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spundeerhair · Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 6 Location: Corpus

Just wondering if someone could tell me what the average depth is on the channel that runs parallel and right next to the north side of the JFK causeway? thanks in advance!

robul · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 2677

My best guess is 10-12 feet

Jellyfish · Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:00 pm Post subject:

My best recollection is about 6-7 feet average.
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Chef Lefty · Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:59 am Post subject:

8-9 Feet. Can't get off the fence...LOL
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spundeerhair · Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 6 Location: Corpus

Thanks guys,
Just looking for a place that I can flyfish when the wind is cranking from out of the south. My sinking flyline will work down to around 5' or 6', but not much beyond that. So, according to the answers given, it's one maybe, and two no's.

ironmanstan · Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 2:35 pm Post subject:

look for tailing reds in the shollower waters between the channel and the causeway. Wink

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greenhornet2 · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 25 Jan 2009 Posts: 448

It seems this area right up against the causeway usually gets some attention from the redfish tourney anglers but I drive it every day and look but never see any tails and it's pretty shallow. Seems like it could be a good afternoon spot on a sunny winter day though.

crhfish · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 12:44 pm Post subject:

I have caught trout using a flyrod in the channel on the south side before. But I was in my boat drifting.

Bluffer · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:33 pm Post subject:

Good south wind break along there.
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jebsays · Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject:

We went out this way yesterday and checked depths along the way. from the ICWW/channel intersection to about 3/8ths of a mile it was about 9 feet at the center. Past that it's about 6 until you get to humble where it slowly deepens.

spundeerhair · Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 6 Location: Corpus

I suppose that with water temps still in the 60's that the fish won't necessarily be hugging the bottom? I have noticed that advice for how deep to set lures/baits under a cork is often two to four feet. If that setup works in the channels, then I'm thinking I should be "in the game" with my fly setup. Once again, thanks for the info!