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Patrick Air Force Base, FL |
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Our Route Summary
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Entry and Exit
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Entry off the east bank of the Banana River near the southern end of the Patrick Air Force Base runway, 1 mile north of the Pineda Causeway at: GPS: N 28 deg 13.537' W 080 deg 36.997' |
What We SawFishing, fishing, fishing! For those of you that like to fish while paddling, here's a good route. This canal was created long ago for who knows what purpose, but now it's a deep channel just off the shallow Banana River that often has great fishing. And it's protected from waves and wind on the wide river for calm casting and paddling around the mangroves that lines both sides. |
Paddle north from the Pineda causeway along the east
bank of the river (east of the power lines over the
water) 1 mile and you'll see the entrance to the channel
to the east (see the photo above). Enter the channel and
it will immediately turn to the north. You can paddle
7/10 of a mile to it's end at the base skeet range, which
is wisely closed to boat traffic with a string of buoys
across the canal. The end of the canal there is at: GPS: N 28 deg 14.079' W 080 deg 36.766' A side benefit for those of you that like aviation is that you may have a front row seat in your kayak to see military planes take off or land just to the east from time to time. While this route may not always be the quietest or most pristine paddle, the fishing is great and the planes are memorable. |