come to think of it, I don't know where "there" is. Where are they?

Turn East on 40 in Inglis and drive at least a couple of miles, I am guessing on the miles because we came in from the other direction. You see a sign on the right INGIS LOCK SPILLWAY PICNIC AREA. It take you right to the spillway and you park by the river. Bring your pole the place looks great for fishing. People fishing were catching small saltwater fish, sheepheads and a few small reds.

When you done with that park go back to route 40 and go east another, at the most 1/2 miles, there another sign on the right, INGLIS LOCK and it lead you down to the lock. The lock is fenced off but if you hike west on the Greenway Trail you can see most of it. The trees block your view. Pete took me up to it in his boat one time. It is a huge lock probably a thousand feet long. In a few years they are going to replace it with a smaller lock so the fishing boats can get to the lakes behind the lock. The big one hasn,t been in operation sent 2009.

Gilmore

Nice pics as usual. enjoyed the post.

Gainesville Salt

Red skies at night, a sailor's delight
Red skies in the morn, sailor's be warned....

Ain't heard that in a long time. Nice photos.

Anyone ever fish those locks?

Redbonz

:thumbsup

Snook Spanker

Awesome photos Moon-Man! Love the sunset ones! Louie took me to that spillway once when we were driving around one time. I told him I'd love to try that fast water w/ my flyrod sometime w/ some poppers or streamers! Ya don't see much fast water like that in these parts, seeing those little rapids got me Purdy excited altho I haven't been back thee yet. Thanks for posting the cool photos Mooner, keep em comin!!

davidk5316

Great pics Moon. You should make a photo album book and have it published or something. You should have plenty of great pictures.

magot

Gainesville Salt wrote: »

Red skies at night, a sailor's delight
Red skies in the morn, sailor's be warned....

Ain't heard that in a long time.

If'n you'd bought my book, you cheap bastage, youd'a read it on page four. :grin

Billy

magot wrote: »

If'n you'd bought my book, you cheap bastage, youd'a read it on page four. :grin

We always said "a red sky at night is a sailor's delight and a red sky in the morning is a sailor's warning." And I knew that before I read page four of Magot's book. I'm just saying.

Bill

Slacker

My dad always said, "red sky at night, sailor's delight--red sky in the morning, sailor take warning". He was a sailor in the second world war.

Great pics as usual.

Alvin A

My old stomping grounds... Loved the pics