Florida’s rivers offer the outdoorsman/woman a plethora of outstanding recreational opportunities. The plant and animal life they support is astounding! Florida has many famous rivers like the Suwanee, St. Johns, and Crystal River, and many more little-known, but equally interesting, spring creeks, blackwater sloughs, bayous, and streams to explore, over 25,000 miles worth in total. Think about that. Over 25,000 miles of rivers to explore!
Many of these rivers are important ecologically, archeologically, historically, and recreationally, but what we as anglers want to know is, are there fish? Almost always, yes there are! Then how do we catch them?
Rivers (as we’re looking at them here) are dynamic conveyers of fresh water from higher to lower elevations (thank you, gravity!). Their flow, measured in cubic feet per second, or cfs,…
